Spring 2012 Archived News

Professor discusses attempt to make La Crosse more bike friendly

James Longhurst, UW-L assistant history professor

As the City of La Crosse creates a master plan for bike and pedestrian traffic, it’s important to consider American bicycle history, says James Longhurst, UW-L assistant history professor.

All the pedaling seen today is nothing new. America is now in its second big bicycle boom. Longhurst’s research focuses on the forgotten first boom of the 1890s and early 1900s. In between horse-drawn buggies and automobiles, special paths alongside roads were made just for bikes, says Longhurst. But by the 1920s the "Good Roads" movement succeeded in paving dirt roads for all users, and the old bike paths were buried well below layers of concrete. By the end of World War II, energy was cheap and city streets were designed with the mentality that fossil fuels would always be affordable, so cars took over, he says.

“People like to think roads were always built for cars, but it’s not true,” says Longhurst. “Cars are huge, fast and furious and they pushed everything off of the road.”

Longhurst notes these days it has been difficult to reintroduce bicycles to city streets, which have long been dominated by cars. He has been volunteering to assist with updating La Crosse’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, which aims to help the city move from a silver to a gold designation as established by the League of American Bicyclists. The plan will be introduced to the public in September.

The cities with the best bike plans have had long-term infrastructure for bikes in place, says Longhurst. For instance, Minneapolis is routinely ranked No. 1 in the nation for best bicycling city — despite being below zero for a good portion of the year. That city’s 2010 bicycle master plan acknowledges its bike history — noting the bicycle will always be part of the culture, says Longhurst.

Bicycle craze on Riverside Drive in New York City in 1895, from the magazine Punch.

Three UW-L Photography Students Win Contest

Assistant Professor Linda Levinson is excited and pleased to announce that three Photography Minors from UW-L Department of Art have been included in:

Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography 2012
Magazine for the Emerging Professional

Terri Beal
Ashley Blair
Margaret Kotnour

This annual publishes the winners and finalists of Photographer’s Forum’s College Photography Contest, sponsored by Nikon.

Jazz in the Park returns Sunday, June 10

Four concerts set for downtown La Crosse

The Gertrude Salzer Gordon Jazz in the Park Concert Series with the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra swings into its 38th season this summer.

The annual series kicks off at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in La Crosse’s Riverside Park. Admission is free. The rain site is The Freight House.

The first of four concerts features several outstanding vocal and instrumental selections. Eau Claire actress and vocalist Cathy Reitz will be featured on several selections including Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek” and “Gold Finger,” Shirley Bassey’s hit from the James Bond series. Tom Brown will recreate trumpet virtuoso Sunny Dunham’s performance of “Memories of You.”

The concert will also feature the Wisconsin premier of Bennie Carter’s “Central City Sketches.” The multi movement work was created by Bennie Carter and premiered by the American Jazz Orchestra in 1987.

The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra is Western Wisconsin's only jazz repertory orchestra. The ensemble was formed in 1972 to perform "Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon" for the Great River Festival of the Arts Summer Concert Series. The orchestra is directed by UW-La Crosse Music Department Chair Greg Balfany.

Other concerts in the series includes:

•Sunday, June 17 — 7:30 p.m., Riverside Park (rain site is The Freight House)

•Friday, July 13 — 7:30 p.m. Crazy Daze Dance Party by the Pump House, King Street (Rain Site is Grand River Station)

•Sunday, July 22 — 3 p.m. Riverside Jazz Party, featuring a special guest artist. (Rain site is Valhalla, UW-L Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.)

For more about the series and the La Crosse Jazz Orchestra, visit: www.lacrossejazzorchestra.com

UW-L Theatre invites all to Cut Loose—Footloose!

The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts presents the high-energy musical, Footloose, which tells a story of a free-spirited kid who reminds a local community that it’s no sin to be young.

Footloose performances will take place in Toland Theatre from Friday, June 29 through Sunday, July 1 and the following week Thursday, July 5 through Sunday, July 8. All shows begin nightly at 7:30 p.m. except for the 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinees, July 1 and 8.

Based on the popular 1984 film, Footloose is a tale of teenage rebellion. Ren McCormack is a hip city kid who ends up in a Bible-belt town after his parents divorce. An ill-fit for a conservative community where rock is frowned upon and dancing is forbidden, McCormack rallies the kids and takes on the establishment. The musical features many of the popular songs from the movie including the title track “Footloose”, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” and “Almost Paradise” as well as new songs written specifically for the stage. The music for this lively performance is irresistibly infectious and will have you singing along.

Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 25. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before show times. Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $9 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522.

If you go—
Who:  University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What:  Footloose SummerStage Production
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
When: June 29-30 & July 5-7 at 7:30 p.m., July 1 & 8 at 2:00 p.m.
Admission:  $18 for adults, $16 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $9 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522. Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 25. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before show times. Box office will be closed on the 4th of July.
Company:  Justin Cooke, Ashley Hovell, Joe Anderson, Sarah Shervey, Kelsey Taunt, Rhys Wolff, Derek Sveen, Anastasia Morgan, Lauren Omernick, Cassie Pacelli, Colleen Schulz, Austin Hernandez, David Holmes, Corey Holloway, Bryce Wilson, Jessie Fanshaw, Quinn Masterson, Halie Becker, Seth Von Steidl, Alex Attardo, Kyle Olson, Kristen Lake, Anna Mae Beyer, Lily Cornwell, Bobby Black, Annelise Escher, Casey Schneider, Kaylin Wolf, Erica Bush, Cara Cook

Student History Research Symposium -- April 30, 3:30 PM, Centennial Hall of Nations

UW-L history students will be presenting the results of their semester-long senior research projects on Monday, April 30 at 3:30 PM in the Centennial Hall of Nations.

These presentations are open to the public. History students, UW-L faculty, and members of the La Crosse community are invited to drop in for one or more of these presentations at their convenience. Refreshments will be served, Q&A to follow each paper. Start times are approximate. For questions, contact Professor Longhurst at jlonghurst@uwlax.edu. Click here for a printable schedule.

Jason Bartsch, 3:35
Cobblers, Corporate Barons and The Building of a Shoe: The Industrial Revolution and the Development of American Consumerism

LaVonne Daveler, 3:50
“Non Silba Sed Anthar”: The Women of the Chippewa Falls Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and 1930s

Laura Enriquez, 4:05
“The Duty of Society”: Special Education in the Wisconsin Biennial Reports of the 1920s

Richard Krause, 4:20
“A Carnival of Pillage and Destruction”: Social History, the Common Soldier, and Making War on the Confederate Home Front

Sophia Lorent, 4:35
Hollywood Liberalism: The 1945 Film Strike and the Second Red Scare

Joshua Nurnberger, 5:20
Letters from the World: The Trowbridge Letters, Globalization, and World War II

Rebecca Pupp, 5:35
Writing History With Toothpaste And Lipstick: Analyzing Gender Norms Through Pepsodent Ads, 1930-1950

Heather Aimee Rincón, 5:50
The Meaning Behind Architecture: The Significance of Prairie Design in a Midwestern City

Daniel Sackmann, 6:05
Dam It: The Kickapoo River Dam Project and Grassroots Anti-Environmentalism

Public invited to explore new archaeological sites with MVAC

Volunteers will walk fields in the Holmen area in search of new archaeological sites Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center’s annual volunteer field survey is a chance for the public to discover artifacts and potential archaeological sites for future exploration.

“It’s kind of like a treasure hunt,” says Geri Patschull, of La Crosse who will participate this year. “You are looking at the ground in a whole new way.” Volunteers search for items such as arrowheads, spearheads and the flakes or chips of rock that came off while making such tools. Artifacts range from about 600 to 6,000 years old.

“If items are on the surface that is probably a good indication that there is more underneath,” says Jean Dowiasch, education coordinator for MVAC. MVAC records sites where items were found and follows up with thorough excavations.

Geri, her husband, Doug, and their son, Ben, 13, have attended the field survey since Ben was in second grade. Ben found a hide scraper that year and has been hooked on the field surveys ever since. “Every year you learn a little bit more about what you are looking for,” says Ben.

So far in La Crosse County there are 871 archaeological sites already recorded, ranging in size from an isolated find to large village sites like Sand Lake Archeological District which covers hundreds of acres. “It’s more than just going out in the field and looking for arrowheads. You learn a lot about history,” says Doug. Geri and Ben plan to attend the survey again this year.

If you go —
What: MVAC volunteer field survey
When: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6
Where: Archaeology Center, UW-L
To register: Call MVAC at 608.785.8454 or e-mail Jean Dowiasch at jdowiasch@uwlax.edu. The number of participants is limited, so register early. Children may participate if accompanied by an adult.
Cost: The cost is free, however, participants are encouraged to become MVAC members. MVAC membership is $35 and $10 for students.

Choral Union to perform Mozart Requiem

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Choral Union will sing Mozart Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at the English Lutheran Church in La Crosse. Choral Union’s performance of this major classical work is accompanied by orchestra and soloists.

“It is one of those landmark pieces that I think everyone knows,” says Conductor David Richardson. “I just love it.”

The 85-member choir is made up of community members and UW-L students. It has grown from 56 members fall semester when Richardson started as the new conductor.

“There was definitely a learning curve the first semester,” he says. “I think we are learning how to work together. The rehearsals are productive and members are committed to Choral Union.”

Auditions for fall semester Choral Union will be prior to the start of the semester. Auditions are for part placement within the choir only and anyone can join. Stay tuned to the Campus Connection for more details.

If you go—
What: Choral Union performance
Where: English Lutheran Church, 1509 King St., La Crosse
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6
Admission: $10 general admission, $5 for students. Tickets will be sold at the door. To buy tickets in advance contact David Richardson at drichardson@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8409

Top student musicians coming to UW-La Crosse

Thousands of middle and high school students will head to UW-La Crosse Saturday, May 5, for an opportunity to perform in a Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Music Festival — one of the largest student events of its kind in the nation.

More than 32,000 student musicians will take part in WSMA State Music Festivals held on 10 university campuses throughout the state. UW-La Crosse hosts a WSMA State Festival from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

“The WSMA State Music Festival cultivates a nurturing experience for participating students, as well as their families and teachers,” says UW-L Music Professor Tammy Fisher, Festival Manager for UW-L. “It is also an opportunity for the UW-La Crosse campus and music program to showcase our facilities and to emphasize how much we value and support the efforts of our public school music teaching colleagues, their students and their families.”

In order to participate in the WSMA State Music Festivals, students must first earn a “starred first” rating in Class A (the most difficult music) at a WSMA District Music Festival, hosted by schools for students in grades 6-12. Students can select from a variety of instrumental and vocal solo and ensemble categories for their performances. Over 225 district festivals were held in Wisconsin during the past six months, involving more participants than any other student activity in the state.

WSMA Program Director Jeff Gretzinger explains, "Wisconsin music students continue to grow in their level of dedication and achievement. The WSMA State Music Festival provides a quality opportunity for music students to share the talents and skills developed in the classroom while creating a lifetime memory through their state performance."

Wisconsin universities hosting WSMA State Music Festivals April 28 include UW-Whitewater, UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Oshkosh. St. Norbert College is scheduled to host the WSMA State Music Jazz Festival on May 4. Festivals will be held May 5 at Cardinal-Stritch University, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Parkside and UW-Stevens Point.

Learn more about WSMA State Music Festivals and other programs at www.wsmamusic.org. WSMA State Music Festival information will be posted as available. Schedules and results will be searchable by school, student and event number.

Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) is a service organization with more than 950 member public and private schools. Each year, more than 220,000 students take the initiative to become involved in WSMA activities, including District and State Music Festivals, State Honors Projects, State Marching Band Championships and Concert Festivals. WSMA, also owner and operator of the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, is governed by a board of directors made up of superintendents, principals and other officers from all over the state. WSMA believes music is a basic human need and that all children have the right to experience all that music offers them.

If you go—
Who: Middle and high school students
What: Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) State Music Festival
When: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 5
Where: UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: Free.

UW-La Crosse Vocal Jazz Ensembles to perform

The UW-La Crosse Vocal Jazz Ensembles will present their final performances of the season at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 7, in the Cellar in the UW-L Cartwright Center.

Singers from Vocal Jazz I and Vocal Jazz II will sing a jazz standard solo as a part of their final exam for this performance class. The audience will be treated to a variety of solos with rhythm section, ranging from Rodgers and Hart’s “My Funny Valentine” to a performance of Peggy Lee’s 1958 hit “Fever.” Ensemble pieces will also be sung interspersed among the solos. Professor Gary Walth directs the UW-L Vocal Jazz Ensembles.

Admission is free. For more information, contact the UW-L Music Department at 608.785.8415.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Vocal Jazz Ensembles
What: Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 7
Where: Cellar, UW-L Cartwright Center
Admission: Free.

UW-La Crosse’s Männerchor, Women’s Chorus set spring concert

Coulee Chordsmen will join the performance

A local barbershop chorus will join the UW-La Crosse Männerchor and Women’s Chorus for a spring concert. The La Crosse Coulee Chordsmen are the special guests at the annual concert of UW-L’s Männerchor and the Women’s Chorus at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in Annett Recital Hall in the UW-L Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets.

The Chordsmen will sing with Männerchor on the popular barbershop tune “The South Rampart Street Parade” and perform two pieces. The Women’s Chorus and Männerchor will both sing a set of up to six selections each and then combine to end the concert with an arrangement of Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” The Women's Chorus is conducted by Kathryn Moran; Männerchor is conducted by Gary Walth.

The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For more information, contact the UW-L Music Department at 608.785.8415.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Männerchor, Women’s Chorus and the La Crosse Coulee Chordsmen
What: Spring Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets
Admission: Free.

Enthymeme as Diagrammatic: A Confucian Reading of Aristotle's Rhetoric.

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Haixia Lan, English Department faculty member, will conclude the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "Enthymeme as Diagrammatic: A Confucian Reading of Aristotle's Rhetoric."

Her talk will focus on Confucius' rhetorical thinking based on an interpretation of Aristotle's rhetoric-as-enthymematic. Dr. Lan will discuss three characteristics of this enthymematic or rhetorical thinking: empathetic, appropriate, and heuristic; in Greek epieikeia, kairos, and topoi; and in Chinese ren (仁), yi (義), and li (禮). She will address the idea that rhetorical activities are processes through which people use public forums to deliberate about matters that are of consequence to the community for the purpose of inventing probable knowledge, forming probable judgments, and making probable decisions.

Dr. Lan proposes that understanding Confucius' rhetoric this way can shed light on both similarities and differences between the thinking behind the discursive practices—written and oral—we try to teach Chinese students and the discursive practices with which they are familiar.

The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. For more information, visit http://rhetor.blogs.com/english.

UW-La Crosse Concert Choir sets spring concert

Logan High School Select Choir to be featured

A La Crosse high school choir will join the UW-La Crosse Concert Choir for a spring concert. The Concert Choir will welcome the La Crosse Logan High School Select Choir for its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at English Lutheran Church, 1509 King St., La Crosse.

Along with performing a variety of works on their own, singers from the groups will combine to perform Moses Hogan's spiritual "Walk Together Children." The Concert Choir is directed by Gary Kent Walth, director of choral studies at UW-L. The La Crosse Logan High School Select Choir is directed by Doreen Athnos.

The Concert Choir spring concert traditionally features a guest choir. Past choirs have included high school choirs from Onalaska, Onalaska Luther, Aquinas, G-E-T, Sparta and La Crosse Central. Last year’s guest was the Viterbo University Concert Choir.

Suggested ticket donations are $3 for students and $5 for adults. Concert Choir members will hold a silent auction in the narthex of the church. The auction will open at 6:45 and winning bids will be announced at the conclusion of the concert. Auction items include a wide variety of collectibles, as well as gift cards from various local businesses. Proceeds will go the UW-L Choral Music Scholarship Fund.

For more information, contact the UW-L Music Department at 608.785.8415.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Concert Choir and La Crosse Logan High School Select ChoirWhat: Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1
Where: English Lutheran Church, 1509 King St., La Crosse
Admission: $3 for students and $5 for adults

Music Department Concerts in April

The Music department has several exciting events coming up at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. We hope you and your students will take the opportunity to join us at one or more of these concerts.

I. UNIVERSITY CHAMBER PLAYERS: The University Chamber Players will be performing Viktor Ewald ~ Quintet No. 3 Movement 1, the Strauss Serenatde Op. 7, Beethoven ~ Rondino, and the first Movement of Antonin Dvorak’s Serenade in D Minor. This concert will take place in the UW-L Center for the Arts, Annett Recital Hall on Friday 4/20/12 at 7:30pm. This concert is free and open to the public.

II. ORCHESTRA CONCERT: The UW-L Orchestra will perform on Sunday 4/22/12 at 2:00pm. The concert will be held at Christ Church Episcopal on the corner of 9th and Main in La Crosse. We will be performing Dvorak's 8th Symphony, and The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare by Percy Grainger. In addition, we have Prof. Kathryn Skemp-Moran singing Um Mitternacht by Gustav Mahler. Come join us for an afternoon of fantastic music! This concert is free and open to the public.

III. TRUMPET RECITAL – GySgt Mergen and Dr. Thomas Seddon will present a trumpet recital with Dr. Mary Tollefson (Piano), at 7:30pm on April 27, 2012. This will take place at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse in the Center for the Arts, Annett Recital Hall. This event is FREE and open to the public.

IV. WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT: The UW-La Crosse Wind Ensemble will perform with guest artist GySgt Michael Mergen of the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band. This concert features GySgt Mergen performing The Kennan Trumpet Sonata. The Wind Ensemble will also perform the March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith, works by Faure and Bassett, and Donald Grantham’s Kentucky Harmony. This concert is on Sunday April 29, 2012 at 4:30pm. It will be held at the Viterbo Universities Center for the Arts. This event is FREE and open to the public.

These are great opportunities for everyone to come and listen to some excellent music. We hope to see you at these events.

First Annual UW-L College Writing Symposium is April 27th

On Friday, April 27th, 2012, the UW-L English Department Composition Committee will host the first annual UW-L College Writing I Symposium. UW-L students currently enrolled in our ENG 110 and 112 (College Writing I) courses will present original papers on a common theme: What is the meaning of "place"?

There will be multiple hour-long paper sessions that will begin at 10am, 11am, 1pm, and 2pm. Please come to the registration and welcome room in Centennial 3102, and join us for one, two, three, or all four sessions. Together, we will celebrate the work of our College Writing I students and engage in conversations about what it means to write about place.

Questions can be directed to Dr. Darci Thoune, Freshman Writing Program Coordinator, at dthoune@uwlax.edu or 608-785-6921.

Literature Capstone Presentations on April 23 and April 30

Thirteen UW-L English majors will present their literature capstone projects from 2:15-4:15 p.m. in 3212 Centennial Hall on two consecutive Mondays: April 23 and April 30. The colloquia are free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. A brief question-and-answer period follows each presentation. Please drop in for any or all of the following presentations:

April 23

Allison Benish: “Inside the Ten Gallon Plastic Pickle-Tub: Relationships in Jonathan Larson’s Rent”
Bethany Boersma: “A Tale of Two Ideologies: Class and Love in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities”
Kelsey Burkett: “Identifying Psychological Crisis Through Structure and Repetition in T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’”
Erik Hanson: “Bats on the Brain: The Audience, Batman, and the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight”
Jill Harden: “The Colonial Consequence: Examining Albert Camus’ The Stranger”
Spencer Hoostal: “Why Read? Chad Harbach’s Defense of the ‘New Sincerity’”
Anne Plunkett: “Gender and Homosocial Bonding in Jeeves and Wooster”

April 30

Rebecca Hafermann: “A ‘Goblin Market’ Place or So Much More? Reading Race and Empire in a Morality Tale”
Dustin Rucinski: “A Psychological Perspective of Diving in Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night”
Logan Shea: “Understanding Nick: Ecocriticism and Psychoanalysis in Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’”
Christian Sorensen: “Milton’s Masque: Publishing and the Pressures of Patronage”
Emma Walesh: “Tom Leonard and the Rejection of Classist Ideology”
Kimberly Wegner: “Jenny’s Repression: A Psychoanalytic Look into Rebecca West’s ‘The Return of the Soldier’”

UW-L Theatre presents the Twirls and Twists of Kinesis Dance

The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts welcomes back to the Toland stage, Kinesis, the UW-L student dance group under the direction of choreographer Kathy Gorman.

Kinesis Dance Theatre will be staged on May 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Toland Theatre inside the Center for the Arts on the corner of 16th and Vine Streets.

After debuting at the Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre’s performance three years ago and premiering solo on the Toland stage for the past two springs, Kinesis returns to Toland Theatre for a third main stage production. With familiar tunes and expressive dance numbers, this is one unique show that will set your toes tapping in time to the rhythm of the beat as well as pondering the profound, underlying sentiments. Choreographer Kathy Gorman returns this year with a new set of equally insightful, artistic statements, aided in creation by other members of the company. This year will see the premier of a new piece entitled ...and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Them, featuring the entire company and guest artist Jessika Muns, a UW-L student paralyzed from the waist down. Don’t miss out on this extraordinarily evocative event. Members of the Kinesis Dance Theatre include: Taylor Anderson, Elizabeth Beaver, Bobby Black, Erin Christensen, Stephanie Degen, Matt Matuseski, Jandrea Novak, Alycia Parrish, Sarah Pedretti, Casey Schneider, Austin Werla, Katy Williams, and Lewis Youngren.

Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 30. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $4 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522.

If you go—
Who:  University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What: Kinesis Dance Theatre
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
When: May 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Admission:  $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $4 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522. Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 30. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times.
Company:  Taylor Anderson, Elizabeth Beaver, Bobby Black, Erin Christensen, Stephanie Degen, Matt Matuseski, Jandrea Novak, Alycia Parrish, Sarah Pedretti, Casey Schneider, Austin Werla, Katy Williams, Lewis Youngren

College of Liberal Studies honors faculty and staff, students

The UW-La Crosse College of Liberal Studies will honor six faculty and staff, and 31 students during its annual Recognition of Excellence.

The college will recognize this year’s awardees at the CLS Recognition of Excellence Awards at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts. A reception begins at 6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts lobby. The departments of Music and Theatre Arts will provide entertainment; the All-Student Juried Art Exhibition will be on display in the University Art Gallery. The events are free.

The following faculty and staff, their departments and the awards they will receive include:

• Jo Arney, Political Science and Public Administration, CLS Faculty Recognition of Excellence Award for Teaching

• Ray Block, Political Science and Public Administration; and Christine Hippert, Sociology/Archeology, CLS Faculty Recognition of Excellence Award for Research/Creative Endeavors

• Jeremy Arney, Political Science and Public Administration, CLS Faculty Recognition of Excellence Award for Service

• Audrey Mouser Elegbede, Ethic and Racial Studies, CLS Academic Staff Recognition of Excellence Award

• Cindy George, Institute for Professional Studies in Education, CLS Classified Staff Recognition of Excellence Award

Students receiving Recognition of Excellence Awards include:

GRADUATE STUDENTS Excellence Awardees

• Jenna Becker Alsteen, Madison – Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education

• Richard B. Anderson, Jr., La Crosse – Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education

• Myah Houge, La Crescent, Minn. – School Psychology

• Jean Ruprecht, Onalaska – Master of Professional Education

Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award Winner

• Kevin Lewandowski, Port Washington – School Psychology

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Excellence Awardees

• Kristyn Emmer, Lomira – Department of Communication Studies (Organizational and Professional Emphasis)

• Mackenzie Hautala, Pittsville – Department of Communication Studies (Organizational and Professional Emphasis)

• Thomas Reader, Appleton – Department of Communication Studies (Organizational and Professional Emphasis)

• Daniel Card, Owatonna, Minn. – Department of English

• Kyle Larkin, La Crosse – Departments of English and Philosophy

• Patrick Lee, Darien – Department of English Ethnic and Racial Studies Minor

• Jason Bartsch, Brookfield – Department of History

• Daniel Collins, Waunakee – Department of Music

• Daniel Dodge, River Falls – Department of Political Science /Public Administration

• Megan Galdes, Windsor – Department of Psychology

• Ericka Grimm, Hartland – Department of Psychology

• Russell Hoeldtke, La Crosse – Department of Psychology

• Sarah Jacobson, Franksville – Department of Psychology

• Adam Mesman, Wautoma – Department of Psychology

• Emma Bremmer, Reedsville – Department of Sociology/Archaeology - Anthropology Minor

• Megan Kasten, Belmont – Department of Sociology/Archaeology (Archaeology)

• Cynthia Kocik, Hudson – Department of Sociology/Archaeology (Archaeology)

• Marla Kuchler, New Berlin – Department of Sociology/Archaeology

• Ethan Rogers, West Union – Department of Sociology/Archaeology

• Kevin Fanshaw, Stoughton – Department of Theatre

• Rosanne St. Sauver, La Crosse – Department of Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies

• Hannah Henderson, Caledonia – Department of Political Science and Public Administration

• Luke Konkol, Wisconsin Rapids, Department of Philosophy

• Eric King, Onalaska – Department of English

• Patrick Carthey, Delevan – Department of English

John Magerus Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior

• Vanessa Schwartz, Darlington – Department of Psychology

If you go—

Who: UW-La Crosse College of Liberal Studies
What: Recognition of Excellence awards
When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts

UW-La Crosse Senior Art Exhibition shows variety of work

Pieces to be featured on campus, Pump House

This spring’s semi-annual UW-La Crosse senior exhibition features a diverse collection of artwork created by 18 graduating seniors. “Convergence” represents 18 distinct perspectives brought together in one final exhibition. The show features a variety of media, including both two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces, ranging from photographs, paintings, prints and drawings to sculptures, ceramics, jewelry and metalsmithing.

To accommodate the large group, “Convergence” will feature works in the University Art Gallery in the UW-L Center for the Arts, and the Kader Gallery at the Pump House Regional Arts Center, downtown La Crosse. Each artist will be represented by work at both locations.

The exhibition opens Friday, April 20, at both locations and runs through Saturday, April 28, at the Kader Gallery and Friday, May 4, at the University Art Gallery.

Opening receptions will be held at both venues April 20. The campus opening runs from 5-6:30 p.m. Non-perishable food will be collected for the UW-L Food Pantry. The reception at the Pump House takes place immediately following the campus opening from 6:30–9 p.m.

Students participating include: Nicole Becker, Alison Benson, Tylor Fischer, Corey Geary, Rachel E. Hein, Jessica Hetchler, Katie Johnson, Jessalyn Kimball, Sarah McManus, Dani Mejchar, Zachary Morin, Van Ngo, Cando Pierce, Jessie Schlender, Scott Scholze, Carla Stenulson, Sierra Tiegs and Brittany Vogt.

Gallery hours for the University Art Gallery are noon–8 p.m. Mondays–Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, and during events in Toland Theater and the Annett Recital Hall. Pump House hours are 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and noon-4 p.m. Saturdays.


Honor #1 by Tylor Fischer	Shino Pitcher, salt fired porcelain by Brittany Vogt

A look at the artists—
Nicole Becker is a metalsmith and jewelry maker who works to expand the idea of jewelry outside of the commercial realm. She works specifically with the lost wax casting process and the Japanese mixed-metal lamination process, mokume gane. Becker wants her viewers to get lost in the complexity and conceptuality of her wearable art.
Alison Benson uses ceramics and painting to explore and create a visual narrative specific to memory and place. Her work creates a historical documentation of what once was, and will be remembered. Benson transforms organic land shapes into something informative for the viewer to connect with and brings the narrative to life with color.
Tylor Fischer creates mixed media digital art. He seeks to capture attention through commanding and familiar imagery, demand their attention with layers of detail and texture, and guide their understanding through subliminal narrative. Fischer relates cultural similarities through imagery while examining individuality and difference through content.
Corey Geary enjoys drawing and graphic design. He often combines the two in his work, using line to add depth and complexity to his pieces. His strange and surreal ideas come from his wild imagination.
Rachel E. Hein never received her letter to "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," prompting her to attend UW-L were she is majoring in art education. Her concentration is in metalsmithing and jewelry making. She relies on humor and irony in her pieces.
Jessica Hetchler works in both ceramics and printmaking. She enjoys the physical aspects and processes that come with these two mediums. She uses this to drive her content, challenging herself and others to look at life and its problems.
Katie Johnson works in printmaking and metalsmithing. Her current work delves into the issues surrounding people who have disabilities and exposes misconceptions society places on them. Johnson directly incorporates the drawings and writings of people with disabilities who she has worked with into her artwork.
Jessalyn Kimball is a printmaker and drawer from Eyota, Minn. Through her travels she has combined her interest in art and philosophy to explore a more natural way of life. Kimball focuses her work on a more primitive form of expression, highlighting the movement and physicality of nature and the interactions that take place within it.
Sarah McManus explores printmaking and watercolor painting techniques as illustrations for her written children’s stories and handmade books. In her work she draws inspiration from childhood experiences, as well as the gifts of fantasy and imagination. She strives to confront the process of making art with the same unabated courage of a child.
Dani Mejchar expresses her memories and emotions through intaglio prints and digital photography. Working with her family and friends, Mejchar portrays the consciousness of deja vu and the sensations of elements beyond human control and intuition. Her recent work challenges a viewer’s awareness of the world's largest natural resource: water.
Zachary Morin is a printmaker and photographer. He explores the issues of his social and cultural upbringing. By combing traditional printmaking with digital imaging techniques, his work strives to engage viewers through a high level of intimacy.
Van Ngo found herself on the opposite side of “light humor” growing up. She naturally approaches her work in this way. Ngo’s pieces are narrated in a simple, melancholy style with saturated colors and touches of dark humor that leave the viewer feeling unresolved. Her inspiration comes from children’s fairy tales and modern pop culture references.
Cando Pierce uses pomp, color and kid-friendly cartoons to deceive reality. She furthers the deception through actual three-dimensional sculptures of her narrative drawings. Pierce finds it truly ironic that only within a complete lie can some truth, no matter how abstracted, be found.
Jessie Schlender combines photography and sewing in her work. She was introduced to sewing and vintage finds at a very young age. This influence led her to create silhouette portraits of her family using both art forms. Her dependence and need for family stems from her being prematurely born.
Scott Scholze is a ceramicist working in high-fire stoneware. He creates sculptures based on popular characters from movies and video games, as well as functional everyday pottery. His recent work investigates the flow of a galactic formation using glaze techniques and different sized bowls.
Carla Stenulson is a watercolor artist whose work centers around the unique qualities of the media. She works from nature and tries to capture an emotion versus replicating an image.
Sierra Tiegs is an aspiring illustrator and fantasy artist who utilizes watercolor, ink and digital media. She draws inspiration from myths, folklore, and the classic illustrations of artists like Arthur Rackham. Her current emphasis is on monsters and exploring the theme of beauty versus grotesque.
Brittany Vogt is a printmaker working in a variety of processes to explore the visual nuances of form, posture and movement, as well as the private, unspoken interaction of humans within the space they occupy physically. In ceramics, Vogt explores form in a three-dimensional way. Her sculptural and functional ware often utilizes surface carving, molding, and hand building techniques.

If you go—
Who: 18 UW-La Crosse Graduating Seniors
What: “Convergence” art exhibition
When: Opens Friday, April 20
Where: University Art Gallery, UW-La Crosse, through May 4; Kader Gallery, Pump House Regional Arts Center, through April 28
Admission: Free

UW-L Theatre presents Modern Telling of a Greek Classic

The UW-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts production, Antigone, the story of a citizen who resists oppressive power, does more than speak of ancient times and antiquated traditions. This spring the Toland Stage will present a modern, exceedingly relevant take on the old classic, taking inspiration from what Time magazine has deemed the “Year of the Citizen.”

Antigone by Sophocles will show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 through Saturday, April 21 and Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28 with matinee performances at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 22 and Sunday, April 29 in Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts at 16th and Vine streets.

The stage is set with a city in shambles, a post-civil war Thebes. Kreon, brother and uncle of the late Oedipus, has risen to the throne in the aftermath of the battle between brothers, Eteokles and Polyneices. Both brothers are now dead, and Kreon decrees that only one shall be honored with a proper burial, the other left to the elements. This proclamation is met with resistance, especially by the doomed heroine Antigone, sister to the dead rivals. Despite the consequences, Antigone defies her new king and performs the funeral rites for her brother, only to be condemned to death by imprisonment in a cave. This production is inspired by the uprisings around the world, and speaks to the troubles and possibilities of our times.

Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 16. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $4 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522. Be part of the action—ask about special seating onstage!

If you go—
Who:  University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What:  Antigone  by Sophocles, Adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
When: April 20-21 & 26-28 at 7:30 p.m., April 22 & 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Admission:  $14 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $4 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522. Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 16. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times.
Cast:   Kaylyn Forkey, Nick Brandt, Natalie Goodman, Cody Wesner, Halie Becker, Colleen Schulz, Donald C. Hart, Laura Paulson, Lily Cornwell, Suzanne Clum, Jessie Fanshaw, David Holmes, Ashley Hovell, Katie Katschke, Quinn F. Masterson, Jandrea Novak, Casey Schneider, Randy Stringer Jr., Derek Sveen, Ryan Vodnik, Mathew Waller, Bryce Wilson, Lewis Youngren

UW-L Theatre invites all to audition for SummerStage production of Footloose!

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts is excited to announce auditions for the SummerStage 2012 production of the musical Footloose. Auditions are set for April 23 & 24 at 6:00 p.m. Auditions will be held in the Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the corner of 16th and Vine Streets. These are open to students and the community. Auditioners should come prepared with 16 bars of a contemporary Broadway musical and wear comfortable clothing as a dance routine will be taught on site. Auditioners should plan to be available for both evenings. An accompanist will be provided.

Meet Ren McCormack, a regular Chicago guy who just wants to dance. Alas, when his father hits the road and Ren and his mother are forced to move in with family in the middle-of-nowhere town Bomont, he hits a roadblock. Due to a tragic accident involving some of the town’s prominent families, dancing and rock music is now outlawed! What happens when Ren goes head-to-head with Reverend Shaw Moore, the regulation’s chief proponent, in an effort to put on a real senior prom with real dancing? Join us in this movie-turned-musical fun to find out!

Rehearsals will be in the evenings Monday through Friday beginning May 29.Performance dates areat 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 29 through Saturday, June 30 and Thursday, July 5 through Saturday, July 7 with matinee performances at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 1 and Sunday, July 8 in Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts at 16th and Vine streets. Tentative remount performances are scheduled for September 8 & 9.

If you go—
Who: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What: Auditions for SummerStage 2012 production of Footloose!
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
When: April 23-24 at 6:00 p.m.

"Why the Humanities?" a free lecture by Frederick Luis Aldama, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Latino Studies Program and Latino & Latin American Studies Space for Enrichment and Research at the Ohio State University.

Thursday, April 26, 2012
122 Carl Wimberly Hall
5pm reception; 5:30pm lecture

Aldama is editor of five collections of essays and author of seven books, including Postethnic Narrative Criticism, Brown on Brown, Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas, Why the Humanities Matter: A Common Sense Approach, Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez and A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction. He has published numerous articles, co-edits the series "Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture" (U Texas Press), and sits on the board for the Americas book series (Texas Tech University Press).

RAQ Radio Fest to feature music, more

A mid-day event with music, games and food will help raise money for the student-run radio station at UW-La Crosse. The UW-L Broadcast Club will hold RAQ Radio Fest from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 20, on the green between Wittich Hall and the Archaeology Center. The fest includes live music featuring local artists including Andy from T.U.G.G., Paulie, Gregg "Cheech" Hall, Derek Ramnarace, Jacob Grippen, Luke Jorgenson, Franky Goo, Sam Slater, and Adam Blatter. There will also be yard games and a bake sale.

The event features groups and businesses that support the new college radio station while promoting awareness and raising funds for the station. If it rains, the event will be held April 27.

RAQ Radio can be heard on the Internet at live365.com/stations/raq. Students and advisers encourage the campus community to get involved as they work to transform it to a locally broadcast station in the next couple of years. Find out more about the station at: http://www.raqradio.com/

If you go—
What: RAQ Radio Fest
When: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 20
Where: On the green between Wittich Hall and the Archaeology Center. UW-La Crosse
Admission: Free; food and other fundraising events

“Perfect example of a country queen”: Gay American English in the American South

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Stephen L. Mann, English Department faculty member, will continue the English Department's 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "'Perfect example of a country queen': Gay American English in the American South."

Dr. Mann's presentation will focus on the relationship between "sounding gay" and "sounding southern." Findings suggest that listeners who perceive a gay male speaker to be southern may find it more difficult to correctly identify his sexual orientation. However, this difficulty does not lead to a complete incompatibility between sounding southern and sounding gay, a statement which Dr. Mann will support and explain by focusing on two gay male speakers, both consistently perceived as southern, but only one consistently identified as gay.

The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. For more information, visit http://rhetor.blogs.com/english.

UW-L Jazz Ensembles set April 15 concert

The UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensembles will complete their concert seasons at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15,, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. The concert is free and open to the public.

Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Greg Balfany, kicks off its set with the Buddy Rich classic “Basically Blues.” This straight-ahead romp will be followed by the Darcy James Argue’s contemporary “Transit” from the Secret Underground Big Band library and features senior pianist Dan Collins. Henry Mancini’s ballad “Dreamsville” will feature lead trumpeter Bryan Young. Composer James Miley’s “Loose Fitting Genes” will feature senior trumpeter Zak Kazynski. Other selections explore Afro-Cuban rhythms, as well as traditional swing subjects.

Jazz Ensemble II, under the direction of Karyn Quinn, will open with the popular jazz standard “All or Nothing At All,” featuring soloists Michael Wininsky on piano and Gerrit Van Ryswuick on trumpet. Originally arranged the Stan Kenton Orchestra, “My Funny Valentine” will feature UW-L jazz studies director and saxophonist Greg Balfany. Wisconsin composer Patty Darling’s recent composition, “Extensions,” and Basie’s “Who Me?” will round out the band’s presentation.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensembles
What: Spring concert
When: 3 p.m. Sunday April 15
Where: Valhalla, UW-L Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: Free.

Woman who documented Egyptian Revolution on Web at UW-La Crosse

Interaction designer and creative technologist Yasmin Elayat will speak at UW-La Crosse April 11.

A leading interaction designer and creative technologist who documented the Egyptian Revolution in a unique way — for the Web — is coming to UW-La Crosse. Yasmin Elayat will share how she has re-thought use of technology and how people interface with it and the world around them.

Elayat will speak on “How Revolution is Changing Storytelling” at noon Wednesday, April 11, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center. Admission is free.

Elayat, an Egyptian-American, has become known for designing and developing interactive installations for physical spaces and interactive storytelling projects for the Web. Originally from California, Yasmin grew up tinkering in interdisciplinary projects, always trying to merge her interests in arts and technology. She holds a bachelor’s in computer science from the American University in Cairo and a master’s from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

As a graduate student at ITP, Elayat combined her technical background with her passion for storytelling to develop a spectrum of interactive and video installations. She built a “Pepper’s Ghost” interactive hologram, interactive toys, an interactive water fountain oracle, games for mobile devices, animation shorts, and video installations. Yasmin exhibited her interactive video installation piece Lost and Found at the ITP Winter Show in 2007.

Wanting to recreate the same magical experience that she enjoyed as a child at museums like the Exploratorium, Yasmin pursued a career in the interactive exhibit space. She is co-creator of “18 Days In Egypt: A Collaborative Documentary Project about the Egyptian Revolution,” which asks the Egyptian community to tell the story of the ﬁrst 18 days of the revolution using the media they created within those 18 days. The communities’ stories will be presented as an interactive, web-native documentary ﬁlm experience where users can learn how the events actually played out in the streets of Egypt through the eyes of those who were there.

Yasmin is currently the co-founder of a technology start-up called GroupStream, a group storytelling platform where people can tell the story of any shared experience with friends or those with them using social media. GroupStream is about bringing together a group’s social media fragments from Twitter and Facebook updates to Flickr photos and Youtube videos.

The presentation is co-sponsored by the Provost Office’s Visiting Artist of Color Grant and the History Department. Click here for event poster.

If you go—
Who: Yasmin Elayat
What: “How Revolution is Changing Storytelling”
When: Noon Wednesday, April 11
Where: Port O’ Call, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center
Admission: Free

UW-L vocal jazz ensembles to give concert

A student-directed group will join UW-La Crosse’s two vocal jazz ensembles to give a concert that will include well-known hits. Choraljam IV, UW-L’s vocal jazz spring concert, is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Annett Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. Admission is free.

The performance will feature a wide variety of musical styles ranging from Berthold Brecht’s “Mack The Knife” from “The Three Penny Opera” to a new composition by UW-L music Professor Gary Walth titled, “I Think I’m In Love.”

Vocal Jazz Ensemble I and II, made up of eight and 11 singers respectively, will perform a cappella and rhythm-section accompanied arrangements by well-known artists such as Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, James Taylor, the Black-Eyed Peas, Sweden’s The Real Group and more.

The concert will also feature LX Noise, a six-member a cappella group led by student director Sarah Shervey. This is the fourth in a series of UW-L student vocal jazz and contemporary a cappella concerts called Choraljam.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse’s two vocal jazz ensembles and a student group, LX Noise
What: Choraljam IV, UW-L’s vocal jazz spring concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets.
Admission: Free.

UW-L class to get first-hand view from Qatar

Major focus:

A UW-La Crosse political science class will meet students from halfway around the world to get better insight about the Middle East issues. The POL 336 Middle East Government and Politics class is holding a video conferencing session with the Cornell Medical School in Qatar at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, in Room 102 Wing Technology Center.

For more information:

Reporters wanting more information should contact Professor Cecilia G. Manrique, Chair of the Political Science/Public Administration Department, at 608.785.6642 or cmanrique@uwlax.edu.

UW-La Crosse students selected to perform at Honors Recital

Ten students studying music at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse have been selected to perform in the Music Department’s annual Honors Recital.

The students will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in Annett Recital Hall in the UW-L Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. The performance is free and open to the public. A reception for students, parents and teachers will follow.

The music department’s faculty selected students for the recital based on their outstanding performances at auditions held earlier this year. Those selected include:

Chris Barnes, euphonium, Germantown, Wis.
Suzanne Clum, cello, Racine, Wis.
Adam Fisher, trumpet, from Sheboygan, Wis.
Rachel Gudgeon, soprano, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Sarah Jackson, soprano, Gages Lake, Ill.
Adam Miller, baritone, West Salem, Wis.
Anthony Rasmussen, tenor, Grafton, Wis.
Matt Salvo, piano, Tomah, Wis.
Sarah Shervey, soprano, Rosemount, Minn.
Luke Thering, piano, Waunakee, Wis.

For more information, contact the Music Department at 608.785.8409.

If you go—
What: UW-L Music Department Honors Recital
Who: Ten UW-La Crosse students
When: 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: Free

Annual All-Student Exhibition opens Friday, March 23

A variety of student artwork will be feature in the UW-La Crosse University Art Gallery. The annual All-Student Juried Exhibition opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 in the Gallery.

The exhibit is an opportunity for all students across campus to enter creative works for judging and submission into the exhibition. This year, 72 student artists submitted 172 works for possible inclusion. Judges were Carol Lee Chase, a professor of painting at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn., and Jody Williams, a faculty member of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

The judges selected 36 pieces from 27 students. The included: Kelsey Bauer, Jill Bagniefski, Kirk Benson, Amber Brader, Mellissa Buss, Megan Danahy, Seth Forecki, Erin Fraundorf, Clinton Grabhorn, Allecia Kruser, Angela McMahon, Dani Mejchar, Pat Moriearty, Zachary Morin, Andrew Musil, Analese Nechvatal, Adam Oldre, Ellen Pfeffer, Sam Posso, Erin Rademacher, Julie Sieracki, Mike Spicer, Amanda Noel Strover, Harmony Szarek, Clint Tudahl, Dani Wallace and Kristina Warner.

In addition to selecting work for the exhibition, the judges selected 12 works for recognition and awards. The awards and their recipients included:

Betty L. Kendrick Award
Clint Tudahl: Drapery
Richard Koehler Award
Kirk Benson: Ham Steak
James Quillin Award
Zachary Morin: Moth
Marion Beihn Award
Clint Grabhorn: One for the Road
Catherine Crail Award
Adam Oldre: 1912 Atwater Kent System, Type K
Carol Hutchins Winther Award
Erin Rademacher: Broiler
RuthAnn Knapp Award
Julie Sieracki: Whale Tale Pendant
Ray Sherin Award
Dani Mejchar: Edward Jump
Bill Fiorini Award
Kelsey Bauer: Belt Buckle
Louise Drumm Award
Dani Mejchar: Urban Shadows
Bill Kader Award
Erin Fraundorf: Chromosome Explosion
All Students Art Exhibition Award
Pat Moriearty: Crow

The exhibit and other events are free and open to the public. The show runs through Saturday, April 14.

Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Admission is free. The gallery opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department 608.785.8230.

The University Gallery staff thanks the UW-L Foundation and individual donors for support of the visual arts at UW-L, as well as the UW-L Student Association, which generously funds this event.

If you go—
What: All-Student Juried Exhibition
When: Opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. Runs through April 14
Where: University Art Gallery, UW-L Center for the Arts
Admission: Free
Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events.


“Crow” by Pat Moriearty, All-Students Art Exhibition Award	“Broiler” (Ceramic Chicken) by Erin Rademacher, Carol Hutchins Winther Award

Animal bones tell the story of an ancient culture

UW-L professor shares research from Gulf Coast site

Animal bones found along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico tell the story of how an ancient human culture survived between 200 B.C. and 1,000 A.D.

Jonathan Baker, UW-La Crosse assistant professor of archaeology, will share his research on these ancient coast dwellers during a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Port O' Call in UW-L’s Cartwright Center.

Baker collected more than 60,000 animal bones from two sites near Mobile Bay, Ala., while working toward his doctorate degree in anthropology — which he’ll complete this spring — from the University of Tennessee. “Usually animal bones are poorly preserved in this area,” he says. “When the large quantity of remains was excavated, it was immediately recognized to have the potential to answer a number of questions regarding ancient human adaptations on the Gulf Coast.”

The bones are the remains from meals humans ate along the coast about 1,000 years ago. They give Baker and other archaeologists clues about how people adapted to an aquatic environment, their diet and economic patterns. Other remains along the coast help archaeologists understand the different types of fishing practices people used and what time(s) of the year people occupied the sites. They also aid in the reconstruction of ancient environments and climates.

If you go—
Who: Jonathan Baker, assistant professor of archaeology
What: Presentation on ancient Gulf Coast population
Where: Port O' Call in UW-L’s Cartwright Center
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5
Admission: Free

MVAC recognized by U.S. Department of the Interior for partnership with national program

The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center was recognized by U.S. Department of the Interior for its work with Project Archaeology, a national partnership that encourages teachers to include archaeology in their classrooms. Project Archaeology won the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Partners in Conservation Award in 2011. MVAC has coordinated Project Archaeology in Wisconsin since 1994.

“Project Archaeology is a great vehicle for sharing information about the past with teachers, students and the public,” says Bonnie Jancik, MVAC director of Public Education. “If the public is more aware of the archaeological resources in their area, they are more likely to protect them.”

Project Archaeology is a national partnership through the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that has provided quality education material to more than 10,000 teachers since is inception in 1990. The mission of Project Archaeology is to use archaeological inquiry to foster understanding of cultures; improve social studies and science education; and enhance citizenship education to help preserve archaeological legacy.

For 30 years the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center has been offering public field schools, training K-12 teachers, and helping people become aware of the area’s archaeological resources. Working with teachers has always been a high priority for MVAC because impacting one teacher has the potential to influence thousands of students and a future generation, says Jancik.

An example of MVAC’s teacher training that employs Project Archaeology is the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institutes for Teachers that MVAC has offered for the past several years. Teachers from across the country spend three weeks at UW-L exploring how archaeologists work and what they have discovered about the area. Project Archaeology materials and coordinators serve as resources as participants design ways to include the institute’s content in their own classrooms.

Twenty-nine UW-L students to present research at NCUR 2012

Twenty-nine UW-L students will present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research Thursday through Saturday, March 29-31, at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Students from more than 300 colleges and universities throughout the U.S. attend.

Presentation subjects run the gamut: did author Stephenie Meyer conceive Edward in the “Twilight” series as a good guy or a bad guy? Finding the sweet spot — mathematically — on a baseball bat. The relationship between what college students eat and how they’re coping with stress, anxiety and depression. Using empirical and theoretical approaches to assessing a host-parasite interaction of conservation concern.
UW-L students presenting, their area of study and advisers include:

Kaylee Beckwith and Nicole Long, Biology, adviser Sumei Liu
Aiyana Bloome, Communication Studies, advisers Dena Huisman and Daniel Modaff
Sasha Chihak, Chemistry, adviser Nadia Carmosini
Dan Collins, Andrew Steeno and Bryan Zannotti, Music Performance, adviser Karyn Quinn
Tanner Culpitt, Chemistry, adviser Kendric J. Nelson
Sara Erickson, Environmental Studies and Sciences, advisers Colin Belby and Ryan Perroy
Greta Foley, Cell & Molecular Biology, adviser Carl S. Shelley
Megan Gross, Biology, adviser Jennifer Miskowski
Mackenzie Hautala, Communication Studies, adviser Ronda Leahy
Ali Khalili, Mathematics, adviser Theodore Wendt
Marla Kuchler, Sociology, adviser Carol Miller
Kevin Larsen, Chemistry, adviser Adrienne Loh
Austin MacKenzie, two presentations: English, advisers Carissa Bennett and Bryan Kopp; and Psychology, adviser Alexander O’Brien
Alyssa Martinson, Psychology, adviser and Jennifer McDermott
John Nehls, Physics, adviser Eric Gansen
Ryan Nell, Diversity Studies, adviser Jörg Vianden
Emma Sabel, Biochemistry, adviser Adrienne Loh
Donica Spence, Anthropology and Archaeology, adviser Christine Hippert
Briana Tong, Psychology, advisers Jocelyn Newton and Dung Ngo
Andrea Turtenwald, Sociology, adviser Carol Miller
Kacie Van Calster, Mathematics, advisers Barbara Bennie, Roger J. Haro, James P. Peirce, Gregory J. Sandland, Kari A. Soltau
Andrew Voelkel, Ecology and Organismal Biology, adviser Meredith Thomsen
Kory Wilkinson, Physiology, advisers Scott Cooper and David Howard
Janet Yearous, Linguistics and World Languages, adviser Jennifer Howell
Bryan Zinschlag, Sociology, adviser Michael Brennan

UW-L hosted the event in 2009 and will host the conference April 10-14, 2013. For more on this year’s conference visit www.weber.edu/ncur2012.

UW-L’s Women’s Chorus, Mannerchor sets concert

Works to feature American composers

American composers will be highlighted in a spring concert featuring the UW-La Crosse Women’s Chorus and Männerchor.

The ensembles will perform several compositions by celebrated American composer Randall Thompson,1899-1984, at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 1, in Annett Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts, 16thand Vine streets. Admission is free.

The concert will be in three parts. Männerchor, conducted by Professor Gary Walth, will open with choral settings by American composers including Thompson’s “The Last Words of David.” Männerchor will also premier Walth’s newest composition, “The Eyes Of All Wait Upon Thee,” written for the ensemble.

The Women’s Chorus, conducted by Kathryn Moran, will also perform a choral work by Thompson titled “The Lord Is My Shepherd.” In addition, the women will perform several pieces by another well-known American composer, Aaron Copland.

The concert will conclude with the combined choirs presenting Thompson’s most famous choral work, “Frostiana.” The work consists of seven settings of the poetry of Robert Frost (1874-1963). Local pianist Beth Lakmann will serve as the accompanist for the large work.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Women’s Chorus and Männerchor
What: Spring Concert
When: 4 p.m. Sunday, April 1
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets.
Admission: Free

Mice, Milk and Cookies with UW-L Theatre’s Children’s Show

The UW-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts is tickled to bring to life the beloved children’s story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, adapted by Jody Davidson for youth audiences this spring.

What could possibly go wrong with giving in to a seemingly innocent appeal for a cookie? That is what a puckish young boy one day finds out when a deceptively exuberant mouse comes upon him munching on his favorite treat. Suspecting nothing, he grants the mouse’s request only to find his lazy day at home turned upside down in countless attempts to appease the bossy rodent’s never-ending needs. In this humorous romp, young audiences will discover what happens when you give someone an inch and they take a mile.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, with book by Laura Joffe Numberoff, adapted by Jody Davidson, will show at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Frederick Theatre in Morris Hall at 16th and State Streets.

Tickets for the general public are available at the door only one hour prior to each performance on Saturday, March 31. Tickets are $5 per person.

If you go-
Who: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Book by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Adapted by Jody Davidson
Where: Frederick Theatre, UW-La Crosse Morris Hall
When: March 31 at 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Admission: $5 per person. Tickets for the general public are available at the door only one hour prior to each performance on Saturday, March 31.
Cast: Brian Coffin, Kevin Fanshaw, Kaylin Wolf

UWL’s First Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

When: March 24-25, 2012
Keynote Speaker: Megan Craig (SUNY Stony Brook): “Narrative Threads: Philosophy, Literature, and the Stories We Tell.” Professor Craig, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook, is the keynote speaker for the first annual undergraduate philosophy conference at UW La Crosse. Dr. Craig does work in phenomenology (esp. Emmanuel Levinas), American pragmatism (James), and Kristeva and Freud (memory and trauma). She has published a book entitled Levinas and James: Toward a Pragmatic Phenomenology (Indiana University Press, 2010). Where: Centennial Hall (1309), 6:30 p.m., Saturday March 24th

Click here for the list of presentations and schedule and here for the conference poster. Firm schedule available by March 22 at: http://uwlax.edu/philosophy/html/u-phi-con.htm

Sponsored by the Philosophy Department and the College of Liberal Studies.

No fee for non presenters.

"Conceiving and Consuming Fictions in Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'"

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

As part of the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series, Dr. Ryan Friesen, English Department, will present "Conceiving and Consuming Fictions in Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'."

From the beginning of the "Legend," Irving stresses the control that the women of the Hollow exercise over the creation of tales and the naming of place and circumstance. This "lap of land" is deceptively inviting, and the "brook that glides through it" may murmur one to repose, but it is a region the fertility of which is belied by the "angry echoes" of a violent history. In one reading of the "Legend," a sincere but inept schoolmaster sees his romantic overtures trampled by his vain beloved's preference for a crass, brutish thug. However, this is not the parable that Irving composed, nor the battle of principles that he staged.

The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23rd, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. For more information please visit http://rhetor.blogs.com/english.

Area students at UW-L for History Day

March 21 event to feature “Revolution, Reaction and Reform in History”

More than 300 middle school and high school students from at least 10 western Wisconsin school districts with present results of their historical research projects relating to the theme “Revolution, Reaction and Reform in History.” The annual regional National History Day program is Wednesday, March 21, at UW-La Crosse.

National History Day, under the direction of the UW-L History Department, engages students in historical research through a variety of contexts. The event begins at 8 a.m. in Valhalla, Cartwright Center–Gunning Addition.

Members of the public may attend performances in Valhalla throughout the morning with media documentaries open for public viewing throughout the day. Exhibits in various rooms in Cartwright and Port O’ Call will be available from noon-1 p.m.

Students will present their research work through historical papers, websites, media documentaries, exhibits and performances. Qualifiers for the state competition and winners of 11 special research awards will be announced at 3:30. The public is invited; admission is free.

Refer inquiries to Gregory Wegner, Western Wisconsin Regional Coordinator for National History Day, at gwegner@uwlax.edu

If you go—
Who: More than 300 area middle school and high school students
What: National History Day Regional Program
When: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center –Gunning Addition
Admission: Free.

‘Stand for Justice in the Holy Land” lecture set at UW-La Crosse

The parents of a human rights activist killed in the Gaza Strip will share their story at a UW-La Crosse presentation. Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of human rights activist and observer Rachel Corrie, will speak on “Stand for Justice in the Holy Land” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. The program is free; donations will be accepted.

Rachel Corrie was killed March 16, 2003, by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home. Motivated by their daughter's work and example, the Corries have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of justice and peace in the Middle East.

The Corries have made numerous visits to the Middle East, spending time in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt, and Turkey. Find out more at: http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/.

Sponsors of the presentation include: UW-L History Department; Viterbo University History Department; Islamic Center of Winona; La Crosse Area Synod (ELCA) Middle East subcommittee; La Crosse Interfaith Justice, and Peace Network La Crosse Community Foundation Global Awareness Fund.

If you go—
Who: Cindy and Craig Corrie
What: “Stand for Justice in the Holy Land”
When: 7 p.m. Monday, March 19
Where: Port O’ Call, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: Free; donations will be accepted.

Premiere, local screening of documentary on local man’s fight for clean air

A film featuring UW-L staff member Guy Wolf and his fight for clean air in the La Crosse Area will have its premiere, local screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in 1309 Centennial Hall. Admission is free.

The film “Crossing the Line: Defending Wisconsin's Environmental Commons” celebrates the stories of five individuals, families and communities who, with the help of Midwest Environmental Advocates, stood up for their rights to clean air, land and water and won. Wolf led the legal battle in the 1990s to get more teeth behind pollution control enforcement at the French Island incinerator, which turns waste into energy.

Wolf contended the incinerator was in violation of the Clean Air Act and became the litigant in a lawsuit against Xcel Energy. A settlement in 2001 required Xcel Energy and La Crosse County to invest millions into the plant for pollution control equipment and pay fines.

Kimberlee Wright, executive director of Midwest Environmental Activists in Madison, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. Wolf will also answer questions related to his activities.
A reception begins at 5:45 p.m. at 1300 Centennial Hall.

If you go—
What: The film “Crossing the Line: Defending Wisconsin's Environmental Commons”
Where: 1309 Centennial Hall
When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22,
Admission: Free

UW-La Crosse sets Winter Festival Concert

Concert Choir, Orchestra and Wind Ensemble to perform at Viterbo

The UW-La Crosse Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will present a Winter Festival Concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Viterbo Fine Arts Center. Three large works will be featured in the performance.

The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by J. Thomas Seddon IV, will play the first movement of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8. Written in 1889, the score of this symphony was dedicated "To the Bohemian Academy of Emperor Franz Joseph for the Encouragement of Arts and Literature.” This work precedes Dvorak’s most famous symphonic work, the “New World” Symphony, No. 9.

The Wind Ensemble, also conducted by Seddon, will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra.” The piece was written in 1878 when Rimsky-Korsakov was serving as an officer in the Russian Imperial Navy and as the “Inspector of Military Bands.” Guest trombone soloist for the work is artist Scott Bean, a doctoral student and adjunct trombone instructor at Central Connecticut State University.

The final large work, performed by the Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra, will be Franz Schubert’s “Mass in G major,” written in 1815 when the composer was 18 years old. This was Schubert’s second mass setting as a composition student of Antonio Salieri in Vienna. Several vocal soloists from the choir will be featured. The Concert Choir, conducted by Gary Kent Walth, will also perform a set of choral works including Walth’s “Two Japanese Proverbs,” composed in 2000.

The concert is free and open to the public.

If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
What: Winter Festival Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7
Where: Viterbo Fine Arts Center
Admission: Free

Trombonist sets master class, recital at UW-La Crosse

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In conjunction with Trombonist Scott Bean’s visit to perform with the UW-La Crosse Wind Ensemble, Bean will lead a master class and give a recital at UW-L Tuesday, March 6, in Annett Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts. Bean is a doctoral student and adjunct trombone instructor at Central Connecticut State University. Performances include:

• 4:30-5:30 p.m. — Bean will lead a Trombone Master Class. Admission is free; trombone players should bring their instruments.

• 7:30 p.m. — Bean will give a Trombone Recital featuring pieces that span from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. The performance is free and open to the public.

Pole barn builder to display what he has uncovered at MVAC artifact show

Dan Maas has discovered thousands of artifacts — some 6,000 to 8,000 years old — while building pole barns in the La Crosse area. Maas, owner of La Crosse Building Systems LLC., says he keeps his eye out after the excavation process.

He is one of many local artifact collectors to display findings at the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center annual artifact show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Valley View Mall. MVAC will also display artifacts recovered from local excavations over several years. Archaeologists will be on-hand to identify artifacts and public is welcome to bring arrowheads, pottery, and other items to find out how old they are.

“The most exciting thing is when someone brings something in and you are able to help them identify it,” says Maas. “I’ve seen everything from pipes to pottery to spear points.”

If an artifact is discovered on someone’s property, it technically belongs to him or her. Some of Maas’s finds are on display at his Stoddard home. Others are at the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, located in the archaeology building at UW-L.

One of his most notable finds was a two-by-six-inch ceremonial piece, made out of Knife River flint. He uncovered the piece, which looks like a giant arrowhead, while tilling his mother-in-law’s garden. He plans to share this piece at the artifact show.

If you go —
What: MVAC annual artifact show
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 3
Where: Valley View Mall, La Crosse (courtyard in front of Macy's)
Admission: Free
Special event: Robert Keiper will be conducting a flint knapping (stone tool making) demonstration from 11 a.m. to noon.

Do you have artifacts? If you have a collection you would like to display, contact Jean Dowiasch at 608.785.8454 or jdowiasch@uwlax.edu


Dan Maas, of Stoddard, pictured right, discusses his collection of artifacts at the 2011 artifact show.		Judy Maas, of Stoddard, fields questions during the 2009 artifact show.


Oneota pottery recovered from the Sand Lake Road area near Onalaska to be on display at the artifact show.		A mastodon tooth, approximately 10,000 years old, will be on display at the artifact show.

UW-L Art Gallery opens semester with works on paper

Professor John Ready’s artwork feature collages

The UW-La Crosse University Art Gallery opens it spring season with an exhibition of works on paper by Department of Art Faculty member and Gallery Director John Ready.

“John Ready: Works on Paper, Icon and Context” opens with a talk from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in 116 Center for the Arts. The exhibit, in the University Art Gallery, first floor of the Center for the Arts, opens with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. and runs through Saturday, March 3. Ready will also host a brown bag lunch discussion on his works from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in Room 116. The exhibit and other events are free and open to the public.

Ready’s work in the exhibit is the result of research and studio practice while he was on sabbatical during the 2010-11 academic year. His sabbatical research, titled “Icon and Context,” enabled him to create a series of collages. The works explore the iconographic nature of cultural images and the manner with which their meaning can be altered by varying contextual settings. Utilizing landscape as metaphor, Ready builds environments in the collages that utilize images from contemporary culture and their placement within constructed environments.


Comets, Collage on tag, 7.5” x 9.5 “, 2011

Puppy Pie, Collage on tag, 7.5” x 9.5 “, 2011

Pilot Mound Cake, Collage on tag, 7.5” x 9.5 “, 2011

If you go—
What: “John Ready: Works on Paper, Icon and Context”
When: Feb. 3-March 3
Where: University Art Gallery, UW-L Center for the Arts
Admission: Free
Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events.
Extras: Gallery talk from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in 116 Center for the Arts. Gallery reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Brown bag lunch discussion, noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, Room 116.

Gays Mills historical exhibit to be unveiled

This is one of the 17 panels UW-La Crosse History Department students created for a historical exhibit on Gays Mills that will be permanently set up in the village’s new visitors center.

UW-La Crosse students complete pictorial display

When the relocation of the village of Gays Mills is completed this year, residents and others shouldn’t have any trouble recalling what the old town looked like.

A UW-La Crosse history class spent the fall semester working on a large, pictorial display covering the village’s 152-year history. Seventeen 24-inch by 36-inch panels contain historical and contemporary images detailing the village’s Kickapoo River-side location, along with its new site about a mile northeast and out of the floodplain.

“The display looks very nice and should be well received by those visiting the village’s new visitors center,” says History Professor Charles Lee, who oversaw the class. That is where the exhibit will eventually be displayed.

Students in the class worked in pairs while hearing from Gays Mills residents and leaders, collecting ideas, images and village history to portray. Lee says most of the images for the panels were retrieved from UW-L Murphy Library’s Area Research Center and date to the 19th century. Some came from the village’s centennial booklet, while others were captured last fall to document the relocation.

“The students did the research, they designed the layout, and they put the entire display together,” says Lee. “For most of them this was their first professional display, which will give them a great experience for their professional careers as historians.”

The exhibit will be displayed on campus Monday-Friday, Jan. 30-Feb. 3, in the Murphy Library Area Research Center before heading to its permanent location at the new Gays Mills Visitors Center. Campus exhibit hours are 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. weekdays, and 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays. The Village of Gays Mills and the UW-L History Department funded the display.

Click here to view the TV News 8 coverage of the historical panels

If you go—
What: Gays Mills Historical Exhibit
Who: Created by UW-L history students
Where: UW-L Murphy Library Area Research Center
When: 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. weekdays, and 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays
Admission: Free
Ongoing: Moves to permanent display at the Village of Gays Mills Visitors Center in February

Spring to Life with UW-L Theatre’s Musical Madness

The UW-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts is thrilled to “stumble along” into this
season’s musical surprise, The Drowsy Chaperone.

Ever wonder what it would be like to have your most beloved Broadway musical burst into life right in your very own living room? That’s what happens to a secluded musical fanatic who innocently settles in to enjoy his favorite cast album one day. Surprise! Suddenly the full-fledged musical production catapults into the confines of his home, telling the boisterous ballad of a brazen Broadway starlet seeking to find, and keep,
her true love. A tribute to early American musicals of the Jazz Age, The Drowsy Chaperone will leave you yearning for an unannounced visit of your own!

The Drowsy Chaperone, with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, score by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, will show at 7:30 p.m. February 24-25 & March 1-3 with matinee performances at 2:00 p.m. February 26 & March 4 in Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts at 16th and Vine Streets.

Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 20. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before each performance. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $5 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522.

If you go—
Who: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What: The Drowsy Chaperone Book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar, Score by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
When: February 24-25 & March 1-3 at 7:30 p.m., February 24 & March 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Admission: $16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens and non-UWL students, $5 UW-L students; call (608) 785-8522. Tickets go on sale at 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 20. Box office hours are 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times.

Cast: Jacob Voss, Lindsay Van Norman, Sarah Shervey, Andrew Kelly, Nick Brandt, Katie Katschke, Lewis Youngren, Seth Von Steidl, Austin P. Hernandez, Quinn Masterson, Kaylyn Forkey, Hope Parow, Colleen Schulz, Clara Solinger, Jandrea Novak, Halie Becker, Anna Mae Beyer, Kristen Lake, Lily Cornwell, Katy Williams, Eric Busse, Laura Paulson, Ashley Hovell, Colin Stiemke, Bobby Black, David Holmes, Casey Schneider, Jessie Fanshaw, Jacob Gloe

State artist sets UW-L talk

Presentation is part of Visiting Artist Series

A young freelance artist based in Milwaukee and Stoddard will speak at UW-La Crosse. Katie Musolff, currently the Resident Artist at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, gives a public lecture about her work at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in Room 116 Center for the Arts. Admission is free.

Musolff, who was born in 1982, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2004. Her work has been exhibited throughout Wisconsin, including the Overture Center in Madison, the Charles Allis Museum in Milwaukee, the Museum of Wisconsin art and more. Her work can be viewed at: www.katiemusolff.com/

Musolff’s presentation is part of the UW-L Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series that provides students one-on-one and group conversations with artists. Invited artists to campus include those working with a wide range of visual and new media from local, national and international communities.

If you go—
Who: Katie Musolff, current Resident Artist at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee
What: Talk
When: 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23
Where: Room 116, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: Free.

Big band blast: UW-L Big Band Cabaret Celebrates its 25th Year

The 25th annual Big Band Cabaret is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at UW-La Crosse.

The UW-La Crosse Tuxedo Dance Orchestra recreates the sights and sounds of the fabulous swing era at theupcoming Big Band Cabaret.

Hear the sounds of Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and more at the 25th annual Big Band Cabaret at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.

Joining the Tuxedo Big Band will be the UW-La Crosse “Swing Orchestra” and featured guest artists trumpeter Tom Brown, vocalist Tim Henke and a “She’s Got Talent” winning vocalist. Selections include Benny Goodman’s “Let’s Dance,” Frank Sinatra’s “Street of Dreams,” Bobby Darren’s “Beyond the Sea” and Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood.” Special Dance sets will feature Prez Prado’s “Patricia” Henry Mancini’s “Charade” Waltz and many others.

Admission is a suggested donation of $10 for students, $14 for seniors and $15 for others. The concert features Cabaret style seating with candle lit tables, large dance floor, and full beverage service.

For reservations call 608.785.8415 during regular business hours. Proceeds benefit the UW-L Jazz Scholarship program.

If you go—
What: Big Band Cabaret
Who: UW-La Crosse Tuxedo Dance Orchestra
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18.
Where: Valhalla, UW-L Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: $10 for students, $14 for seniors and $15 for others

Polar Explorer Will Steger to be on NEWSMAKERS

Major focus:
Legendary Polar Explorer Will Steger will be on Wisconsin Public Radio's NEWSMAKERS from 3 - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21. Local reporters are welcome to join. Following the radio taping, the media is welcome to do individual interviews with Steger at the studio in the lower level of UW-L’s Whitney Center.

Background:
Steger, who led the first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole — without resupply — in 1986, will present on Arctic preservation at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Valhalla, Cartwright Center, Gunning-Addition at UW-L. Steger has traveled tens of thousands of miles by kayak and dogsled for more than 45 years, leading teams on some of the most significant polar expeditions in history. He led the longest unsupported dogsled expedition in history across Greenland in 1988 and the first dogsled traverse of Antarctica in 1989. For his accomplishments, he earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2007. He continues his commitment to education and exploration through the Will Steger Foundation. He aims to empower people around the world to take action on global warming solutions.

Legendary Polar Explorer to talk about Arctic preservation at UW-L

Legendary Polar Explorer Will Steger, who led the first confirmed dogsled journey to the North Pole — without resupply — in 1986, will present on Arctic preservation at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Valhalla, Cartwright Center, Gunning-Addition. A question and answer session follows. A reception and book signing is from 6-7 p.m. in the Ward Room, Cartwright Center.

Steger has traveled tens of thousands of miles by kayak and dogsled for more than 45 years, leading teams on some of the most significant polar expeditions in history. He led the longest unsupported dogsled expedition in history across Greenland in 1988 and the first dogsled traverse of Antarctica in 1989. For his accomplishments, he earned the Lifetime Achievement Award fromNational Geographic Adventure magazine in 2007.

He continues his commitment to education and exploration through the Will Steger Foundation. He aims to empower people around the world to take action on global warming solutions.

If you go—
Who: Will Steger
What: Arctic preservation presentation, discussion
Where: Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition, UW-L
When: 7:30 p.m., Tuesday Feb. 21
Admission: Free

Archaeologist discusses Wisconsin's animal-shaped mounds and the complex society that built them

Awards ceremony to honor lead archaeologists

About 1,000 years ago Native Americans built more animal-shaped mounds in Wisconsin than any other part of the world. Many are still intact — even in the La Crosse area.

The mounds are so common in the state, people don’t realize their significance or rarity in the world, says Robert Birmingham, former state archaeologist and professor at UW-Waukesha.

Birmingham will present on these mounds — called effigy mounds — at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Port O' Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.

During the Late Woodland Period, 700 A.D. – 1,100 A.D., native people built more than 15,000 mounds in Wisconsin. Thousands were in the form of super natural beings and animals such as birds, bear, deer, bison, lynx, turtle, panther or water spirit. Comparable to churches or temples, they were sacred spaces where, at times, the dead were buried, explains Birmingham.

Most of the mounds were destroyed as settlers moved in and started farming. However, preserved mounds can be visited at nearby locations such as La Crosse’s Myrick Park, Trempealeau’s Perrot State Park, Wyalusing State Park in Bagley, Wis., and Effigy Mounds National Monument in Harpers Ferry, Iowa.

The mounds help archaeologists better understand the Woodland society and how societies have evolved, says Birmingham.

“The Woodland people were thought to be simple hunters and gatherers who came to build these mounds. The mounds say otherwise,” says Birmingham. “These are obviously the work of a complex society.”

Birmingham wrote the book, “Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes.”

If you go—
What: Lecture on Wisconsin mounds
Where: Port O' Call, UW-L’s Cartwright Center
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16
Admission: Free

MVAC awards ceremony

Each year the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center gives awards to people and organizations for their contributions to the field of archaeology. The 2011 awardees will be recognized during a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. – prior to the lecture. A social starts at 6 p.m. Learn more about these awards at www.uwlax.edu/mvac/About/VolunteerRecog.htm

"Six Key Terms in the Transition from High School to College Writing"

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Virginia Crank, English Department faculty member, will continue the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "Six Key Terms in the Transition from High School to College Writing." The presentation will discuss key concepts that Dr. Crank has identified from the large body of research on writing in high school and college English classes. Understanding and discussing these concepts with new college students can help those who teach freshmen (particularly in writing-intensive courses) build on the skills and concepts their students bring with them to UWL.

The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, February 10th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. For more information, visit http://rhetor.blogs.com/english.

Screening of a documentary on Aldo Leopold at UW-L

Screening of the film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in 1309 Centennial Hall, UW-L. This documentary about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold highlights his extraordinary career, tracing how he influenced the modern environmental movement. A reception will start at 5:45 p.m. in 1300 Centennial Hall.

Stanley A. Temple, senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. Admission is free.

If you go—
What: Screening of the film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time”
Where: 1309 Centennial Hall
When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9
Admission: Free

Morgan named interim provost at UW-La Crosse

Professor Betsy Morgan has been named Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

A long-time UW-La Crosse department chair and former assistant to the provost will take over the university’s chief academic officer duties on an interim basis.

Psychology Professor Betsy Morgan will serve as UW-L's Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She will replace Kathleen Enz Finken who will leave in mid-December to become provost at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Morgan will hold the position until a provost is named in late spring or early summer of 2012 following a national search.

Morgan has three years of experience in the provost office while serving as Faculty Assistant to the Provost from 2005-08. She has more than seven years of service as chair of the university’s Psychology Department.

“Dr. Morgan is a seasoned UW-L administrator and faculty leader who possesses the skills and experience needed to lead our Academic Affairs Division in a time of transition and challenges,” said Chancellor Joe Gow in making the appointment Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Gow said as Interim Provost, Morgan will be responsible for launching the university’s new "Open Pathways" Higher Learning Commission accreditation process; continuing to implement a new summer session faculty salary structure; and making essential recommendations on the reappointment, promotion and tenure of faculty.

Morgan earned her doctorate in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine, and began teaching at UW-L in 1993. She has completed Harvard University's Management Development Program. Morgan won the UW-L College of Liberal Studies Excellence Award for Teaching in 2005, and is the author of two textbooks and several refereed journal articles.

UW-La Crosse history professor named Wisconsin Professor of the Year

A UW-La Crosse Professor who has been named the state’s top educator says his students deserve the recognition.

“This award, in the end, belongs to them. I wouldn’t be here without them,” says Greg Wegner, UW-L professor of history. “My ability to teach, research, write and publish is refreshed and renewed through teaching students.”

Wegner will accept the 2011 Wisconsin Professor of the Year award today in Washington, D.C. He was selected from college educators across the U.S. for the award from The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Wegner, a UW-L graduate, says questions are what ‘make a university tick’ and a good teacher respects the power of the question.

“I have to think like a student and be hungry for knowledge,” he says. “I don’t have all the answers. It’s the questions that should drive good teaching.”

It’s typical for Wegner to ask for students’ views, says Isaac Michalski, UW-L freshman and student of Wegner.

“This class changes the way we view society,” Michalski says. “It makes us think about how we got here and what we are going to do going forward.”

Wegner has been researching the Holocaust for more than 40 years. He started when he became a student at UW-L in 1968. Teachers like the late history professor Bill Vettes inspired him to continue to dig into history.

“It goes to show you how a good teacher can impact another person’s life,” he says.

Wegner has been teaching at UW-L since 1989. During the current semester, he teaches HIS 102 with first year students, which centers around the theme of the history of science and technology. He also teaches a course on the history of education and, next semester, will also lead a class on the history of the Holocaust.

Since he started at UW-L, the campus Faculty Research & Grants committee has awarded him six grants and all have led to publications. He has published two books, one on Nazi education, “Anti-Semitism and Schooling Under the Third Reich” (2002) and “Curriculum Handbook on Social Studies: A Resource for Administrators” (2000). He has also published 38 refereed journal articles for journals in the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Great Britain and Austraila.

He is also a community literacy volunteer in his native Bangor and is the National History Day regional coordinator for western Wisconsin. The annual regional program reaches about 1,300 middle school and high school students each year.

This year CASE assembled two preliminary panels of judges to select finalists and awarded 27 state winners. Wegner was selected from faculty members nominated by colleges and universities throughout the country.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center that supports needed transformations in American education through tighter connections between teaching practice, evidence of student learning, the communication and use of this evidence, and structured opportunities to build knowledge.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore and Mexico City, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education is a professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas.

UW-La Crosse singers offer birthday-grams

At a loss for a special birthday gift? UW-La Crosse Concert Choir members will sing a special rendition of “Happy Birthday” to those celebrating their special day.

The choir is raising funds for its May 2012 performance tour in Ireland and
Northern Ireland. Because of class schedules and restricted transportation, requests will be taken only for the UW-L campus and surrounding area.

Specific performance times are subject to availability of Concert Choir members and will be arranged by UW-L Concert Choir conductor, Gary Walth. Each “Happy Birthday” performance will also include a birthday card listing the sender. The cost for each “Happy Birthday” performance is $25.

The birthday greetings can be arranged beginning Monday, Nov. 7, by calling the Music Department at 608.785.8409. Requests should be made a week in advance.

Community invited to audition for the UW-L Choral Union

Join the UW-La Crosse Choral Union. The group of UW-L students, faculty, staff and community members rehearse weekly on Monday evenings, starting Monday, Jan. 23, at UW-L’s Center for the Arts. They perform larger symphonic works once a semester and will perform Mozart’s “Requiem" on Sunday, May 6, at the English Lutheran Church in La Crosse.

Auditions are necessary to determine the vocal part members will sing and must be conducted before the first rehearsal. Contact Director David Richardson at drichardson@uwlax.edu if interested.

Vocal jazz set during UW-L’s Jazz Fest

Popular clinician Ly Tartell is guest musician

Local jazz enthusiasts will have the opportunity to hear several regional vocal jazz choirs while they work with a top vocal clinician. UW-L’s two vocal jazz ensembles and several guest high school vocal jazz choirs will study under Ly Tartell, the clinician and guest vocal performer at UW-L’s Jazz Fest Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21.

Tartell ‘s solo career was developed as an undergraduate at the University of Miami and as a graduate student at Western Michigan University. She served as a featured performer for the Walt Disney Corp. where she sang with several legendary artists including Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney and Maureen McGovern. Tartell released her first solo CD, “The Call” in 2011.

The popular music educator travels throughout North America serving as a clinician and director of All-State jazz and show choirs, as well as various regional choral festivals. She directed vocal jazz, women’s and mixed choirs at Purdue University from 1997-2003.

Tartell will work and perform with UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I and II as the singers prepare to host and perform for high school vocal jazz ensembles Saturday, Jan. 21. Tartell and Gary Walth, UW-L’s vocal jazz director, will critique and serve as clinicians for this non-competitive festival.

Saturday’s clinic sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and end with a 4 p.m. performance by Tartell and UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I. Six high school vocal jazz ensembles will perform throughout the day. The event in Annett Recital Hall, in UW-L’s Center for the Arts, is open and free to the public. The instrumental portion of Jazz Fest is competitive and runs Saturday in Cartwright Center, It concludes with a 7 p.m. concert in Valhalla.

If you go—
Who: Vocal Clinician Ly Tartell with UW-L Jazz Ensembles and high school groups
What: Vocal jazz performances
When: 9:30 a.m. and ends with a 4 p.m. performance by Tartell and UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts
Admission: Free

UW-La Crosse’s Jazz Fest is Jan. 21 - New York’s Wycliffe Gordon Quartet is featured ensemble

New York jazz artist is Wycliffe Gordon and his quartet are the featured performers at the UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival Saturday, Jan. 21.

New York jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon returns to La Crosse — this time with his full quartet – for the 38th annual UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival. The group will join the UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I and the tri-state’s top high school groups at a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for others and are available only at the door.

The concert will conclude a day of jazz that features more than 40 high school ensembles from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The ensembles will perform from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for a panel of clinicians and have an on-stage critique following their performance. Daytime activities will take place throughout Cartwright Center; a pass for all performances is $5; children 12 and under are free.

Gordon is recognized as one of America’s most persuasive and committed music educators. He currently serves on the faculty of the Jazz Arts Program at Manhattan School of Music. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006 from the University of Scranton. His work with young musicians and audiences from elementary schools to universities worldwide includes master classes, clinics, workshops, children’s concerts and lectures.

Gordon was in La Crosse this past summer for the Jazz in the Park Series, but returns this winter with his highly acclaimed quartet.

Get a schedule of performers and more at: www.uwlax.edu/jazzstudies/Festival.html

If you go—
Who: The Wycliffe Gordon Quartet will join the UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I and the tri-state’s top high school groups
What: 38th annual UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: $10 for students and $15 for others; tickets available only at the door
Also: Middle school and high school jazz ensembles and combos perform from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. in Cartwright Center. A pass for all performances is $5; children 12 and under are free.

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