Vol. 38, No. 138, July 30, 2007     /     Log Archive

It's Space Camp Week at UW-Green Bay, with record attendance. That's great. Young people should aspire to be astronauts. Set aside the recent crazy allegations regarding drinking on the launch pad, dangerous love triangles and the like, and it still takes an exceptional level of education and training, courage in the face of great risk, and a way-cool need for speed to fly 17,000 miles per hour. Godspeed, astro-kids, and have a great week. In news today:

Chancellor Shepard shares budget concern at governor's roundtable
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard is quoted by the Associated Press in this afternoon's coverage of a higher education roundtable hosted today in Madison by Gov. Jim Doyle. Shepard called the Assembly's plan a "shrink budget," and other UW System leaders warned of serious consequences if the Assembly budget is adopted. Click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070730/GPG0101/70730144/1207.

Regent Crain argues for UW System funding
Judy Crain, a Green Bay resident who serves on the UW System Board of Regents, says investment in high education will create a better future for all of us and for future generations. Crain authored a guest column that ran on the Opinion Page of Sunday's Press-Gazette. Her column is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/GPG07/707290710/1269/GPGopinion.

Rep. Van Roy says Assembly budget does increase UW, K-12 funding
Also on Sunday's Press-Gazette Opinion Page, state Rep. Karl Van Roy, R-Howard, says the Assembly's 2007-09 budget proposal would increase funding for the UW System by 3 percent. Van Roy' column is at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/GPG07/707290711/1269/GPGopinion.

Officials dispute basis for cost comparison
UW-Green Bay officials say they don't take issue with Rep. Van Roy's numbers. However, ongoing and previously approved funding commitments far exceed the Assembly's increase for the UW System. More facts and figures about the Assembly budget proposal's impact on UW-Green Bay are online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/budgetfactsheet.htm.

Wisconsin State Journal: 'Pull UW from chopping block'
The larger of Madison's two newspapers is criticizing the state Assembly's budget for the UW System, saying that politicians should not micromanage how the university is run. See http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=203146&ntpid=2.

Astronaut Brandenstein lands on campus for Space Camp
Space Camp has a record 65 students enrolled. New this year is a scuba component. Every year students do lab experiments involving heat shields, robotics, and rocket building, but this time they'll also be doing some work at the bottom of the Phoenix Sports Center pool, conducting experiments while scuba-diving for neutral-buoyancy training. Another highlight is a Friday talk by NASA astronaut Dan Brandenstein. Watch for more, later this week.

Hola, estudiantes del español!
About 30 young students from five states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Georgia) are on campus this week for Spanish Immersion Language and Culture Camp. Community instructor Rosa Nelson is the camp director. Students will participate in language skill building in the mornings and cultural activities in the afternoon, with a Friday afternoon presentation on Aug. 3 that will be open to the public.

It's Italian, Holiday, German and Brazilian for 07-08 luncheon series
This just in from the Union: "You won't want to miss one of the ethnic luncheons that the University Union and Sodexho are planning this year, with our new executive chef Gary Vail behind the scenes. Mark your calendars to come out and have some fun in the middle of the day. If you thought the luncheons were fabulous last year, wait till you try them this year. We promise that you will not be disappointed."

      Oct. 19, 2007 — Italian Luncheon
      Dec. 7, 2007 — Holiday Luncheon
      Feb. 15, 2008 — German Luncheon
      April 10, 2008 — Brazilian or Hawaiian

Watch for more info coming soon on the Italian Luncheon and specific menu in one of the upcoming Log newsletters.

Wisconsin AG: UW System admissions policy is likely OK on race test
State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued an informal legal opinion recently concluding that the UW System freshman admissions policy adopted by the Board of Regents in February 2007 does not violate the statutory prohibition against the use of "tests based on race." Read Van Hollen's rationale at http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=101091.

For French, thinking has indeed been lucrative, Kaye writes
In a commentary for the online version of the The Guardian, UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye, Social Change and Development, writes that French philosophers should celebrate the economic value of what they do. To read Kaye's commentary, under the headline, "Of finance and philosophy," click http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/harvey_j_kaye/2007/07/francophone_philosophy.html.

Grandparents' University bonds kids, grandparents
UW-Green Bay's second annual Grandparents' University was bigger and better than the first, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported Saturday (July 28). The two-day summer camp brings together grandparents and grandchildren for a unique learning opportunity. A Press-Gazette feature story on the event is online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/GPG0101/707280547/1207.

Snapshots from Grandparents' U
Photographs from Grandparents' University also are online at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=galleryindex.

High school psychology teachers spent week at UW-Green Bay
UW-Green Bay was the host campus last week for an institute on the teaching of high school psychology. What teachers learned during the week will have an impact in classrooms across the country, according to Prof. Regan Gurung, Human Development and Psychology. To read a Press-Gazette story on the institute, click http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/GPG0101/707280525/1207.

Belated congratulations to Phoenix golf star on state title
Travis Meyer of the UW-Green Bay men's golf team held off a late rally by a pair of University of Wisconsin golfers to take his first-ever WSGA Amateur Championship earlier this month. He fired a one-under 283 for the four rounds. Click http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/072007aaa.html.

Funeral set for Mahalia Xiong
Services for Mahalia Xiong, the 21-year-old UW-Green Bay student whose body was recovered from the Fox River last Thursday about two weeks after she was reported missing, have been announced. Friends and family will gather from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday at First Bible Baptist Church, 2605 Libal St., Allouez. Services will begin at 11 a.m.

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