The State Building Commission meets this week in Madison to consider the proposed 2001-03 capital budget including new facilities for UW System institutions. There was good news for UW-Green Bay in recommendations made earlier today (Monday, March 19) by the commission's Higher Education Subcommittee. Chancellor Mark Perkins reports that the subcommittee restored planning money for student recreation and events center space. UW-Green Bay is seeking permission to use student fee money for preliminary planning during the 2001-03 biennium. Also approved was full state funding (no gift money required) for the Laboratory Sciences Building remodeling project. The capital budget will be considered by the full Building Commission on Wednesday.

UW Day was funded primarily by generous contributions from local businesses and foundations. Said UW System President Katharine Lyall, "The donors understand the importance the University system plays in our state's economic wellbeing." The six major sponsors of UW Day were M & I Bank, J.P. Cullen and Sons general contractors, Firstar Bank, J.J. Findorff and Son general contractors, The Kikkoman Foods Foundation and The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times newspaper.

Student Joanelle Jackson was honored with "Woman of the Year" recognition at this month's UW-Green Bay Women's Recognition Luncheon. Jackson has been active in student government leadership and a variety of campus activities. An item in last week's LOG ONLine noted that Juliet Cole of the Institute for Learning Partnership was the faculty/staff recipient of the award.

Organizers of the recent daffodil sale send a huge THANKS to everyone who placed daffodil orders for the American Cancer Society. You can pick up your order on Tuesday (March 20) or Wednesday (March 21) from the location where you placed your order. Thanks also to those who gave their support with the Gift of Hope for cancer patients. The Classified Administrative Support Committee raised a total of $1,534 to further the fight against cancer, with 124 bunches sold, and 79 Gifts of Hope purchased. UW-Green Bay placed second in local sales, trailing only AMS and its 1,700 employees. Thanks again, and enjoy the arrival of spring!

The Phoenix women's basketball team finishes the year at 22-9 following a 96-79 loss to hot-shooting Illinois in a first-round Women's NIT game played in Champaign, Ill. The WNIT bid capped another terrific year for the Phoenix, which made its fourth consecutive post-season appearance and recorded its 24th consecutive winning season.

Trustees of Youngstown University voted Friday to accept an invitation to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. When clearance is finalized, the eastern Ohio school will leave the Mid-Continent Conference to become the MCC's ninth member. Jon LeCrone, commissioner of the MCC, describes it as "an excellent fit academically, athletically and geographically."

Coach Mike Heideman and the men's basketball team had their ups and downs this year, but one thing stayed up all season: their opponents' power ratings. When Phoenix season-ticket marketers said it was one of the toughest schedules in school history, they weren't kidding; proof came with the first weekend of the NCAA Division I Tournament. Five of the 15 teams that visited the Brown County Arena made the "Big Dance," and only the Wisconsin Badgers failed to make it out of the first round. Kent State, Hampton and Butler all won their tournament openers, and Gonzaga (a loser to UW-Green Bay) won twice to advance to the Sweet 16. A sixth opponent, Detroit, has reached the NIT quarterfinals with a pair of tournament victories.

Hawaiian hula master Kahoa Malalis is the honored guest and featured performer for the first-ever UW-Green Bay Luau, scheduled for Saturday evening, March 31, in the University Union. Kahoa grew up on the island of Oahu and took courses in the Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He studied hula with the legendary dancer and cultural scholar Ho'o'ulu Cambra, and graduated with a degree in geology and knowledge of both the science of the volcano and the art of the hula. He teaches both the ancient Kahiko and modern Auana styles of hula, most recently at Lake Superior State University. (Perhaps incongruously, he will be driving south for UW-Green Bay's luau from his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.)

If you were planning on buying a ticket for the luau, you better act fast. Almost 100 tickets have already been sold, with only a few dozen still available. Tickets for the March 31 dinner and show can be purchased for $15 (students), $20 (faculty/staff) and $21 (community) from the University Union information center. Questions? Call ext. 2400.

Next week's edition of the Wisconsin Public Television call-in show "Teen Connection" features teens talking about hate and violence. The show originates at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, from the WPT studios on the UW-Green Bay campus. The program includes an interview taped with Judy Shepard, the mother of murder victim Matthew Shepard. "Teen Connection is co-produced by NEWIST/CESA 7 and WPT. Viewers from across the state can participate in the live discussion by calling 1-877-674-8228 (toll free) during the broadcast.

"Teen Connection," co-produced by Wisconsin Public Television and Northeastern Wisconsin In-School Communications (NEWIST) will receive a media award from the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling for the program "Teens and Gambling." The show explored why teen gambling is a risk, what can be done to alleviate it and how to help those at risk. The award, which honors people or organizations that have gone above and beyond in helping the Council achieve its mission of education and promoting public understanding of problem gambling, will be presented later this month.

Watch this space next Monday for more details, but next week will be another active one for campus events. "Women, aging and social change in Cuba under the Castro regime" is the topic for visiting scholar Araceli Alonso at 3:30 p.m. next Thursday (March 29) in the Christie Theatre. Visiting historian Peter Rachleff will talk about black artists who challenged the status quo of the 1930s in a lecture at 10 a.m. the following morning. And an Office of Outreach and Extension series on "My Healthy Child" gets under way next Thursday.

Student Candace Watson notes there are openings in a Leadership Symposium taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in the University Union. The cost of the Covey Leadership Center program sponsored by Student Life is $12 per student or $15 per faculty/staff registration. Call 2200, ext. 44.

Lynn Niemi, coordinator of Disability Services, invites members of the campus community to attend a national satellite teleconference, "Psychological Disabilities on Campus: What You Need to Know," on Monday, April 2, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The program will review current legal issues related to psychological disabilities as well as symptoms of common conditions and disruption-prevention strategies. Look for more next week, or call Lynn at ext. 2849 to reserve a spot.

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