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Vol. 37, No. 96, April 12, 2006 / Log Archive

This is another bonus edition of the LOG newsletter, where we proudly introduce another bonus — our version of a Sudoku puzzle — as a ploy to hook more readers. Due to state budget cuts, however, our adaptation of the puzzlingly popular game features only a single, three-by-three grid with the numerals 1, 2 and 3. See the end of this column, and enjoy!

• Al-Atiyat, Meyer will give research lectures
• More commentary on UW diversity concerns
• President Reilly on WPR, 8 a.m. Thursday
• UW-Green Bay joins local program for deer control
• When, how, who
• SIFE Team advances to national competition
• Correction on Holy Week services
• Congratulations to Trustee Kuehne
• Puzzlingly popular

Al-Atiyat, Meyer will give research lectures
Profs. Ibtesam Al-Atiyat and Steven Meyer will be the presenters in the Faculty Research Lecture Series event from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Members of the University community are invited to the free event. "Democratization in the Arab World: The Challenges of Islamism and Tribalism," will be the topic for Al-Atiyat, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar and member of the Social Change and Development and Women's Studies faculties. Meyer, an assistant professor of Natural and Applied Sciences and Earth Sciences, will speak on, "So...Just How Much Should I Trust Those Long-Range Climate Forecasts for Wisconsin?" Refreshments will be served at the event sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Research Council.

More commentary on UW diversity concerns
The vital role UW-Green Bay can play in educating an increasingly diverse region of potential first-generation college students was a cornerstone of the "Growth Agenda" presentation to the Regents last week. Diversity is a timely topic. Perhaps you've noticed UW System diversity concerns getting plenty of play elsewhere, including a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=415052.

President Reilly will answer your questions, 8 a.m. Thursday
UW System President Kevin Reilly will be a guest on Joy Cardin's statewide call-in program from 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday (April 13) on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio. The program will also be Webcast, at http://wpr.org/webcasting/live.cfm .

UW-Green Bay to join local program for deer control
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay announces today (April 12) its decision to join an ongoing city and county deer-control program in response to the growing deer population on the UW-Green Bay campus. Under the program, highly proficient and carefully screened archers will be permitted to hunt for deer at strategic sites in the Cofrin Arboretum and near the southwest entrance. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard, acting on a recommendation from the Chancellor's Cabinet, authorized the University's participation, The decision is based on concerns about overbrowsing of campus natural areas, risk of deer-vehicle collisions, and the elevated risk of diseases such as Lyme Disease. Nationwide, resource-management experts observe that population-control issues arise when deer densities approach or exceed 50 or even 100 animals per square mile in protected suburban locations, densities many times higher than in rural habitat.

Control program: When, how, whom
The University will participate in the program until April 30, when the cooperative city/county program concludes for this year, and in future years from Feb. 6 through April 1. The city/county deer control program has been in place since 2003. Participating archers must pass a police background check and a shooting proficiency test administered in cooperation with local archery ranges. They also will be approved by University personnel. The Cofrin Arboretum will remain open during the periods designated for hunting. Archers are required to hunt a minimum of 100 yards from Arboretum trails and must be in stands at least 12 feet off the ground. (The high-angle perch ensures that if the animal is not hit, the arrow goes directly into the ground.) For more information about UW-Green Bay's involvement in the deer-control program, contact Dean Rodeheaver, assistant chancellor for planning and budget, at 465-2039, or Robert Howe, director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, at 465-2272.

SIFE Team advances to national competition
Eleven members of Students in Free Enterprize (SIFE), accompanied by Professors John Stoll and Ismail Shariff, returned home from Minneapolis recently as winners in SIFE regional competition. The UW-Green Bay team was named a SIFE USA Regional Champion in the overall competition and a finalist in the Financial Literacy Competition sponsored by HSBC, a banking and financial services organization. The group now advances to competition in the SIFE USA National Exposition May 21-23 in Kansas City, Mo.

Correction on Holy Week services
Yesterday's LOG News carried incorrect information regarding the Ecumenical Center schedule for Christian Holy Week services. In fact, there will be no Protestant service on Thursday evening. That leaves:

• Holy Thursday: A Catholic Service will be held at 9:15 p.m. in the Auditorium.
• Good Friday: A Catholic Service will be held at 12:15 p.m. in the Auditorium.

Congratulations to Trustee Kuehne
Carl Kuehne, co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of American Foods Group, will be inducted May 4 into the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame. The hall program is operated by the UW-Madison Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory. A native of Seymour, Kuehne acquired the business in 1985 after a 20-year law career, and built American Foods Group to sales of more than $850 million, with more than 1,500 employees at the main plant in Green Bay. Kuehne serves as a member of the Chancellor's Council of Trustees at UW-Green Bay.

We weren't kidding
Here's a mini-PseudoKu, as promised. If you haven't noticed these games popping up in nearly every newspaper alongside the crossword puzzle, the object is to take the few numerals given and fill in the rest of the grid so that each row and column is filled in each direction using each numeral only once. Of course, it's more complicated in a real Sudoku, with a nine-by-nine grid and the nine sub-grids all needing to fit together, but with budget cuts and all... this five-second version is about all we can afford.

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