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39, No. 105, April 22, 2008 / Log
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Tuesday, April 22, Earth Day. With water worries, global warming and the rising cost of fossil fuels, it's a good thing the bandwagon still has plenty of room what with all the late jumpers. Here at the original "Eco U," in the home state of principal founder Gaylord Nelson, there's plenty going on this week and next. Here, now, the news:
• Great Lakes expert to talk 'North Coast' health
• Reserve space for heirloom vegetables
• Yingst will assist bands on 'Sun, Moon and Stars' concert
• Students helped green up the city
• More Earth Week 2008 events
• Dark comedy 'The Sleeper' caps theatre season
• Did Prof. Dutch predict Illinois earthquake?
• Books in Honor tribute for McIntosh
• Opera Studio's 'L'Orfeo' gets fine review
• Reminder: tornado drill
• Donations still needed for Roma (Gypsy) trip
• It's 'Cormac'
• Luchetta returns for lecture on psychology
• If you're getting this at 6 p.m. Tuesday...
• Reminder: Open house on veterans' benefits
• Phoenix-Packers steak fry
• Rhinelander TV covers UW-Green Bay/Nicolet deal
• Whitewater still without heat, hot water
• Reminder: Lao-Hmong migration is topic Wednesday
• Toccafondi visit
• Get your International Dinner tickets by Wednesday
• Stop Homophobia activities
• Also Wednesday: Sarah Olson, alternative folk
• Students bring back charity ball
• Christian concert
• Five finalists for UW-Whitewater chancellorship
• Meanwhile, Madison gears up to replace Wiley...
• ... and River Falls bids farewell to Betz
• Elite colleges offering more financial aid
• Maybe they had a better year than he did
• More LOG tomorrow
• Brief: Aoki
Great Lakes expert will visit in May to talk 'North Coast' health
Senior Brookings Institution fellow and Great Lakes economic and environmental researcher John Austin will visit city and campus May 1 and 2 to explain why it's vital to protect and enhance the United States' "North Coast." Austin is lead author of the Brookings report "Healthy Waters, Strong Economy," which determined Great Lakes cleanup could bring in an additional $50 billion for the U.S. economy. He'll make a free, public presentation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Brown County Central Library. He is expected to meet on campus with UW-Green Bay faculty and students prior to that, as well as on the following day. For more, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-112.htm.
Now that it's warm, start thinking heirloom vegetable plant sale
Now that warmer weather is finally in the forecast, remember to leave room in the garden. More than 4,000 tomatoes, 1,000 peppers, and lesser supplies of other plants will be available on Saturday, May 17 at the annual UW-Green Bay heirloom vegetable plant sale at the Laboratory Sciences Building greenhouse. Sale coordinator Vicki Medland says the 2008 array of tomatoes includes several early maturing varieties, a good selection of cherry tomatoes, an ample variety of traditional red and pink tomatoes, as well as black, green, yellow, and orange varieties. It's a fundraiser for NAS programs to benefit students. Learn more at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-109.htm.
Yingst will assist Symphonic, Wind bands on 'Sun, Moon and Stars' concert
Sun, Moon and Stars" is the theme of a concert by the UW-Green Bay Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (April 23) at the Weidner Center. The performance will feature planetary geologist and Space Grant director Aileen Yingst in contemporary composer Libby Larsen's "Introduction to the Moon"; she'll read moon-related poems during several intervals. Celestial images will be projected during both "Introduction" and another piece, "Eclipse." Another concert highlight: sharing the stage with the UW-Green Bay students will be the All-Star Honor Band, more than 100 high school students who received top honors on solo performances at district music festivals, directed by visiting conductor James Saker of the University of Nebraska, Omaha. See http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-111.htm.
For a few hours, students helped green up the city
UW-Green Bay students including Sierra Club member Rachel Anderson, the event's organizer, showed their activism with "Take Back the Pavement," an Earth Week activity in downtown Green Bay last weekend. Schroeder Flowers donated plants and landscaping materials for neighborhood beautification projects. Sort of interesting, at http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/GPG0101/804210512/1207.
More student-sponsored Earth Week 2008 events
There are a number of Earth Week events still upcoming:
Thursday, April 24 - Leave Your Car At Home Day Challenge! A citywide challenge to bike, walk, run, take the bus, whatever to get where you need to go.
Friday, April 25 - Free showing of the film, "The 11th Hour," a portrayal of humanity's impact on our planet, with Leonardo DiCaprio. Discussion led by Prof. Mike Draney and others immediately following film... Brown County Library... 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 - Baird Creek Cleanup. Headquarters of Triangle Hill Pavilion, Beverly Rd., Green Bay, 9 a.m. to noon; Willow Creek Cleanup, near NEW Lutheran H.S., 9 a.m. to noon... Hikes, Rain Barrel and Composting Demonstrations. Learn all about composting and rain barrels, while your children go on nature hikes and fish and macro invertebrate counts! At Triangle Hill Pavilion... Ecojam! Featuring Burnt Toast & Jam and Kojo. $5 per person, otherwise $4 with a used cell phone donation. (Holiday Inn City Center, 200 Main Street, Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. until midnight).
Sunday, April 27 - Izaak Walton League's Teddy Bear Hunt in Bellevue! Food, fishing and more! A family 'hunting license' will cost $10 (Osprey Point Hwy GV, about one mile south of 172, noon to 4 p.m.
Earth Week is planned by a coalition of organizations throughout the community, including the student Public & Environmental Affairs Council at UW-Green Bay. Questions? Contact Crystal at osmacl20@uwgb.edu or Meg at harvma01@uwgb.edu.
Dark comedy 'The Sleeper' caps off UW-Green Bay theatre season
The contemporary single-act play, "The Sleeper" opens at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday (April 24) and runs through Saturday (April 26) and Wednesday, April 30 through Saturday, May 3 in the Jean Weidner Theater at the Weidner. Set in spring 2002, the play features a suburban mom who is "shell shocked" by the new post 9/11 reality. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to her son's tutor, a handsome young man with political leanings far from her own. Due to adult content the play is not recommended for children. For ticket info and more, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-96.htm.
Did Prof. Dutch predict Illinois earthquake?
No, not really. But in a bit of coincidence last Thursday afternoon, he had been talking about the Midwest's New Madrid seismic hotspot in a class discussion of earthquakes. When the ground here shakes, he told them, the media calls. A few hours later, that's just what happened. WBAY-TV 2 ran a nice story at http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?s=8195240.
WLUK Fox 11 also talked to Dutch and did a video piece.
Books in Honor tribute for McIntosh is open to campus community
The board of directors of the Friends of the Cofrin Library invites the campus community to join them in contributing to a Books in Honor fund for Tom McIntosh, who passed away earlier this month. Tom served the campus and the community for many years, and he was a founding member and treasurer of the Friends. Library Director Leanne Hansen says donations will be applied toward expanding the library's collection with a new book or books in one of Tom's primary areas of interest (for instance, soil science, railroad/transportation, etc.) If you would like to make a contribution to this special fund, visit the Friends website (http://www.uwgb.edu/library/friends/giftbook.html) or simply send a contribution to Deb Anderson (Cofrin Library). Please make out checks to the Friends of the Cofrin Library. Address questions to Friends president David Voelker (voelkerd@uwgb.edu).
Opera Studio production of 'L'Orfeo' gets fine review
A production by UW-Green Bay music students of the "first great Italian opera," with a 25-member cast capably guided by Benjamin Brecher and Cyndie Shepard of the faculty, got a great review last weekend. See comments on 'L'Orfeo' by the Press-Gazette columnist Warren Gerds at
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080419/GPG0502/804190550/-1/archive.
Reminder: Tornado drill is coming at 1:10 p.m. Thursday
A statewide tornado drill is set for this Thursday (April 24) at 1:10 p.m. What to do in a tornado drill? Is it A) Stop, drop and roll.... B) Duck and cover... or C) Evacuate to an interior room or hallway on the lowest level, if it is safe to do so? The answer is, in part, "C," but it's best to consult the Campus Emergency Plan, which is located at: http://www.uwgb.edu/publicsafety/pdf/Campus_Plan.pdf.
Donations still needed for 'Social Justice Issues in Slovakia'
Remember the announcement soliciting campus/community donations to be carried to Eastern Europe via a UW-Green Bay international travel course? The deadline is approaching. Donated items will be used for health and hygiene clinics, art clinics and music camps in Roma (Gypsy) settlements. Please contact Profs Bauer-Dantoin (bauera@uwgb.edu) or Meredith (meredits@uwgb.edu) with questions. Better yet, check out our previous postings, with more details and dropoff info, at
http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/logarchive/logarchive39/2008apr7.htm#slovakia.
It's 'Cormac' not 'Cormak'
We spelled his name wrong in a previous issue. Getting it right, here's a reminder that Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, invites you to attend a reading of a paper on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road by Prof. Bryan Vescio. The paper "The Road to Okay: Cormac McCarthy's Ironic Meliorism," will be presented on Wednesday (April 23) at 3:30 p.m. in the 1965 Room of the Union.
Luchetta returns for campus lecture on forensic psychology
The student Psychology & Human Development Club welcomes Dr. Tracy Luchetta, a former UW-Green Bay professor, back to campus. Now a psychologist at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, one of the state's two inpatient psychiatric facilities, she will present on the topic "Forensic Psychology is Not Criminal Profiling: An Introduction." Her talk is at 6 p.m. Thursday (April 24) in the Union's 1965 Room. Questions? E-mail Robyn Gabel (club president) at gabere17@uwgb.edu.
If you're getting this at 6 p.m. Tuesday...
There's still time to rush over and catch the Robin Pluer and Kevin Soucie music concert hosted by the French program in the Christie Theatre beginning at 6 p.m. Even if you're not, you might be interested to know that performer/guests will include the Red Smith elementary school students who learn French through the program's teaching internship and will be singing a song in French!
Reminder: Open house will explain veterans' benefits
Veterans can learn about what benefits and programs are available to them when their military service tours are over at an open house on the UW-Green Bay campus Wednesday (April 23). The event runs from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the 1965 Room. For more info, contact UW-Green Bay Veteran Certifying Official Elaina Koltz at (920) 465-2065 or koltze@uwgb.edu; or click http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-101.htm.
It's Phoenix-Packers steak fry at Lambeau
Festivities began at 5 p.m. Tuesday (April 22) for the eighth annual Phoenix-Packers steak fry, to be held at the Lambeau Field Atrium. The event typically draws more than 500 attendees. All proceeds benefit Green Bay Athletics scholarships.
Rhinelander's TV-12 covers UW-Green Bay/Nicolet deal
Last week's announcement of a new initiative in which UW-Green Bay courses will be offered at Nicolet College drew positive coverage in the Northwoods. We didn't find a video link, but NBC TV-12 archived a web story http://www.wjfw.com/stories.html?sku=20080421174022.
Whitewater campus still without heat, hot water
A week after a boiler exploded at UW-Whitewater, students still are without heat and hot water; a temporary bypass pipe will be installed by Thursday to get the services back. See http://www.twincities.com/ci_9012332?source=rss.
Reminder: Lao-Hmong migration is topic Wednesday
There's a lecture on Lao-Hmong migration by UW-Stevens Point Prof. Shoua Yang at 2 p.m. Wednesday (April 23) in the Union's Christie Theater. The topic "A Residual Issue of the Cold War: The 8,000 Hmong Lao in Thailand." Prior to the seminar, Yang will attend a noon luncheon (reservations requested) open to all students, faculty and staff at the American Intercultural Center. For details, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-110.htm.
Toccafondi visit
More details to come, but... Visiting Scholar AnnaToccafondi, pianist/coach of Florence, Italy, will be visiting the UW-Green Bay campus from April 30 to May 7. She'll also be visiting classes at St. Norbert College. Prof. Sarah Meredith will be among the hosts.
Get your International Dinner tickets by Wednesday
International Dinner 2008 is Saturday (April 26) at the University Union. Tickets are only $13 for students and $17 for the community, faculty and staff. Dinner will include chicken curry, Greek salad, vegetable biryani, Asian-fried vegetables and baklava for dessert. People are encouraged to buy their tickets by Wednesday; only a limited number of seats will be available after then. For details, http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2008/08-107.htm.
Stop Homophobia activities are this week
Organized by the student SAGA organization, the Social Work Club and the Diversity Task Force are events this week encouraging people to help stop homophobia. An information booth at the Garden Café will be set up 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday (April 23-25). Free t-shirts on the theme, "gay? fine by me" will be distributed while supplies last. A Day of Silence is planned for Friday. Stop at the booth to learn more.
Also Wednesday: Sarah Olson, alternative folk artist
It's music with an edge at the Union's Common Grounds Coffeehouse, with a Good Times Programming concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday (April 23).
Students bring back charity ball
A coalition of student orgs is bringing back "theBall" for a second year! It's a formal charity event which features live jazz music and a silent auction and last year raised $1,365 for the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. This year it will benefit the Autism Society of Northeast Wisconsin. It's at the Weidner Center on Thursday (April 24) from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. If you have any questions or would like to make a donation, please send an e-mail to melahc29@uwgb.edu.
Still more student stuff...
The Intervarsity student organization is hosting Sarah Kelly, described as a twice-Grammy-nominated Christian artist, for an appearance at 7 p.m. Thursday (April 24) in the Union's Phoenix Room.
Five finalists for UW-Whitewater job announced
A news release announces the five finalists for the UW-Whitewater chancellor position: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2008/r080421.htm.
Meanwhile, Madison gears up to replace Wiley...
As UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley prepares to step down, many are sharing what characteristics they would like to see in the new chancellor. See http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2817.
... and River Falls bids farewell to Betz
An editorial in the local newspaper talks about the tenure of UW-River Falls Chancellor Don Betz, who is leaving to take a position at a college in Oklahoma. See http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/articles/index.cfm?id=86850§ion=Opinion.
Elite colleges offering more financial aid
The New York Times reports that many elite colleges and universities are eliminating tuition for low-income students. See the full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/education/edlife/essay.html?pagewanted=1&ref=education.
Dozens of state workers have bigger paychecks than the governor
Maybe, to paraphrase Babe Ruth talking about earning more than President Hoover in a particular year, it was because they "had a better year then he did." (Just kidding, governor. Our intern, Asok, thought of that one.) In any event, if you're interested, a database compiled by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says 119 state workers earn more than Gov. Doyle. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=741425.
More LOG tomorrow
Again, there is still plenty more where this came from. Busy, busy week. See you then.
Brief
Kristy Aoki of the Office of International Education presented a session titled: Facebook: What it is, How to Start, and How to use it for International Education at the Annual Wisconsin International Educators Association Conference on April 8.
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