Campus Connection - Feb. 25-March 3, 2009

Outback luncheon is Feb. 25

A luncheon to raise money for UW-L athletics runs from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Outback Steakhouse, Onalaska. Enjoy steak or fish, Aussie Chips, green beans and beverages for $8. Door prizes given.

Attend Student Support Services open house, celebrate National TRIO Day

Celebrate National TRIO Day with Student Support Services (SSS) and Upward Bound at the SSS open house in its new location from 2-4:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, in 270 Murphy Library. Refreshments will be served.

SSS is part of the federally-funded TRIO program. The program provides academic, financial and career support to students who are first generation college students, have a low family income or have a disability. National TRIO Day is Saturday, Feb. 28. Visit www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html.

Awareness through Performance poster

'Privilege Unplugged III' set for March 2

The Awareness through Performance (ATP) "Privilege Unplugged III" encore presentation is 7 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Graff Main Hall Auditorium.

ATP includes students who share a passion for diversity and social justice issues and a desire to further explore the dynamics of how these issues shape our world.  Participants hope to positively impact the campus climate through this performance, as well as enhance cross-cultural awareness, and affect attitudes and behaviors.

To learn more about ATP, visit www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp/index.htm.

Poster-making workshop planned

Creating posters for UW-L's Celebration of Student Research and Creativity on Friday, April 3, or the National Conference on Undergraduate Research set for Thursday through Saturday, April 16-18? Get some pointers at a poster-making workshop for both undergraduate and graduate students at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in 17 Wing Technology Center. The workshop covers general poster making tips and guidelines.

For more information, contact Student Research Consultant Amery Bodelson at 785.8050 or bodelson.amer@uwlax.edu.

Wisconsin in the World artwork

'Wisconsin in the World' lecture on campus March 3

Join Badgers in the La Crosse area for a new program that explores world issues with a Wisconsin perspective.

"Wisconsin in the World: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" is set for Tuesday, March 3, in the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center. Check-in begins at 6 p.m. The lecture begins at 6:15 p.m.

UW-Madison Professor and Chair of the Middle East Studies and Central Asian Studies Programs Uli Schamiloglu will share his views at this free lecture. To register, RSVP to uwalumni.com/uwforyou. For more information, contact Wisconsin Alumni Association's Amira Ismail at aismail@waastaff.com or 608.262.8445.

This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association: La Crosse Chapter, UW for You, the UW-Madison divisions of Continuing Studies and International Studies, and the UW-La Crosse Alumni Association, with support from Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment.

State to hold two veterans’ campus outreach events in La Crosse

The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) will co-host two outreach events in early March in the La Crosse Area. A campus Veterans’ Benefits Open House will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, on the Western Technical College La Crosse campus in the Kumm Building, 400 6th Street North. A second Veterans’ Benefits Open House is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the vestibule near Port O' Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.

The open houses provide information on and assistance with federal and state veterans’ education and other benefits, programs and services. Service providers will include health care staff from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to address the needs of veterans recently returned from active military service. WDVA staff and school veterans’ officials will provide information and be available to discuss federal and state education programs and services, and to assist veterans in applying for benefits. Additional representatives will include the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the La Crosse County Veterans Service Office, as well as various veterans’ service organizations. Current and prospective student-veterans and veterans from the surrounding areas, as well as their families, are encouraged to attend.

For more information on federal and state veterans’ benefits, programs, and services, visit www.WisVets.com or contact the WDVA toll free at 1.800.WIS.VETS (1.800.947.8387).

Noise poster

Award-winning documentary on international women to be shown at UW-L

“A Powerful Noise” will be shown from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in 260 Graff Main Hall Auditorium in celebration of International Women's Day, March 8. The award-winning documentary takes you inside the lives of three international women to witness their daily efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, champion girls’ education and unite ethnically divided communities. The showing is free; however, donations will be accepted for CARE’s work to fight global poverty. Find out more about the documentary at www.apowerfulnoise.org/. Find out more about International Women's Day at www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp.

 

George Watsky
George Watsky performs at UW-L Thursday, March 5

Performer George Watsky at UW-L

A writer and performer who believes in the equal power of tears and belly laughs is coming to UW-L.

George Watsky, who aims to cross-pollinate the stage, screen and stereo with work that speaks to both humor and frustrations of life, performs at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.

Born and raised in San Francisco and based in Boston, Watsky was featured on the sixth season of “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry” on HBO. He was the 2006 Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, 2006 Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion, and performed in a record six consecutive Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals.

If you go—
Who: George Watsky
What: Performance
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5
Where: Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
Admission: Free for UW-L students, $3 for UW-L employees and $5 for others.

Touring while finishing college, Watsky has performed at conferences and universities in more than half the states and two in Australia. He has shared billing with, among others, Talib Kweli, Mos Def and Bonnie Raitt.

Admission is free for UW-L students, $3 for UW-L employees and $5 for others. For tickets or more information, contact the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 785.8898 or visit www.uwlax.edu/cab.

Sports medicine theme of March 5 lectures

Two sports-related workshops will be held on campus. UW-Madison's Men's Basketball Team Physician David Bernhardt, M.D., will discuss "Concussions: What We Know Now That We Didn't Know Then" and Green Bay Packers Head Athletic Trainer Pepper Burrus will present "The Obvious and Not So Obvious: Sports Medicine in the NFL." Lectures begin at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 5, in the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center. This event is sponsored by UW-L's Pre-Med Club, Athletic Trainers' Association and physical therapy program. A grant from the UW-L Student Association assisted with funding the event.

Western to host exhibit on Russian Gulag prison

A piece of Russian history and political repression is coming to the La Crosse area in March when Western Technical College hosts the “Gulag – History of a Camp” exhibit presented by the Midwest Institute and Gulag Museum at Perm-36.

The exhibit will be on display Thursday, March 5, through Wednesday, March 25, in the college’s library, second floor of the Academic Resource Center, 400 7th St. N., La Crosse. An opening presentation and reception will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the library.

Admission to the exhibit and the reception is free and open to the public. Library hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Friday from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The Gulag Museum at Perm-36 preserves, documents and interprets a Gulag camp built under Joseph Stalin in 1946 near the city of Perm in Russia. Known as Perm-36, the camp served initially as a regular timber production labor camp. Later, the camp became a particularly isolated and severe facility for high government officials. In 1972, it served as the primary facility in the country for persons charged with political crimes. Many of the Soviet Union’s prominent dissidents, including Vladimir Bukovsky, Sergei Kovalev and Anatoly Marchenko, served their sentences there. This camp remained open until 1987, when President Mikhail Gorbachev declared it closed as part of Glasnost, making it the last of over 12,000 labor camps to close its doors.

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Academic Advising Center seeks peer advisers

The Academic Advising Center is accepting applications for peer advisers for the 2009-10 academic year. All majors are wanted. Peer advisers work in the center guiding students to reach present and future goals. This includes exploring careers, majors, minors, graduate schools and more. Peer advisers answer students' questions about registration, job shadowing and UW-L.

Peer advisers build communication skills, make connections on campus, add a great experience to their resume, meet new people and have fun.

Applications are available in the center, lower level Cartwright Center. Or visit www.uwlax.edu/advising and click on “Peer Advising” link. Applications are due Friday, March 13. For more information, contact Sharie Brunk, 785.6950.

Mortarboard and diploma

Intend to graduate forms due

Students graduating in May or summer 2009 must complete the online Intend to Graduate form immediately.  Access the form at https://talon.uwlax.edu/webRegistration/LoginServlet

Students who are unsure if they will graduate in May or summer 2009 should complete the form anyway. It can be changed, if necessary. Students with questions about degree completion, should make an appointment with the assistant to the dean of their college.

Students who intend to graduate December 2009, may complete the online form now or immediately after registering for the fall 2009 semester.

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Word Has It!

By Academic Specialist Charlene Holler, Counseling and Testing Center

The answers to last week’s word play are castigate, conflagration, ellipsis and palpitate.

This week’s entry deals with homophones or words that sound the same but are both spelled differently and have different meanings. There are two definitions. You provide two homophones.

For example:

  • to moan or groan loudly ... wail
  • a large sea mammal ... whale
  • a glen; spot in a forest ...
  • cloth attached to a hat or hairpiece to cover the face ...
  • a ditch around a castle ...
  • a small particle, often a speck of dust ...
  • knocked lightly on a door; talked discursively to a musical beat ...
  • totally interested; spellbound in your attention ...
  • fashion ...
  • structure over a fence ...
Kudos

Women's swimming and diving team and wrestling team bring home WIAC titles

UW-L's women's swimming and diving team, coached by Rich Pein, won the WIAC Championship Meet Feb. 20 in Brown Deer.

This is the 11th WIAC title for the team. UW-L's Chelsea Hoff was named WIAC "Swimmer of the Meet" for the second year in a row; and Pein was named WIAC "Coach of the Year." Read more at www.uwlax.edu/athletics/wswim/. See also www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/02/22/sports/3colrdp.txt

UW-L's wrestling team, coached by Dave Malecek, won the WIAC Championships Feb. 22 in Oshkosh. This is the 12th straight WIAC title for the team. UW-L's Dan Laurent became the fifth wrestler in WIAC history to win his weight class championship three times in a row; and Malecek was named WIAC "Coach of the Year."

Read more at www.uwlax.edu/athletics/mwrestle/. See also www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/02/23/sports/01uwlwrestling.txt.

Milkbone with owner
Winston, a two-year-old Great Dane owned by UW-L graduates Matt and Melisa Ruppert, was chosen as Milk-Bone®'s SpokesDog from thousands of dogs who entered the competition.

Dog of UW-L alums named Milk-Bone Spokesdog®

Winston, a two-year-old Great Dane owned by Matt and Melisa Ruppert, both UW-L graduates, has been named the first-ever SpokesDog for Milk-Bone®.

Del Monte Foods named the SpokesDog in honor of the iconic brand’s 100th anniversary.

Winston won the first prize in the Make a Milk-Bone Moment™ contest — a search for moments of joy that strengthen the bond between a pet and his or her owner.

Owners across the country uploaded a photo or video, combined with a short story about how they and their dog shared a Milk-Bone Moment™. Winston received the most votes online by the Nov. 18 deadline for this Milk-Bone Moment:

A "Great" Dane Gift: "Winston was a gift from my husband on our one-year wedding anniversary. He (Winston, not my husband) is such a clown. Not a day goes by that he does not make us laugh. Winston brings tremendous joy to our lives and is full of Milk-Bone moments!"

Along with his new-found fame, Winston, will receive a $100,000 contract to serve as the first-ever Milk-Bone® SpokesDog. Winston will be featured on packaging later in the year and take part in several marketing initiatives for 2009.  He will also serve as an advocate for the Milk-Bone® Canine Heroes™ program, a longstanding, national-outreach program that provides canine assistance dogs to individuals with disabilities, as well as police dogs to law enforcement organizations. Read more at http://milkbone.icmodus.com/

Murphy Library

EBSCOhost databases

Many of Murphy Library’s subscription databases are delivered through the EBSCOhost interface. EBSCOhost makes it easy to refine searches; to discover subject and thesaurus terms related to a topic; and to save, e-mail, or share searches, articles and their respective URLs.

The following are the top 10 (of more than 40) most-used EBSCOhost databases and total number of searches during the fiscal year 2008.

  • Academic Search Premier: 163,837 searches
  • ERIC (Education): 33,640 searches
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete: 31,282 searches
  • Medline: 26,215 searches
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text: 21,213 searches
  • MasterFILE Premier: 13,718 searches
  • Business Source Elite: 12,979 searches
  • America: History & Life: 5,768 searches
  • Historical Abstracts: 3,872 searches
  • Library, Information Science, & Tech Abs: 3,471 searches

Find EBSCOhost databases throughout the Murphy Library Web site. To find a list of all EBSCOhost databases, go to the “E” section of the library’s list of all databases by title or go to: http://libdata.uwlax.edu/link.phtml?page_id=35&element_id=723.

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For sale

Magellan GPS Roadmate 3000, plus accessories, $115. Men's right handed new Striker 3-PW iron set with graphite shafts $110. Assorted new, right handed, drivers, $45 each. Bob at 781.3695 after 6 p.m.

Wooden loft that fits residence hall bed, great condition, $50. Kim at 608.789.4093.

Arctic Air-Air Hockey table. $400/OBO. Retail $1,799.00. Cindi at 785.8722 or Deak at 608.304.2281.

Wanted

Male student looking for male or female roommate for 2009-10 school year. Prefer non-smoker. Apartment walking distance to campus. Call 262.939.7371.

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