JOB SEARCH, PAGE 2 HONORARY DEGREE, PAGE 3 OLYMPICS, PAGE 6 Campus service helps to Alumnus to be awarded 39th Summer Games prepare seniors University’s highest honor highlight international for future athletes TUDENTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OICERIVER FALLS MayS 9, 2008 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 94, Issue 25 Sodexo wins next year’s dining contract Ben Brewster of establishing a new contract, tainability,” Weiss said. “They unsure whether a new provider [email protected] there is always the possibility were also impressed by the would really affect students. you will end up with a new continuous dining option.” “I don’t think it will matter; Starting next fall, UW-River vendor.” Continuous dining means not many students even know Falls students will have a new The decision was made by a that the food service lines for what Chartwells is,” he said. provider for their meal plans committee of students and students on a meal plan will be Both providers are used and dining on campus. staff. The committee evaluated available from open until throughout the UW System; The current contract with the bids and close. Chartwells is contracted by Chartwells, the dining services gave scores to “Not many students Currently, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens company that is currently used the potential Riverside Point, UW-Superior and UW- by UWRF, will run out May providers. The even know what Commons has Whitewater, while Sodexo is 31. scores were Chartwells is.” gaps in service used by UW-Eau Claire, UW- The decision to not award sent to UW- Bobby Russ, between 9:30- Green Bay and UW-Oshkosh. Chartwells the new contract Madison and UWRF junior 10:30 a.m., and The current contract has been was made April 29; the con- put together 2:30-4:00 p.m. in effect since the 1994-95 with the cost proposals, and “The C-Store or downstairs school year, but Chartwells has tract was given to Sodexo the Kenny Yoo/Student Voice next day. the highest total won the con- is always open, so you can been active at UWRF for over UWRF’s contract with Chartwells will end May 31. “It was not really a decision tract. always get food until mid- 20 years. “There are a lot of unknowns great year with Sodexo - the to not re-award to Chartwells “[The committee] was partic- night,” junior Bobby Russ Sodexo’s contract will begin with a new contract, but I am food was great, the availability as much as it was a decision to ularly impressed with some of said. “They have enough food, in June and run until May 20, very optimistic,” Weiss said. “I was wonderful, the hours were establish a new contract,” the food selections, what but the main courses could 2009. At that time, UWRF will think a year from now the stu- outstanding,’ and I think they Director of Purchasing Tom appeared to be quality of food have more variety.” have the option to extend it for dents are going to say ‘it was a will be clamoring for more.” Weiss said. “And at the point and their efforts towards sus- Russ added that he was six more years. UWRF service extends advice, career tools River Falls cycles for a cause Nick Carpenter [email protected] Students looking to brush up on their interviewing skills and build a stronger resume are flocking to UW- River Falls’ Career Services (CS) for assistance. CS offers a wide array of resources to students, includ- ing career counseling advice, a large resource library filled with computers and individu- alized books for different majors, a digital scanner for creating an electronic portfo- lio, mock interviews and resume critiques. Using the resources avail- able to them, students master the art of self-assessment, occupational exploration, decision-making, goal-set- ting, self-marketing, job search skills and developing meaningful connections in the workplace while offering an instructional link between students, faculty, prospective employers and the global community, according to the CS mission statement. Students making an appointment to use office resources and obtain career counseling will have to wait a week or two to get in, CS Technology Professional Matt Fitzgerald said. However, a variety of online resources are also available to students through the UWRF Hire a Falcon Tyler Liedman/Student Voice System (HFS), which pro- vides information about jobs Riders prepare for the start of River Falls’ first “Critical Mass” bike ride May 3 by donning pro-biking signs. The event was to raise awareness and internships in Wisconsin and appreciation for bicycles. More than 30 students and community members participated in the bike ride. and Minnesota. Before using the system, students first have to regis- ter—a process that takes about 15 minutes. Students UWRF examines issues of transition to wireless Stephanie Daniels permanent labs and become a “Wireless- are then able to search for [email protected] Portable-Computing Campus.” jobs or internships and sign The four new labs requested in the 2007- up to receive a daily e-mail Student Senate voted in favor of an 2008 school year would have cost over list of all jobs that CS Information and Instructional Technology $250,000 to set up and an additional $29,500 receives relating to a stu- Council (IITC) plan to form a task force to to maintain each year, excluding the cost of dent’s preference. CS also determine the best strategy for UW-River upgrades typically done every five years, goes beyond waiting for Falls’ transition from traditional stationary Najafi said. employers to send them labs to wireless labs that move with the stu- Additionally, the space to add new comput- information on openings. dents. However, a lot of issues need to be er labs is limited, and existing labs are not “We go out to different resolved before a final plan can be imple- always an efficient use of space. Web sites and gather differ- mented. “These labs are sometimes 100 percent ent jobs,” Fitzgerald said. “Whether we want to do it or not, that’s used ... but there are some hours where there “We don’t wait for the jobs to question number one,” Hossein Najafi, com- are two or three people in there,” Lisa come to us.” puter science professor and chair of the Wheeler, IITC vice-chair, said. HFS allows students to IITC, said. More than 68 percent of UWRF students in upload their resume, which is Budget and space limitations, as well as the 2006-2007 school year who responded to then printed and critiqued by students’ access to wireless computer a technology use survey said they owned lap- Niki Paton/Student Voice devices, namely laptops, led the IITC to sug- See CS, page 3 UWRF student Tyler Rheineck studies in Chalmer Davee Library. gest that UWRF stop investing money in See Wireless, page 3 Student Voice 2 NEWS May 9, 2008 VOICE SHORTS College of Arts and Sciences receives grant The College of Arts and Sciences received a grant from the Final Senate meeting run by new leaders Jenny Sippola Facebook and friends back home. 61%, according to the United States U.S. Department of Education to be used for the Undergraduate Vice President selectee Casie Kelley Election Project. International Studies and a Foreign Language Program. The [email protected] found out she was victorious using her Bendix and Kelley plan to combat the grant will enrich the existing international education programs Cindy Bendix was deep in slumber when new Blackberry. low turnout through the power of informa- by incorporating the study of Asia. The funding will be dis- she was elected president of the Student “Right away when [former president] tion. First on the agenda is to inform the persed over two years: $89,000 the first year and $82,000 the Senate for the 2008-2009 school year. Derek [Brandt] sent the e-mail, my phone student body of what Senate does. The second year. The program will create a new area of learning for Bendix was studying abroad in Italy as vibrated and I checked it out. My Student Senate makes decisions about the research and scholarship opportunities for faculty and students part of the International Traveling boyfriend was actually with me and he disbursement of segregated fees, the din- and will set in place co-curricular and extra-curricular activities Classroom while trying to run a campaign insisted on checking it before I read it. So ing service, the increases in tuition and focusing on Asian topics and issues. back home. he read it and jumped up and down. He’s renovations to infrastructure such as “I was incredibly excited. I didn’t have like ‘You did it! And you got the most Ramer Field and the former Hagestad any idea that I won. I had no idea until I votes on the ballot,’” said Kelley. Student Center. Use of D2L extended until June The East Texas Circuit Court judge that ruled against opened Facebook, and I was like ‘Wow,’” Kelley is an elementary education major “I want to adamantly get students’ Desire2Learn in a patent infringement case has agreed to extend said Bendix. with psychology. Last year she was the input,” Kelley said. “I feel like students the deadline of use for the infringing versions of the software to Bendix is a TESOL (Teaching English to representative for the College of don’t know we exist, and they don’t know be used until June 11. UWRF will continue to use D2L through Students of Other Languages) major with Education and wanted to be more what we are here for, and they need to the end of the term without interruption.