Fall 2006 Archived News
Senior Art Exhibition ~ Fall 2006
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Talented UW-L seniors will present their varied and
intriguing work from December 1st-13th during the Senior Exhibition in
the Center For the Arts. The exhibitions range from intaglio
prints to digital images and jewelry sets. See the exhibition flyer for more information. |
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An opening reception will take place on December 1st
from 5-7pm. Thereafter, the gallery will be open: Monday-Thursday: Noon - 8pm Friday and Saturday: Noon - 5pm The gallery is located in room 100 of the Center For the Arts 333 N. 16th Street. La Crosse, WI 54601 For additional information, call (608) 785-8230. |
Creative Writing Reading!
On Tuesday, December 5th, the
English Department's creative writing classes will be presenting selected
readings of their work, including poetry, flash fiction and creative
nonfiction.
This event will take place from 7-9pm in the Ward Room of Cartwright Center. Refreshments will be provided. Please join us in honoring the fine work of our creative writing minors.
UW-L's Screaming Eagles at Lambeau Field
On
Saturday, September 16th, the 138 members of La Crosse's Screaming Eagles
Marching Band packed up and hopped a bus for the Sunday Packer's game in Green Bay, WI.
After only three weeks of practice, including the infamous "Hell Week" of 8am-9pm rehearsals, the band was enthusiastically looking forward to performing at
Lambeau Field.
"I like that we had this sense of urgency and we had something to prepare for
early," said Tammy Fischer, Band Director. "I showed them the videotape of last
year's performance at Lambeau. The freshmen don't know quite what to make of it.
Band members memorized 9 pieces of music in just three weeks. Fisher tried
to keep the marching routine simple and the result was a band that not only
sounded good, but looked good.
With
catchy new moves, including performances of 'Wipeout', 'Hawaii Five-O' and the
Beach Boys medley, the band impressed the 60,000 plus people in Lambeau Field.
Dressed in new uniforms with plumes, a color guard and pompoms, the band looked better
than ever.
Some band members come from smaller communities like Holmen and Sparta.
When asked how they felt about playing for a Packer's game, band members
responded that the performance was exciting and an awesome experience.
"Playing at Lambeau is such a great opportunity for our kids," said Fisher.
"It's an experience they'll always remember."
Tammy Fisher can be reached at (608) 785-8411.
See the Screaming Eagles Marching Band
Website.
Grant Creates an Assault on Assault
A $397,224 grant will assault a "campus culture of victim blaming" and help reduce violent crimes against women at Viterbo University, Western Technical College and UW-L.
The grant will create educator/trainer/advocate positions that will serve students at the institutions as well as provide training for students and campus police.
"UW-L will have a full-time educator/trainer/advocate housed in the Student Health Center," says Sandra Krajewski of Women, Gender and Sexuality studies.
Krajewski, who wrote the grant, says an important piece of it is mandatory training on sexual assault issues for all new and transfer students. "We have to change the culture about sexual assault here."
Last year there were nine sexual assaults reported on campus, which does not tell the extent of the problem, according to Krajewski. "Just talk with the police or the hospital emergency rooms and you find there are many more instances," she says. "They see our students all the time."
The educator/trainer/advocate will offer a safe place for victims to report assaults and to get support and assistance.
Campus police will receive special training to recognize assault and assist victims.
Krajewski is not sure when the grant actually starts because she's received only a preliminary announcement of it being awarded, but she's anxious to start right away. "It will give us a chance to hire the advocate and to start training new and transfer students in January so we can get the program operating smoothly for next fall," she says.
A brief abstract of the grant's goals is available for those seeking more information.
Awareness through Performance Encore
Back by popular demand! Don’t miss this encore presentation on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:00 pm in Graff Main Hall Auditorium.
Awareness through Performance is a
production created by UWL students for UWL students. Both upbeat and serious
scenes bring together a focus that encourages audience members to acknowledge
the dignity and worth of all people and to strive to never diminish another by
our conduct or our attitudes. The creative and artistic scenes provide the tools
necessary for audience members to further engage in dialogue and take action to
educate others about the topics discussed. This event is FREE and open to the
public! Space is limited. Contact Beth Hartung or Amanda Goodenough for more
information.
Read below if you’re still not convinced that you should attend…
“I want to take this opportunity to let you know how much I
enjoyed the performance tonight. The skits were entertaining AND informative.
The students appeared to be having a wonderful time. I hope that you can take
this show on the road!”
“I think you had standing ovations at both shows...that in itself is pretty
cool.”
“Please share with your crew how impressed I was with the performance last
night. You all did a wonderful job…thank you for your efforts to truly make a
difference!”
“I watched the performance last night as a director, as a
mother, and as an 8th grade English teacher. You have a message that needs to be
shared. Thanks and congrats on a great job!!!!”
“I have heard nothing but praise. People want you to sell the video, take the
show on the road, take it to the classrooms… The response has been
overwhelmingly positive!! You should all be extremely proud of what you put
together.”
“I was so impressed at how much was covered, and how well the program flowed. I
think this program is one of the best I’ve seen during Welcome Week. A couple of
the CAB students came to one of the shows too, and they also couldn’t say enough
good things about it. Please pass along this feedback to all the students who
performed or worked behind the scenes. Congratulations on a job well done!”
“Thank you for giving of yourself and your time and talents to enhance our
campus climate. I sincerely hope that the show goes on!”
“People believe in what you did!”
“Awareness and understanding doesn’t necessarily end when the audience goes
home. I know I will NEVER forget the stories I heard from you all.”
The Afro-Brazilian Experience in Art: Religion, Ritual, and Slavery
The UW-L Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Presents the
Visiting Scholar of Color Lecture,
The Afro-Brazilian Experience in Art: Religion, Ritual, and Slavery
By: Mariza de Carvalho Soares
Professor of History, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Historian of Afro-Brazilian gender and slavery.
Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 5 PM
339 Cartwright Center
Reception Follows Event
Sponsored by UW-L Office of the Provost, UW-L College of Liberal Studies and UW-L
Office of Affirmative Action and Diversity
2006 YWCA Tribute to Outstanding Women Awarded to Dr. Ronda Knox
Every year the Coulee Region YWCA accepts nominations for their six categories of Outstanding Achievement Awards as part of their Tribute to Outstanding Women Program. Women are selected by the YWCA Tribute Committee from nominations by area community organizations, businesses, corporations and individuals. These awards are given in recognition of the individual's high level of personal or professional accomplishments and contribution tot he quality of life in the Coulee Region Community.
In the area of Education, Dr. Ronda Knox of UW-La Crosse's Communication Studies Department was selected for her contribution to the community and for her success in her field. Dr. Knox considers every interaction with students as an opportunity to lead by example. She serves as a role model for her students, who are predominantly female, in many ways. Ronda encourages women in and out of the classroom to be independent and think critically. Ronda is considered an approachable, sincere, and motivating teacher. Her mentoring techniques always include having a positive attitude, giving her students priority and being honest in all situations. For more information, please see the YWCA biography on Dr. Knox.
The YWCA is presenting the Outstanding Achievement Awards on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at the La Crosse Center South Hall Ballroom, in La Crosse. The social event takes place at 5:30pm followed by dinner and awards from 6-9pm. For more information on the awards ceremony, contact Linda at the YWCA at (608) 781-2783 ext. #1.
Women and Madness in the Hispanic World
The UW-L Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Presents the
Visiting Scholar of Color Lecture,
Women and Madness in the Hispanic World By:
Teresa Ordorika Sacristán
Professor of Sociology, College of Political and Social Sciences, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Coordinator of Program on
Feminist Research of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Sciences and
Humanities (UNAM).
Monday, November 6th 2006, 4 PM
337 Cartwright Center
Reception Follows Event
Sponsored by UW-L Office of the Provost, UW-L College of Liberal Studies and UW-L
Office of Affirmative Action and Diversity
Korean Percussion Ensemble
Can you hear it? From a distance it can be mistaken for thunder and rapid-fire lightning clashes. As you follow the distant rumbling, the thunder takes the shape of rhythms. Many of you may have heard the hypnotic amalgamation of brass and drums from the Fine Arts Center on campus to the local public schools, as well as at distant music conventions around the country. The UW-L Korean Percussion Ensemble is not only making local noise, but a name for itself around the nation. Dr. Soojin Kim Ritterling, Music Department, is bringing a new genre of old percussion music to classrooms across the country.
The UW-L Korean Percussion Ensemble had its local beginnings nearly five years ago when Dr. Ritterling purchased Korean drums with the help of a grant from CLS. The ensemble originated with three members and has grown in size to 18 students, as well as a faculty ensemble group that is in its second year. “As far I know, the UW-L is the only college to offer a Korean Percussion performance class,” says Ritterling. During “Diversity Month,” the groups often perform at local public schools, giving elementary and high school students an opportunity to play instruments from halfway around the world. Dr. Ritterling has also given seminars and workshops with her groups at national conventions like the Music Educators National Conference and the Multicultural Music Convention in Tennessee. Over the last few years, Dr. Ritterling focused on using Korean Percussion as a gateway model for teachers to expose their students to others cultures and arts. She is a contributing author to McGraw-Hills 5th grade music textbooks that are used throughout the country. Dr. Ritterling has also given presentations about Korean Mask Dance Drama as a way for teachers from the elementary to college level to incorporate several art disciplines together. “Korean Mask Dance brings music, dance, and the creative arts together in a modular approach for teaching and exposing students to other cultures. The same format can really be used with any other culture an educator would like to present.”
Korean Percussion is growing at UW-L. Just this summer, Dr. Ritterling received a grant from the UW-L Foundation and an additional support from CLS for very unique drums. “I am very grateful to have the support from the Foundation, CLS, and the Music Department to make this purchase for the university. These Korean drums, called Modeum Buks, sound like rolling thunder with very distinct rhythm patterns. I was fortunate enough to take a class this year in Seoul, South Korea from a master performer. I look forward to sharing this new style of percussion with this year’s students.”
Visiting Scholar of Color Lecture - Chiapas and the Mexican Military
Tuesday 24
October 5 PM
Ward Room, Cartwright Center
Reception Follows Event
UW-L
Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies Presents Chiapas and the
Mexican Military: Human Rights and National Security*
By Lic. Onésimo Hidalgo Domínguez
Sociologist, Human Rights activist and analyst, Chiapas, Mexico,
Coordinator of the Christian Committee of Support to Guatemalan Refugees,
Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
*In Spanish with English Translation, Sponsored by
UWL Office of the Provost and Viterbo University
My Body Politic, A Memoir Reading and Multimedia Presentation by Simi Linton
Tuesday, October 24th, 7pm
Graff Main Hall Auditorium, UW-L Book Signing to Follow
Free and Open to the Public - Questions: 608-785-6943
"[T]he
struggles, joys, and political awakening of a firecracker of a narrator [ . . .
]. Wholly enjoyable." --Kirkus Reviews
While hitchhiking from Boston to Washington, D.C. in 1971 to protest the war in
Vietnam, Simi Linton was involved in a car accident that paralyzed her legs and
took the lives of her young husband and her best friend. Her memoir begins with
her struggle to regain physical and emotional strength and to resume her life in
the world. Then Linton takes us on the road she traveled (with stops in
Berkeley, Paris, Havana) and back to her home in Manhattan, as she learns what
it means to be a disabled person in America.
Linton eventually completed a Ph.D., remarried, and began teaching at Hunter
College. Along the way she became deeply committed to the disability rights
movement and to the people she joined forces with. The stories in My Body
Politic are populated with richly drawn portraits of Linton's disabled comrades,
people of conviction and lusty exuberance who dance, play, and organize with
passion and commitment.
Beginning amidst the turmoil over Vietnam, Linton's tale concludes with a
meditation on the U.S. involvement in the current war in Iraq and the war's
wounded veterans. While it is a memoir of the author's gradual political
awakening, My Body Politic is filled with adventure, celebration, and rock and
roll: Salvador Dali, James Brown, and Jimi Hendrix all make cameo appearances.
SIMI LINTON is a prominent activist and author of numerous articles about
disability. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from New York University, is the
author of Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity (NYU Press, 1998), and is
the founder of Disability/Arts, an organization that works with artists and
cultural institutions to help shape the presentation of disability in the arts
and to increase the representation of works by disabled artists.
Program sponsored by the UW-L Foundation, The Office of Campus Climate, the
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, the Women's Studies Student
Association, and the English Department
For more information or to request disability accommodations, contact Susan
Crutchfield at 608-785-6943 (voice) or crutchfi.susa@uwlax.edu.
2006 UW-L Hispanic Heritage Month
| September 15-October 15: Observation of National Hispanic Heritage Month | |
| Date | Event |
| Sept. 20th | Latino Lecture Series,
"What is Happening in Venezuela: Democratic Revolution," by Dr. William
Katra, Independent Scholar, 4 PM, Ward Room, Cartwright Center. Madisalsa Concert, 6pm Valhalla. Tickets cost $2 UW-L Students, $5 faculty and staff. |
| Sept. 27th | Faculty and Community Roundtable on Language Politics and Discrimination, 7PM, Participants include: Donald Socha, Luis Delgado, and Víctor Macías. |
| Oct. 5th | Spanish Film Series, "Todo sobre mi madre," (1999), Wimberly Hall 141. Introduction and Discussion by Dr. Jean Janecki, UW-L, Modern Languages. |
| Oct. 13th-22nd | José Rivera's play "Marisol" Toland Theater, Center for the Arts, UW-L, 7:30 PM nightly October 13th-15th and 19th-22nd, except for 2 PM Sunday matinees on October 15th and 22nd. $10 general public, $8 non-UW-L students, senior citizens and children, and $3 for UW-L students with valid ID, call for reservations at box office at 785-8522. |
| Oct. 16th | Latino Lecture Series: "Solidarity, what does it mean in a global world?" by Dr. Lina Boff, Professor of Systemic Theology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Port O'Call, 3-4 PM, reception follows. |
| Oct. 17th | Latino Lecture Series: "Real Security and Real Power: How communities overcome fear tactics through grassroots organizing," by Marína Diaz Flores, National Directive Council Member of the Association of Rural Communities for the Development of El Salvador and Germán González Alas, President of the Association for Municipal Development, Suchitoto, El Salvador. 7 PM 102 Wimberly Hall, Co-Sponsored with U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities Network and Department of Sociology. |
| Oct. 19th | Spanish Film Series, "Volver," (2006). Wimberly Hall 141. Introduction and Discussion by Dr. Víctor M. Macías-González, UW-L, History. |
| Nov. 1st-2nd | Día de los Muertos Altar, all day, Port O' Call Lounge |
| Nov. 2nd | Spanish Film Series "Hable con ella," (2002). Wimberly Hall 141, 7pm. |
| Nov. 10th | Latino Lecture Series: Guatemalan Speaker, Center for Human Rights Defense, TBA |
| Nov. 16th | Spanish Film Series, "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios," (1988). Wimberly Hall 141, 7pm. |
| Nov. 30th | Spanish Film Series, "La mala educación," (2004). Wimberly Hall 141, 7pm. |
| UW-L Hispanic Heritage Month is made possible by the UW-L Latin American Student Organization and the UW-L Institute for Latino/a and Latin American Studies, as well as the support of the UW-L College of Liberal Studies, the Offices of Multicultural Student Services, Affirmative Action and Diversity and International Education; the UW-L Departments of Modern Languages, History, Sociology, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Theatre Arts; the UW-L Student Senate, the UW-L foundation and the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Special thanks to Viterbo University's new Latin American Studies Program for their support and assistance. | |
Archaeology Day at Silver Mound (October 2006)
On Saturday, October 7th, there will be an Archaeology Day at Silver Mound off State Highway 95. Native American dancing, drumming and storytelling will be featured, along with demonstrations like arrow making and basketry and activities like spear throwing and flit knapping.
Where: At the Hixton-Alma Center KOA on State
Highway 95 Silver Mound: one of the largest, oldest, and most important archaeological sites in the Midwest. Designated a National Historic Landmark - 2006. |
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Entertainment Demonstrations* *subject to change |
Activities
“Hixton Quartzite,” the stone found at Silver Mound, was used by Native People for nearly 12,000 years. Spear tips made from Hixton Quartzite have been found as far away as Kentucky. |
Guided tours of prehistoric rock shelters, rock art, and quarry pits leave every half hour. |
For more information, contact the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at (608) 785-8454. |
Sponsored by: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Black River Area Chamber of Commerce, Black River Falls Foundation, Heller Farms, Richard and Beth Hilliker, Hixton-Alma Center KOA, Ho-Chunk Nation, National Park Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Humanities Council, Wisconsin Archeological Society. |
