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Johnny Holm Band Columnist questions lack of Two volleyball players to return for RF’s 24-hour eateries in RF reach 1,000 kills Homecoming for career highs TUDENTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OICERIVER FALLS OctoberS 13, 2006 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 93, Issue 4 Recent violence sparks safety concerns Beth Dickman a person with a valid school ID can Homecoming to enter the building without being [email protected] stopped. Even if the person is borrow- Safety at UW-River Falls and around ing an ID card or is not a resident of on- the nation is becoming an increasingly campus housing, he or she can still bringAmber Jurek backHomecoming spirit posters have important topic due to recent acts of enter. been placed throughout campus, violence. At each entrance, a scanner allows stu- [email protected] and flyers about the festivities On Oct. 2, in a one-room Amish dents easy access to the building. By After months of preparation, are available in the Leadership schoolhouse in Pennsylvania, five swiping the card correctly, the door the UW-River Falls Center. young girls were killed and another five opens. In the entrances there are signs Homecoming will be a week UW-RF student Nikole Cisar wounded before the shooter turned the urging visitors to check in with the stu- packed with fun, entertainment agreed that it has been better gun on himself. In Montreal on Sept. dent manning the front desk, but with and events — all with a cowboy advertised this year. 13, a student at Dawson College opened hundreds of people occupying each theme. “Another problem we had fire, killing one woman and injuring 19 building, it is nearly impossible for one “Showdown at the RF Corral” before is that it has been geared others. Police eventually fatally shot the person to pick out non-residents. events begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 16 specifically towards organiza- self-proclaimed “angel of death” in one At 10 p.m. the scanners change to with the medallion hunt, and end tions,” Bonde said. “This year it of the school’s buildings. allow only registered occupants access after the Homecoming football is also geared towards students.” Most recently, an alleged bomb threat to the buildings by using the electronic game Oct. 21. Bonde said the goal of the was made in North Hall Sept. 29. system. “This [Homecoming] blows Homecoming events is to Though there was no real reason to “We allow access to students with everything out of the water,” strengthen campus pride. worry about the threat and no casualties University IDs so that friends may visit Homecoming Committee Chair “The spirit level is lacking on of any sort, it brings the scare of the friends across campus,” Director of Marcus Bonde said. this campus and we are trying to ever-increasing trend of campus vio- Residential Life Terry Willson said. The committee has put a lot of build it up,” Bonde said. lence home to students at UW-RF. “Access is limited to building residents effort and emphasis on advertis- The events will allow students After such incidents, questions are only after 10 p.m. Any locked access ing Homecoming festivities this to connect with one another, as raised about safety on campus not only security system is only as safe as stu- year. well as student organizations. in academic buildings, but in the dorms dents allow it to be.” “We have done more advertis- The big events for students are Beth Dickman/Student Voice However, an ongoing problem, As a safety precaution, students should make as well. ing than I know of since I have In any residential building at UW-RF, been on campus,” Bonde said. sure residence hall doors close behind them. See Safety page 3 See Homecoming page 3 Public Safety informs RF Area ghosts spell spooky Friday the 13th about crime Blair Bengs Nick Sortedahl [email protected] nicholas.sor [email protected] For anyone afflicted with paraskevidekatriaphobia, the com- bination of their fear of Friday the 13th, two ghosts, a polter- The annual Campus Crime geist and the upcoming Halloween holiday forecasts a spooky Report is e-mailed to UW-River end to October. Falls staff and students from While Friday the 13th and Halloween superstitions occur Public Safety to raise awareness across the globe, three known spirits are very local, as a ghost of criminal issues on campus resides on the UW-River Falls campus, a poltergeist is found from the past three years. in a River Falls house and another ghost calls Hudson home. The report is required because UW-RF professor Jim Zimmerman is all too familiar with of the Clery Act, which was the campus ghost, as it paid him a visit one summer evening. enacted in 1990 in response to The account of his paranormal experience is recorded in the 1986 rape and murder of 19- retired UW-RF professor Michael Norman’s book, “Haunted year-old Lehigh University Homeland.” freshman Jeanne Ann Clery. After finishing a rehearsal, Zimmerman was on the stage of Clery’s parents raised support the Blanche Davis Theatre, writing some notes for his cast. for the law after discovering stu- Feeling someone walking on stage, Zimmerman looked up dents at the Bethlehem, Pa., uni- to see a man dressed in a red T-shirt and jeans walking to the versity weren’t notified of 38 center of the stage. violent crimes committed on Not recognizing him, Zimmerman asked the man if he need- campus during the previous ed anything, but there was no reply. The man was gone. three years. This year’s UW-RF When Zimmerman spoke of the incident, he was told he saw crime report was compiled by Sanford Syse, a former UW-RF speech professor who Interim Director of Public Safety designed the Blanche Davis Theatre. Mark Kimball. It provides com- The unsettling aspect of Zimmerman’s story is that Syse prehensive data, along with died on Nov. 28, 1973. security and preventative infor- “I know it seemed as real as if you ... came and sat right mation for students, their parents here,” he said, speaking of a chair directly across from where and any other interested party. he was sitting in his office. Kimball said he hopes every While the occurrence did not seem paranormal at first, student reads the report. Zimmerman now has a different opinion. Freshman Amanda Monarski Looking back, the incident seems “surreal or ghostly said she read the report because because of not being able to logically figure out where he it looked interesting. She said went,” he said. “The back door was the only place he could Public Safety does a good job of have gone.” keeping campus safe. Zimmerman knows Syse did not exit through the back door “Basically, they’re every- because there were students standing there who said they did where,” Monarski said. not see anyone. Kimball, who took the director The experience left the UW-RF professor puzzled and position in March 2005, said pleased. Public Safety does the best it can “I can’t figure out any other rational reason for him disap- to keep campus safe with the pearing,” he said. resources available. While the sighting may have left some uneasy, Zimmerman UW-RF has no reported wishes it could have lasted longer. instances of murder or “It would have been nice to talk to my predecessor, to sit manslaughter during the three- down and have a conversation with Sanford,” he said. “If it year span of the report. was him, in retrospect, it was nice to have him pay a visit.” There were two reported Throughout Zimmerman’s time at UW-RF, some of Syse’s forcible sex offenses on campus former students have come back and talked about the man in last year and one reported inci- Jen Dolen/Student Voice dent each of the previous two The Parker mansion, located at 315 Maple St., is one of several haunted locations in the years. River Falls area. The mansion is supposedly home to a poltergeist. See page 10 The residence halls are one area Kimball has recently focused on. Last spring, Public Safety decided to experiment by adding liaison officers to tighten securi- Parking issues still abound ty in and around the 10 UW-RF bers to consider parking meter denomination and residence halls. Rachel Ogrodnik time changes,” Leque said. “Some possible expan- “Adding this liaison on campus [email protected] sion of parking meters could also be advanced for is kind of reorganizing our consideration as well, however, an exact time frame patrols,” Kimball said. Last year, rumors circulated campus about parking for consideration has not been determined.” He also said two officers are meters being installed along Cascade Avenue. The problem with meters, Braun said, is “it would patrolling the residence halls for Apparently they were more than just rumors. discourage students from staying on campus.” Once an average of 16 hours per day. Campus Planner Dale Braun said meters were pro- a student’s time is up on a meter, he or she would be “We want to have more double posed by the River Falls City Council, but the UW- compelled to leave campus. coverage so that we can better River Falls didn’t want them. The proposal has come Braun also said in the future there would be a cost serve the campus community,” up twice since the initial proposal, the last time dur- for parking in the streets. Kimball said. ing spring semester. “The cost of more policing and maintenance will Monarski lives in Hathorn Hall River Falls Police Chief Roger Leque said there is rise, as well as the amount of parking permits,” and said adding the liaisons was no current agenda item scheduled for the City Council on the parking issue. Jen Dolen/Student Voice “There is interest on the part of some council mem- This vehicle parked on Fourth Street is one of the See Crime page 3 See Cars page 3 many examples of poor parking by commuters.

Student Voice 2 NEWS October 13, 2006 VOICE SHORTS SENATE CAMPUS Chartwells announces new dining services Shalena Janis “It will be something to look at in the near desires, she said. Theater fraternity hosts interactive show future, like the next two years,” she said. Focus groups and surveys were conducted Alpha Psi Omega, an honorary theater fraternity, will sponsor a [email protected] The use of the services by students will be on campus last October through Student midnight showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Oct. 27 in Through the Student Senate, Chartwells monitored and evaluated to make a decision Services and Programs to get feedback of the Blanche Davis Theater. The showing will include actors danc- wants the campus to know about the new to change the plans in any way, Shaw said. students at UW-RF as to what they would ing alongside the movie and interacting with the audience. Actors dining services, but senators raised concerns “It’s going to be a total learning curve of like to see for food choice at the new returning to the stage to reprise their roles from last year’s per- over the costs of meal plans and hours of new patterns with the new options,” Conde Student Center, Shaw said. formance include Mike McKay as Frank Furter, Joe Aherns as Rif availability for students with the increase of said. “In the focus groups, a frequently men- Raff, Greg Lund as Brad Majors and Kristy Reid as Magenta. specialty foods and stores. President Joe Eggers said he was wonder- tioned name was Chipotle,” she said. “It was Audience members are encouraged to dress up, interact with the “This is all public information, and we ing about the use of the dairy products pro- because of the ability to control what they cast, call out favorite lines and really get into the entire experi- want the students to know what is coming,” duced on campus. He asked if the new serv- are eating and being able to see the food ence. For questions, e-mail APO president Kate Garlock at said Jennifer Conde, director of dining serv- ices will continue to use the cheeses and ice right in front of them.” [email protected] or business manager Kristy Reid at ices for Chartwells. “After Thanksgiving cream. With a majority of the students wanting a [email protected]. break, students will be able to see many “We will continue to use that,” Conde said. Mexican-style eatery on campus, Zona samples in a forum as to what each place “The residential dinning will continue to use Mexicana has signature foods, focusing on will look like in terms of logos, food and the ice cream and expand into the cheese different regional Latin sauces and ingredi- Red Cross offers instructional class outfits of employees.” curds some time.” ents, Shaw said. The coffee shop will be similar to Java For students looking for pizza and pasta On Nov. 11, the American Red Cross will be on campus provid- During the Oct. 10 Senate meeting, Conde and Stacey Shaw, regional marketing direc- Coast, and it will continue to serve options, Momma Leone’s, a New York City ing a class for CPR, First Aid and showing how to properly use Freshens’ smoothies, she said. It will be brand and restaurant, brings many Italian automated external defibrillators. After the completion of a day tor for Chartwells, presented and announced five restaurants to be located in the new located on the main level of the building. foods with healthy and nutritious ingredi- course, a person will be certified. The class runs from 8:30 a.m. to “The Caribou Coffee at UW-River Falls is ents. 4:30 p.m. and costs $30. The course must be prepaid, and pre-reg- Student Center. We Proudly Brew Caribou Coffee, Mondo Subs, Coyote Jack’s Grill, the first in the country to be a part of “A signature meal from the restaurant is istration is required with Ogden Rogers Chartwells,” Shaw said. “It is going to be a the pasta pizza,” Shaw said. “It’s sounds ([email protected]). Zona Mexicana and Momma Leone’s will soon be among the choices for students to lot like Java Coast, but better; it will have unique, but it’s very good; it’s very popu- eat on campus as soon as the new building is different and better hours.” lar.” Semester abroad meeting approaches open in January. The lower level of the new Student Center A few senators asked questions about the “Our goal in the next few days is to give is completely designated to residential din- use of dinner transfers still being available An informational meeting for those interest- the information to students,” Conde said. ing, Conde said, where Mondo Subs, Coyote at the new services, and Shaw and Conde ed in spending a semester in Europe is set “Nothing is secret. If Senate doesn’t talk Jack’s Grill and Zona Mexicana will be both said every new place will offer extend- for Tuesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. at 141 about it, the information isn’t getting out.” located. ed times of availability. Kleinpell Fine Arts. The UW-RF Semester With a wide variety of new eateries on Mondo Subs is a sandwich shop, which is “The biggest changes are going to come in Abroad: Europe program allows students campus, many senators repeatedly asked very similar to Quizno's, Shaw said. The the environment,” Conde said. “The envi- in all majors to spend the fall semester in about transfer options, hours of operations dining service will offer limited-time offers ronment will be very different." Europe, traveling and working on inde- and any increasing costs to meal plans. and marketed specials. pendent projects based on their academic Meal plans will not be affected for the Keeping traditional burger services, Student Senate meets every interests. At the meeting, past participants will spring semester when the Student Center Coyote Jack’s Grill will offer upscale burg- Tuesday at 7 p.m. in discuss their experiences and projects. Additional program infor- opens, Conde said. ers of many choices, ranging from plain the Student Center mation is available at www.uwrf.edu/sae or by contacting program cheese to any specialty burger a student Regents Room. co-directors Brad Gee ([email protected]) or Magdalena Pala ([email protected]).

Rodeo Club makes plans to revamp arena For the past 42 years, the outdoor rodeo arena on Campus Lab Career Fair draws local businesses Kate Garlock information to assist in choos- Web site. want our students.” Farm No.1 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, has served ing a career path and learning A list of tips provided by Other than that, important the annual rodeo event well. But after more than four decades of [email protected] about potential career opportu- Career Services for preparing skills employers are looking for pounding hooves and rough riding, as well as thousands of fans nities, internships and summer for the fair include researching often include strong written, streaming through, the arena has been showing its age more and Each year dozens of eager employers and other representa- positions. the companies, updating verbal, critical, and analytical more. Members of the UW-RF Rodeo Club said the arena’s loca- “A lot of students don’t realize resumes, practicing answers thinking and time management tion in a low spot exposes it to excess water runoff from the farm tives flock to campus in search -River Falls students to the number of graduate schools and developing 60-second com- skills. and has seriously decayed the wooden structure. Mitchell Whyte, of UW fill internships, classrooms and [attending],” Wilson said. “It’s a mercials. Tracia Gimbut, a student Rodeo Club's vice president and junior at UW-RF, said the club is career positions. good place for students going to “I think a lot of students don’t intern and coordinator of the applying for additional grants to raise the This year the annual Career further their education.” go to the fair because they don’t Career Fair, said this year an arena area and install drainage ditches. It Fair, hosted by Career Services, Students, who are unsure of know what to say,” Wilson said. attempt was made to reach more also plans to acquire the assistance of will take place from 9:30 a.m. how to approach the Career “This gives them the confi- local businesses. Student sug- the agricultural engineering department, to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Karges Fair, can attend one of two dence.” gestions from last year were surveying and mapping the area. Rodeo Gymnasium. informational sessions called For students unable to attend also considered so the event Club members will reassemble the arena. If This year the Career Fair will Career Fair 101. The sessions these sessions, Wilson said the would be more student-cen- all goes well, Whyte said, the club expects to host 105 organizations, includ- are being held Monday from best approach is to be prepared, tered. start making the changes in order to get the ing a range of employers and 12:20 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. and have three to five places you Both representatives from arena up next year, in time for the start of graduate schools. Tuesday from 4:05 p.m. to 5 know you want to talk to, and Career Services agreed that the the 2007 UW-RF Falcon Rodeo. “There are a variety of options p.m. in the Kinnickinnic Room make sure you have your 60- Career Fair is a good place to available to students,” of the Student Center. second commercial - your pitch meet one-on-one and make con- Recruitment Coordinator Career Services will also be to the representative about why tacts. Wilson gave the example Business professors receive awards Melissa Wilson said. “New stu- available in the Student Center you are a good candidate for of using an internship as a way The UW-River Falls College of Business and Economics gave dents can see what it’s like for from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., giving employment. to see what’s out there. awards to outstanding faculty members to recognize their achieve- next year - every student is free résumé critiques and dis- Employers at the fair are look- “Even just going to network is ments. Brian Huffman, professor of management, won a publica- invited and welcome.” tributing information about the ing for a variety of things, worth it,” Wilson said, adding tion award, Outstanding Teacher of the Year, and an award for out- The options include getting organizations that will be pres- Wilson said. that one recruiter was so standing research. Huffman’s research interest includes explo- information from employers ent during the Career Fair. The “They want a River Falls impressed with a sophomore ration of big picture ideas in strategy, especially operations strate- and graduate schools, network- list of organizations can also be graduate,” she said. “They that the résumé is being held gy. Huffman’s other areas of interest include computer skills, such ing with professionals, finding viewed online at the Career Fair wouldn’t be here if they didn’t until that student graduates. as programming and business simulations in Java. He has recent- ly had his research published in “Insights for a Changing World and Emerging Issues in Business & Technology.” Charlie Corcoran, professor of finance, won an award in the publication Mentor program connects RF to inner-city students category. Corcoran, who has a bachelor’s from Georgetown University, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Shalena Janis Minnesota, has researched large databases, literature reviews and [email protected] random sample surveys. He recently had his research published in the “Journal of Business and Economics Research” and “The Through the Upward Bound program, UW-River Falls faculty Journal of Accounting and Finance Research.” Claire Kilian, a and students mentor, tutor and prepare inner-city students at professor of management, won the Outstanding Advisor of the Arlington High School in St. Paul for continuing their education at Year award. Awards for Outstanding Teacher and Outstanding a college or university. Advisor are decided by polling graduates from two and four years “Upward Bound is a trio program helping young people who live ago. Awards for publication and outstanding research are chosen in the inner city succeed in college,” said Karwee Marshall, a jun- by a panel of the last three award winners in the college. ior and theatre major. “Everyone in the program goes to college.” Every summer, students come to campus for a week-long session to attend classes and gain experience of college life, he said. UW Board of Regents opposes ban This summer’s program, a trip to Yellowstone National Park July 22-29, was a reward for participants who attended all their classes The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents joined a growing and successfully finished, Marshall said. list of organizations opposing the civil unions and marriage ban in “It’s a reward for working hard,” he said. “They needed to have a Wisconsin last week. The board voted to oppose the ban because Submitted Photo it would potentially outlaw domestic partner benefits and inhibit Students from UW-RF and Arlington High School stopped at the UW’s ability to attract and retain the best faculty. The regents See Upward page 8 Mount Rushmore during a road trip to Yellowstone. are among many leaders and organizations in Wisconsin that are actively opposing the civil unions and marriage ban. In June, RIVER FALLS POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY four former governors of Wisconsin came out against the ban. Governors Patrick Helen Clarke sumption in Parker Hall. work at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 7. premise within the city where Lucey, Martin Schreiber, Lee • Katherin M. Pfouts, 19, was Arnold said he only had two city ordinance or state law relat- Sherman Dreyfus and Tony Earl [email protected] fined $249 for underage con- beers that night, though his ing to the public health, safety, released a joint statement saying the • The Q-Lot, located off of sumption in Parker Hall. blood alcohol content was peace, morals or welfare are ban runs contrary to the values of Cascade Avenue, will be • Between 10:30 p.m. and 1:30 recorded at .137. openly, continuously or repeat- freedom and fairness, making reserved Oct. 13, 18, 19 and 20. a.m. Oct. 8, the driver’s side He was cited $172 for under- edly and intentionally violated,” Wisconsin great. mirror of a vehicle parked in O- age consumption. according to the report. Oct. 5 Lot was broken off and left • Police were called to 812 S. Garbage, including beer cans • Jon I. Lamphere, 19, was hanging by electrical wire. State St. in response to an 8 a.m. and bottles, was photographed RIVER FALLS fined $249 for underage con- loud noise complaint. Student by police throughout the street sumption in McMillan Hall. Oct. 8 Nicholas C. Foreman, 20, and and lawn leading up to the resi- Court sends woman to jail for meth sales • Brenna A. Quinn, 19, was three other men were fined $109 dence. None of the residents are fined $172 for underage con- each for public nuisance. of legal drinking age. A woman was sentenced Monday in federal court to 15 years in Oct. 7 • At 11:45 p.m., Yussufu R. sumption at 117 W. Charlotte St. According to police reports, • Between 11 p.m. and 12:05 prison for conspiring with others in a drug ring that distributed up Her blood alcohol content was the men are residents of a a.m. Oct. 9, a vehicle was found to 32 lbs of methamphetamine in the River Falls area. Reanne S. Nasabimana, 36, was fined $83.80 for open container of reported at .14. duplex at the address, and the in O-Lot with its driver’s side Taylor, 27, had previously pleaded guilty to participating in a con- • At 3:30 a.m., Frank W. police have previously respond- door open and the contents of spiracy with Jamie L. Briesemeister, of River Falls, and Michelle intoxicant at 521 S. Main St. • Benjamin L. Sikorski, 18, Arnold, 20, was found passed ed multiple times to noise viola- the glove compartment Nelson to sell between 11 and 32 lbs of methamphetamine out in the women’s lingerie tions when parties were being removed. Nothing was reported between September 2001 and December 2004. Taylor sold for part was fined $249 for underage consumption in Parker Hall. department of ShopKo, 1777 thrown at the location. missing or damaged, and there of the time out of Fox Trailer Park on the north edge of River Paulson Rd. River Falls Police have five was no sign of forced entry to Falls. The ring brought drugs from the Twin Cities and distributed • David J. P. Heid Jr., 18, was fined $249 for underage con- According to police reports, separate documented com- the vehicle. in Pierce and St. Croix Counties. Taylor, who faced statutory Arnold was found by an plaints regarding this residence, • Between 11:10 p.m. and penalties of 10 years to life in prison, was sentenced in the middle sumption in Parker Hall. • Andrew T. Nelson, 18, was employee of the store, and River including: Sept. 26, Sept. 21, 12:05 a.m. Oct. 9, a car stereo of the advisory guideline range of 168 to 210 months because she Falls Police were called to the Sept. 17, Sept. 7, and August 18. and CDs and holder were stolen, was involved in the conspiracy for only parts of 2003 and 2004. fined $249 for underage con- sumption in Parker Hall. scene. Police awoke the man, The public nuisance statute and the dashboard was damaged • Brittany E. Enslin, 18, was who said he had been drinking concerns “continuous violations on a vehicle parked in O-Lot. News Briefs compiled by Leah Danley fined $249 for underage con- with a friend before going to of city ordinances, any place or Damage is estimated at $700. October 13, 2006 NEWS Student Voice 3 Homecoming: Events offer fun and excitement for students Safety: Students encouraged to close doors behind them from page 1 better planning. from page 1 ongoing issue,” Willson said. Bonde said the significance of the parade is to get Violence from outsiders is not the only issue to the medallion hunt, mechanical bull, lip sync com- alumni back to the city. according to faculty and students, is people enter- worry about when living in campus housing. With petition, Johnny Holm Band concert and parade. Many alumni come back every year just for the ing the dorms by someone simply holding the door people living together who do not already have an “[This Homecoming] has the same things as Johnny Holm Band concert, an event that has been open or catching it before it latches shut. established knowledge of one another, personali- other years — they are just bigger and better part of Homecoming for many years. “It scares me a little that anyone with an ID card ties and interests are going to clash. this year,” Bonde said. UW-RF alumna Deb Gunderson graduated can enter the residence halls, but it makes me feel In Hathorn Hall on Sept. 8, two students, Steven The medallion hunt offers students a in 1992. She attended every UW-RF better that they can’t past a certain time at night,” Wyman, 20, and Benjamin Nikosch, 21, were chance to win a $50 prize. Beginning Homecoming when she was a student, and Jessica Odden, a freshman and Parker Hall resi- involved in a dispute involving two knives, includ- Monday and ending Thursday, clues about has attended all but one since she graduat- dent, said. “Also, anyone can grab the door after ing a Swiss Army pocketknife. where the UW-RF medal- ed. Gunderson said when someone goes in the building. I know it has hap- “While one person had a scratch on the neck, it lion is hidden on or in she went to school here, pened.” was not determined if the scratch came from the University property will there was a parade and “We continue to emphasize the message that stu- pocketknife,” Willson said. be posted every day at the Johnny Holm Band con- dent residents should not open doors for strangers, Residential Life does not tolerate instances like Information Desk before cert during every but our campus and many others struggle with this this and took immediate action. Both students were 9 a.m. The student who brings Homecoming. arrested by the River Falls Police Department. the medallion to the “It is always a nice time Wyman was held on bond and Nikosch was Information Desk will to get together with released. win the cash. friends,” Gunderson “We terminated the housing contracts of both stu- Lip sync, hosted by folk said. dents and they may no longer enter University res- humorist Mary Mack, is a She encourages stu- idence halls,” Willson said. “Both students also competition where mem- dents to go to some of face civil charges.” bers of organizations lip sync on the events. Staff and students agree that the proper safety stage. “The biggest reason to go is procedures, including the electronic scanning sys- “If you saw Dave Coulier, because it gives you a reason tem, are in effect to protect on-campus residents. Mary Mack is even funnier,” to get together with friends However, it is apparently the student’s responsibil- Bonde said. “We were all in tears because she was and enjoy the events,” she said. “It is a time to con- ity to keep people from entering who have no busi- so hilarious.” nect, and will provide students with memories for ness in the dorms. The members will be judged on stage presence, many years from now.” “I don’t really see the RAs or Res. Hall staff do creativity, lip syncing ability, costumes, choreogra- At the end of the parade this year, the floats will too much in terms of safety from random people line up in front of the football stadium for the coming into the building,” Michelle Ault, a sopho- phy and use of the Homecoming theme. Beth Dickman/Student Voice game. Before the game starts, the chancellor, more and Prucha Hall resident, said. “All they do “Lip sync is always fun to watch. It is quite com- Students leaving halls make residents sus- ical and very, very funny,” Cisar said. “It is inter- cheerleaders and Freddie will give the game ball to is tell us not to hold the door for anyone, but ceptible to thefts and violence by allowing esting to see what different organizations come up the referee to give everyone a “Super Bowl” feel- nobody listens to that.” with.” ing. doors to swing open so anyone can get in. Another aspect of Homecoming is Homecoming “The biggest reason to go is royalty. Students can vote online at because it gives you a reason to http://www.uwrf.edu/leadership/homecoming.htm Cars: l for Homecoming King and Queen beginning at 4 Attempts at parallel parking could use improvement get together with friends and p.m. Oct. 16. from page 1 crunched for time. Courtney said she thinks the “I don’t think parking is too most aggravating thing about enjoy the events. ” “I want to represent Sigma because it has been a big part of my life,” UW-RF student Anna Parsons Braun said. “This has to be paid much of a problem now, but I parking is when there is a large Deb Gunderson, said. for by students’ revenues and can see it for the future,” she space between two cars. UW-RF alumna Parsons is the Sigma Sigma Sigma candidate for fees because there is no help said. “People don’t park close Homecoming royalty. from the city.” Reiner said if a ramp is built, enough to each other,” Courtney the cost should only apply to stu- said, adding she thinks if the Out of all the events, the highlight of She said Homecoming is important because “it’s Director of Purchasing fun to be on campus, and that is part of college Services Tom Weiss said there dents who are parking there, not amount of parking permits were Homecoming is the parade, Bonde said. It is set for the entire student body. limited on the residential streets, Saturday, Oct. 21, at 10:30 a.m. Last year, a life.” were no plans for meters to go up Among the other events for Homecoming are stu- on Cascade as of four months “Parking in general is a joke,” not as many students would be Homecoming parade was held for the first time in said junior Nathan Martinson. going for the same space. 21 years. However, unlike last year when the dent competitions, a food drive and a BBQ. ago. Homecoming T-shirts are also on sale at the Braun said the University has He said he thinks parking is Only time will tell what hap- parade went through campus, it will travel through better this year than it was last pens to the parking issues. As for downtown River Falls as a result of more time and Leadership Center for $5. about 6,200 students, but with the Growth Agenda for year, and he doesn’t believe there now, students can attempt to Wisconsin approved, the campus should be time limits on when improve their parallel parking. should expect about 1,000 addi- students can park in the streets. Crime: tional students for next year. Graduate student Erin New liaison officers not making presence known “Part-time and grad students from page 1 better judgment to prevent inci- wouldn’t be a large problem in “Students need to dents in the residence halls. the future,” Braun said. a good idea because it allows “Students need to take responsi- Traditional undergraduate stu- Public Safety to react quickly in take responsibility bility for who they’re letting dents, who usually park for an emergency situations. for who they’re let- into the halls,” Kimball said. entire day, will cause the most Freshman Anna Peterson lives “They shouldn’t hold the door commotion. in Crabtree Hall, and said she ting into the halls. open just because they know Yet Weiss has a possible solu- hasn’t seen the liaisons and ques- They shouldn't hold who I am.” tion for the future. tioned their effectiveness if stu- The crime report also plays a “Parking ramps have been a dents aren’t noticing their pres- the door because they role for prospective students and subject of discussion, but the ence. know who I am.” their parents. cost is so high,” Weiss said. “A “We can’t be in all 10 halls at “In our publications and presen- low estimate for a 400-car ramp the same time,” Kimball said. Mark Kimball, tations, we refer to that report runs about $6.5 million.” He said requests for additional director of Public Safety for anyone who is interested,” Including the cost of opera- staff are still pending approval Executive Director of tions, maintenance and interest from UW-RF administration. One area has shown major Enrollment Services Alan on payments, the ramp could Kimball said at least one Public improvement — burglaries in Tuchtenhagen said. “Generally, cost $1,000-$1,500 per year. Safety staff member is on duty 2003 peaked at 13, dropped to our campus tends to look very Students who either commute every hour of every day. four in 2004 and three last year. good on that report compared to or use a car on campus held According to the crime report, Kimball said the decrease might other campuses, so it really is some of their own opinions Jen Dolen/Student Voice the number of incidents in the be due to fewer incidents being less of an issue for many of our about parking. Commuters parked outside North Hall on Third Street left residence halls stayed steady in reported. prospective families than it Junior Victoria Reiner often too much space between vehicles. Terrible parking jobs by most areas since 2003. He said students need to use might otherwise be.” uses the metered lot if she is students contribute to the ever-growing lack of space.

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When the alarm goes off in the morning, you can bet there’s at least one other person thinking the same thing as you: Should I go to class? You might believe you have the liberty to make that choice - this is college, after all. But it seems as if attendance policies are finding their way onto more syllabi as the years go on. And with every class allow- ing only three absences per semester, a little piece of that freedom-craving freshman dies within us all. Faculty can make the argument that attendance poli- cies are in place for the students’ own good - it teach- es the responsibility necessary for success in the workforce they will inevitably enter. Yet by age 18, we all should be capable of making decisions on our own. And if we’re not quite there yet - let us learn from our mistakes. And as adults, we know by now that different peo- ple have different learning styles. While some stu- dents learn by listening to professors lecture, others process information by reading the material them- selves. To expect every student to be present at every lec- ture seriously dismisses the individuality existing in us all. A failing grade is likely punishment enough for a truant student who truly isn’t capable of learning on ETTERS TO THE DITOR their own - if they didn’t go to class in the first place, L E chances are they aren’t too psyched to take the entire union conditions and wages.” states, I was shocked by its course over again next semester. It costs more money Campus has no I was not entertained to learn Safety first for potential consequences. If this and takes more time, and none of us want to subject need for socialists the group is promoting “militant college students passes, it could drastically affect ourselves to that. action.” That’s just another rea- the safety and security of many While faculty members commonly brush off the typ- The Oct. 6 issue of Falcon son why I feel this student One of my past roommates Wisconsinites. organization should not be wel- In other states where the ban ical absence excuses - lack of sleep, excess stress, Daily announced the Student and I attend the Minnesota Organization Committee is wel- comed on our campus. Correction’s Association has passed, there have been sig- hectic work schedules - we hope they are not so eas- coming three of the newest stu- Conference every year in nificant unintended conse- ily disregarded in the future. dent organizations to the UW- Duluth. When we were students quences due to the vague lan- Jan Pospichal guage of the second portion of With tuition on a steady increase and a continuously RF Community. I was dismayed Employee and would go out, we would to find the Socialist Alternative leave as a group and return as a the amendment. failing economy, these arguments are not only valid For example, in Utah a group but commendable for those of us who are literally was among these organizations. group. We always made sure of I came to this country from the Smokers spark this, or should I say she did. I’m is suing to overturn Salt Lake working day and night to get that valuable education. Czech Republic, where I lived reminded of this often, especial- City’s domestic partnership pol- So educators - don’t underestimate your students. If in a socialist society for more asthma attacks ly upon learning of a missing icy, arguing it “mimics” gay we can do well in your classes without being physi- than 15 years of my life. I was college student. Most recently marriage and therefore violates the state’s marriage and civil cally present, don’t give us a poor grade just because lucky to immigrate to the United I would like to expand on — the case at UW-La Crosse. States and enjoy the benefits of Nicole Aune’s column, “Protect To this day we follow this union ban. you wanted so badly to see our smiling faces every a functioning capitalist econo- Students from Smoke.” There rule/advise, or what I call a best In addition, numerous Ohio day. my. is an issue I would like to bring practice — even as adults when judges have ruled domestic vio- And students and teachers alike, if you find your Some of my friends and rela- up that on-campus students have attending the upcoming confer- lence charges cannot be filed against unmarried people - classrooms empty, take note of the type of environ- tives were not lucky. Relatively to deal with. ence. Unfortunately when I few died in political prisons, but I currently live on campus, and learn of a missing college stu- whether gay or not gay; at least ment you’re experiencing. Students should be willing most lost a lot of opportunities my roommate is a smoker. She dent I think to myself and say to 15 cases have been dismissed. and allowed to engage in the lessons they’re expect- in life. There were not many knows she has to go outside to my family, friends and co-work- These consequences, though ed to learn. opportunities in “workers para- smoke and be away from the ers, ‘How can you leave your unintended, have the possibility Not all professors believe learning should be fun, dise,” surrounded by a barbed doors, but the smell is still pres- friend’s unattended?’ LEAVE of stripping Wisconsin families ent on her clothing. Like Aune, I of health care and security. A but students are paying to be here - so show us a good wire fence, unless you were a AS A GROUP, RETURN AS A member of the ruling elite. have asthma. The smell on her GROUP. very real possibility has lead me time. I am not afraid that the demo- clothing is enough to trigger a We followed this even if one to believe that voting “no” on cratic system of this country reaction. It starts off mild with a of us met with someone. If my the marriage civil union ban is the only fair and logical vote. Editorials represent the opinion of the Student Voice could be overthrown by social- headache and red, itchy eyes to group of friends didn’t know the Editorial Board and are prepared by the editorial staff. ism. However, I have to speak serious symptoms such as short- person, we would let the person out against an organization on ness of breath. That is when I part. My thoughts are that we Jason Miller have to use my inhaler. For our campus that glorifies one of learned to tend to each other Student the world’s most oppressive those students who do not from our floor RAs. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS socioeconomic systems. understand what asthma is, try I attended the initial public sipping peanut butter through a TUDENT OICE Martha Thomford S V meeting the Socialist Alternative straw. That is how I feel when I Do you have held last month on campus and have an asthma attack. UW-RF alumna Editor Helen Clarke read what Socialist Alternative There is a solution to solve Assistant Editor Shalena Janis stands for at http://socialistmin- this problem: asking students if Don’t ban same- something to nesota.org/what-we-stand-for. they want a roommate who is a Front Page Editor Jennie Oemig I thought the “alternative way” smoker or a non-smoker. It can sex marriage News Editor Amber Jurek be asked in the housing contract say? Submit a Sports Editor Sarah Packingham of eliminating the national debt Etcetera Editor Keighla Schmidt was pretty hilarious. I have when new students are filling I am new to the area, as this is Viewpoints Editor AJ Oscarson taken and passed a few econom- them out. This simple question my first year here at UW-River letter to the Photo Editor Jen Dolen ics classes myself. The writers would have students breathing a Falls. Almost as soon as I of the following could benefit lot easier. After all, do you want arrived, I discovered an amend- Assistant News Editor Leah Danley from those classes, “Cancel the to end up in the emergency ment to ban gay marriage and editor at Assistant Photo Editor Beth Dickman national debt with no payment room struggling to breathe? civil unions was on the Assistant Sports Editor Ben Brewster to the big investors. Use the Wisconsin ballot this fall. 304 North Hall money to rebuild the inner cities Tracy N. Schoemaker As I did more research on the Cartoonist Stephanie Daniels and the infrastructure under Student ban and its effects in other Chief Copy Editor Addie Carlson Proofreaders Brooke Hansen Nadean Brandt Exercise makes better students General Manager Cate Hutsell had a humbling experience a few weeks Interestingly, these conditions are all that smoke-infested hell hole has become a Ad Manager Emily Reusch Iago in PE 108. Members of the class related to exercise. According to the Mayo popular place to end a night on the town. (I Ad Representative Alicia O’Meara were told to engage in 10 minutes of aero- Clinic’s Web site and CraigHospital.org, heard a rumor that you can get crabs by sit- Business Manager Jill Crandall bic exercise. I jumped on one of the ellipti- exercise has been proven to relieve stress- ting on the pool tables). But if you con- Circulation Manager Matthew Meyer cals and began fake running down the ful and anxious feelings, improve energy sume just the right number of drinks, the sandy shores of Bermuda, but it didn’t turn and cut down on fatigue. Even more obvi- dance floor isn’t a bad place to get exercise Online Manager Hans Hage out to be as refreshing as the Caribbean ous is how exercise benefits sleeping and shake your ass at some coeds. Granted, Faculty Advisor Andris Straumanis coastline. After 10 minutes, I could barely habits. The body is able to better regulate all that smoke inhalation won’t have the walk. My heart was purring like a coke its sleeping patterns. People who exercise greatest effect on your lungs, but there head after snorting a few lines, and I was fall asleep quicker, have deeper sleep and aren’t many public places you can reach sweating more profusely than a biology wake up feeling energized more often than your target heart rate while reaching for Read the Student Voice online at major taking a Brit lit final. It was the first people who don’t exer- someone’s tonsils. www.uwrfvoice.com time I’ve ever had to admit to something I cise. Ditch the Ambien Running up the stairs or jogging thought would never happen — I’m out of and NoDoz, and strap at crosswalks is something I’ve on those jogging shoes discovered too. Aside from the The Student Voice is a student- North Hall or to shape because I rarely exercise. written and managed newspa- [email protected] Within the last school year, many UW- instead. Sure, easier weird looks I get, it isn’t a bad per for UW-River Falls, and is Please limit letters to 300 River Falls students have had poor academ- said than done. Ben way to get the ticker going. published Thursdays dur- words. ic performance as a result of physiological I hate gyms and Jipson If you’ve taken PE 108 and had ing the regular school year. The Student Voice re- and psychological conditions. According to weight rooms. The the unflattering experience of All editorial content in the serves the right to edit weight room on campus nearly keeling over with a mas- Student Voice is determined any material for content, the UW-RF Student Health Services stu- by the newspaper’s libel or space. It also dent survey in 2006, 31 percent of UW-RF has a nauseating stench, sive coronary, you have probably Editorial Board. reserves the right to students felt stressed, 24 percent had diffi- the music is terrible, thought once or twice about get- The opinions expressed in withhold letters. Letters culty sleeping and 17 percent had feelings and I can barely work my way around the ting more exercise. The most difficult part editorials and columns do to the editor become the of anxiety or depression. Less than half of gigantic egos possessed by some of those of adopting a healthy lifestyle change like not represent those of the property of the Student iPod-toting, cutoff shirt-wearing tools who exercising is taking action. The benefits of newspaper’s advisor, stu- Voice and cannot be re- all respondents reported they had gotten dent population, adminis- turned. enough sleep to feel rested within all seven are only in there to get huge pecs so they exercise are almost immediate: refreshing tration, faculty or staff. All letters, news releases, days prior to taking the survey. Given stu- will have a chance of getting laid on spring nights of sleep, clearer thought process, Letters to the editor must be briefs, display ads and classified dents’ hectic schedules at work or in break. So I’m trying to work on some ways less stress and anxiety, more energy during legible, and contain a first and ads must also be submitted no school, these results aren’t surprising. If to raise my heart rate without raising my the day, and more stamina in the sack, last name and phone number. later than Wednesday at noon. anger level. among others. Once you make the effort to Unsigned letters will not be Single copies of the Student exercising hasn’t made its way to the top of published. Voice are free. Printing costs are your priority list, there is a good chance Drop your books and head to the Library. exercise regularly, you’ll realize how easy Letters can be submitted at 304 paid for through student fees. you suffer from fatigue, insomnia, stress, Let it be widely known I am not advocat- and enjoyable it is — like a walk in the anxiety or poor eating habits. ing anyone frequent the Library. Somehow park. October 13, 2006 VIEWPOINTS Student Voice 5 Quirks keep us who we are River Falls lacking here’s a show on E! I like to watch requires the physical invasion in order to Fashion shows are even banning fashion Tcalled “Dr. 90210.” It is a reality walk down the street without receiving models who are too skinny. Magazines for stares. That kind of attention can be more women encourage women to embrace their show about plastic surgery, in which two midnightt 2 a.m. bartenders and munchiesgreater distance than the town painful than any surgical procedure. But to bodies and find clothes that accentuate the or three doctors from a pool of regular bouncers shuffle college they live in just to eat some have a metal rod forced under your skin positive. Interestingly enough, the girls in A Beverly Hills surgeons allow us to tag students and alcoholics alike french fries or peruse the cheap and jammed around so the photos for those maga- along for the duration of a willing partici- out of the dimly lit brick build- movie bin at Wal-Mart? you don’t jiggle when zines, looking stylish as they pant’s journey toward an elevated self- ings that line both sides of Main Personally, I think that it’s you walk, is beyond my frolic in parks and snuggle esteem or bigger tips at their stripper job. Street. Once out on the street, ridiculous that the closest 24- comprehension. with some shirtless guy, are Almost every episode features a breast the mass chaos of people walk- hour restaurant is in Hudson, A lot of actresses, and doing just as much as the augmentation, while other procedures ing and driving to various desti- and though Perkins restaurants actors too, have had surgi- Cassie models in the Dior ads to include nose jobs, liposuction, scrotum nations ensues. Instead of the around the country will stay cal work, though they make readers feel inadequate. reduction, chin implants and a bunch of Rodgers mildly tipsy to wildly drunk open for that length, the one keep it under wraps for I’m not sure what the appeal others. The procedures are shown in patrons finding a place to wind located in our town closes at 10 the most part. Those who is of “Dr. 90210” for me. graphic detail with nipples and genitalia down, we are left to find our p.m. during the week and 11 admit to having it done Obviously I’m against plastic blurred out, but the inside of a breast or own ways home and deal with p.m. on the weekends. blame public expectations surgery in most cases, and see- nose are spread with shiny forceps for the side effects of hangovers. When I called the Perkins in for making surgical inter- ing people unhappy with anyone to take a gander. After the proce- I would rather not be left to River Falls to ask why they vention an essential part of having a public themselves makes me sad and a little dure, cameras zoom in on the groggy, my own demise after a long weren’t a 24-hour establishment face. And in some cases this is true. I have angry at societal expectations. Shows such swollen patient, who groans in agony as night on the town — instead I the only response I got was, “I heard many comments from people on as this seem to reinforce how important the medications lose their effectiveness. wish I had a place where I don’t know.” As if to make up how this star is fat or how that one has physical appearance is to people. After After watching an episode of a plastic could consume mass quantities for that, the poor woman who I ugly teeth. It’s an ugly side of human watching the show, I guess I appreciate surgery show, I don’t see how people will- of waffles and greasy bacon. forced to answer difficult ques- nature, but we find triumph in other peo- even more the features that make me and ingly subject themselves to that kind of Even if absorbing liquor isn’t tions that I’m sure she has no ple’s imperfections. others unique. Each are a reminder that experience in order to be a little more a main goal for middle-of-the- way of knowing the answers to, In the past decade, more concern has real happiness does not come from anes- pleasing in appearance to others. There are night consumption, late night said they’ve never been open 24 been given for the need to be perfect, and thesia and silicone, but in the pride of a few people who are disfigured from con- studying always goes more hours. Hmm, doesn’t really help acceptance of variety has been promoted. being an individual. genital defects or from an accident, which smoothly when food is the midnight cravings or the involved. 2:30 a.m. drunken stupor. In college towns around the However, it’s all OK because nation restaurants like IHOP, they open at 6 a.m. So if you Perkins and Waffle House stay can stay awake that long, then open 24 hours each day in order Perkins is there to cater to your to cater to the late-night every need, otherwise it might Drunkardse went through the ditch and roll the shouldvehicle. takes one time,” butstay it is so might put just hop into their vehi- crowds. Students like myself just be better to go when you windshield of his I began thinking about this true. Anyone who has ever cle and end up back home after “H enjoy having the opportunity to wake up for a late breakfast or truck,” is all I can remember again because last week my been drunk knows it impairs swerving back and forth on the make a 3:30 a.m. run for pan- lunch. thinking about that fateful day father was rear-ended by some- your vision and slows your road a couple of times. The cakes and sausage I have to of my senior year in high one who was most likely ine- motor skills — this is not very worst-case scenario involves a without worry of admit though school. After the accident he briated by some type of sub- conducive to driving. I don’t wreck of twisted metal where being kicked out that River lived for about two days before stance. The sport utility vehicle know what I would have done people inevitably end up dead. at close or spend- Falls is not the finally passing away. Then crashed into the back of my if the driver had killed my Most of us probably remem- ing more money first town to about a week later, it was father’s truck, driving the bed father. He and the people in the ber the public service than exists in our Beth lack something released that he had been of the truck all the way up into Yukon did announcements bank accounts. extra for all drunk at the the cab. The not deserve and warnings from Dickman He was a good In River Falls those college- time of the driver of the to be the teachers and par- there is a serious aged kids. I accident. SUV then pro- victims of a person, he just ents to not drink lack of venues started my col- He was a ceeded to ram his man’s stupid and drive. These made a very where the average lege career in good person, vehicle into a mistake, and warnings were college student, whether under- northern he just made a Derrick Yukon that was I am very stupid decision. undoubtedly age or older than 21, can escape Minnesota at Bemidji State very stupid Knutson in the turn lane grateful they drilled into our when the noise of the dorms or University. From Bemidji I mistake. Eric next to my weren’t. heads repeatedly during our bustling of roommates becomes made my way to London, and had been my father’s truck. At Drinking is an activity that youths. For some people these too much to handle. finally settled here to complete friend in high the time, the can be fun in a controlled messages have just remained In a town where the popula- my undergraduate degree. school. He Yukon was filled social situation. Going out to warnings. For others, like tion seems to double when class Bemidji had one step up on wasn’t someone I hung out with a number of children. the bars has been a favorite myself, it is a mantra that is in session, there is no con- River Falls in that the Perkins with much outside of school, Miraculously, no one was seri- pastime of many college stu- could have saved someone’s venient place open past bar actually stayed open around the but during school we con- ously hurt in this incident. dents for years. It can be a life if it had been practiced. close at 2:30 a.m. The only clock, but the bars closed at 1 versed on a regular basis. It After Eric’s death, I vowed I great way to socialize and meet Next time you decide to go actual business in town that a.m. while I was there, and the was a shock to all of us when would never step into a vehicle new people. What everyone out and drink with your bud- stays open 24 hours a day is the taxi service consisted of an eld- he died. Most of us knew he if I had anything to drink. My needs to remember is that there dies, stay where you are, have Holiday gas station located on erly lady and her sometimes-in- was a partier, but none of us vow was only further rein- can be horrible repercussions a designated driver or call a the corner of Locust and Main town son shuttling residents thought he would step into his forced by what happened to for stepping behind the wheel cab because it only takes one Streets. So if you’re craving a from place to place. Like River truck after a night of drinking, my father last week. It sounds after a night of drinking. In the time to change the course of stale Twinkie and the remains Falls, their taxi service also swerve off of the road into the very cliché to say “it only best-case scenario, a person numerous lives forever. of a pot of coffee brewed the closed well before the break of day before, then River Falls has the next day and left the people everything you could ever want. who drank too much to walk Actually, I know there is a back to campus or drive to their UW-RF professors deserve more respect serious problem when the taxi homes. s a relatively new student at UW- goes into generating assignments, staying been here for years already. company, a service usually Comparing London to River ARiver Falls, I still find it extremely up-to-date with the readings and keeping The golden rule has always been drilled meant to help keep drunks off Falls would be unfair in every difficult to watch students walk noncha- teaching strategies accurate with the times. into my head and into my family’s beliefs. the road, is only open long aspect in that the nightlife lantly out of a lecture like it’s no big deal. Classes are not just about reading the My father has always said, “The golden enough to drive someone to the thrived greater than any city It is com- required material, but meant to give dis- rule is the most important rule to life.” In bar, but stops running hours found near to River Falls, and pletely I feel more respon- cussions and an under- many ways I agree with his before the bars close. the options of all-night eateries appalling standing of the material, comment. If I were to put If someone’s cravings are were expansive and could be to watch sible for my actions and to have students myself into the professors’ strong enough and they’re feel- found in the heart of the enter- people than the people grow intellectually. shoes, I would feel so frus- ing ambitious, then the closest tainment district - right where treat pro- After a mere five weeks trated. place to find a restaurant that all the students spent their time. fessors who have been here of observation, I have Sara I commend the professors will serve the drunk and disor- All in all I like what River with such for years already. noticed upperclassmen Hauer for pretending not to notice derly is 10 miles away in Falls has to offer, and being disrespect. leaving lectures. So I the extremely rude actions of Hudson. close to the Twin Cities does I am now wonder, as people their students, whether it is Hudson provides a number of have its benefits. Hopefully very aware that as this college is not in grow, do they become the class as a whole or just a services that can entertain the someday Perkins will learn that any way a replica of a high school setting; more disrespectful? Do handful of students who are late-night crowd, including it will have many customers at students are now able to act as they want they know so much rude. If I stood in their Perkins, the McDonald's drive- 4 a.m. on the weekends and the and when they would like. However true more and are so intellectually inclined that shoes, I would not hold back any anger or thru, Denny’s and Wal-Mart. profits will likely greatly out- this may be, professors work to provide they no longer feel the need to attend class dissatisfaction from their actions. Is it really safe to not only weigh the cost of keeping it worthwhile, educational material. They and continue to learn anything? Ultimately it is the students’ decision allow, but practically encourage open longer. Maybe someday deserve at least the same respect that high As a freshman, I thought I would be able whether to attend class or not. But then people who have been consum- I’ll have somewhere to eat that school teachers were given. to look up to the upperclassmen for guid- again, why pay tens of thousands of dol- ing alcohol or who have been greasy bacon when the Holiday Professors must prepare material for stu- ance. But at times, I feel more responsible lars to restrain intellectual growth? studying until the small hours gas station isn’t quite hitting the dents to study. A large amount of work for my actions than the people who have of the morning to drive a spot.

Phillip Bock, Sarah Burchett, junior STUDENT senior “I’m assuming they use them to “I thought it was like, I don’t buy our books and pay our pro- know, up-keep and probably fessors.” textbooks. I don’t know. I guess I’d like to know what voices I’m paying for.” What is your Valerie Linti, Nick Hassel, senior tuition and fees senior “Just like maintenance and build- “To keep the campus up, pay ings up-keep. I don’t really know.” the teachers and pay for student used for by the programs. To run electricity and pay dues as well. Oh, and University? the new Student Center.”

Isaac Ramberg, Molu Jolly, freshman sophomore

“I don’t know, that’s a good question. “No idea. For tuition fees or Well, to improve living standards for something. Or for textbooks. I students. We’re building that new don’t really know.” Student Center - I’m sure that cost a great deal.” Student Voice 6 SPORTS October 13, 2006 1,000 kills mark milestones Twins make an early exit The Twins decided to pick it up though, batting only .262 in on Tuesday. I’ve always had August and September, with a for two volleyball players mixed feelings about Hunter. .303 on base percentage. His said. “I am a freshman, and both honorable He’s been one of the best defen- final average of .290 is skewed Beth Dickman of these players are very good mention in Ben sive centerfielders in baseball, somewhat from his hot June and [email protected] role models.” the 2004 but a broken ankle in 2005 July when he batted .333 with a Brewster The UW-RF volleyball team season. caused him to lose some range, .414 on base percentage. Two UW-River Falls volley- has a strong record both inside Similarly, and his bat is usually average at In reality I think Punto is more ball players reached milestones and outside of the Wisconsin Geehan has best. I cringe every time he suited to a super-utility role, like in their careers this season by Intercollegiate Athletic earned sev- comes up in a clutch situation each hitting their 1000th kill. Conference (WIAC), with a eral confer- because of how prone he is to I’ve always had Seniors Andrea Geehan, a record of 14 wins and eight ence titles, fter a pathetic showing in flailing strikeouts and double middle hitter, and Kate mixed feelings losses overall, and a 3-2 record including the first round of the play- plays, but he also has the ability Thompson, an outside hitter, are A in the WIAC. They are tied for All-WIAC offs, the Twins’ amazing season to get hot for a short time and about Hunter. He’s both leading role models and fourth place with UW-La first team is over. And yes, it was amaz- carry the team on his back like powerful forces for the Falcon been one of the best Crosse and UW-Stevens Point andAndrea Geehan ing, no matter what happened in he did the last month or so of team, according to several within the competitive confer- American Volleyball Coaches the postseason. this year. defensive fielders in teammates and player profiles. ence. Association (AVCA) All- I’ve followed the Twins since I Ever since Corey Koskie left Thompson’s twin sister and baseball... According to player biogra- Midwest Region honors in was a little kid, and I can’t after the 2004 season, third base fellow teammate, Molly, said phies on the Falcon athletics 2005. Geehan’s accomplish- remember a team that overcame became a black hole for the a much better version of Denny her sister is an inspiration and Web site, Geehan and ments also include being the more and was more enjoyable to Twins. Hocking. leader. Thompson’s skills and leader- WIAC Player of the Week in watch than the 2006 Twins. In 2005 they tried Michael The other concern is starting “She goes into practice every ship have helped the Falcon 2004 and an All-WIAC honor- But now that it’s over, it’s time Cuddyer, Terry Tiffee and Luis pitching. Santana is great in the day with a smile on her face,” team in years past, earning both able mention the same season. to start looking toward 2007 and Rodriguez, among others, and No. 1 spot, and Boof Bonser has Thompson said. “Nothing fazes players conference recognition. “Both are extremely talented what kind of changes will be this year there was the failed proven he can be a solid two or her, and she is the ultimate team Thompson received a number players who provide the majori- made. experiment with Tony Batista. three man, but with Francisco player.” of titles, including All-WIAC ty of the offensive output for The biggest issue this off-sea- After Batista was released, Nick Liriano becoming an injury risk Geehan received similar prais- honorable mention and Co- our team,” senior Kat Krtnick son was whether the $12 million Punto took the position over and and Brad Radke retiring, es from freshman Alison Busby. Offensive Player of the Year in option would be picked up for exceeded all expectations. He “I am a middle hitter and have centerfielder Torii Hunter. learned a lot from Andrea,” she 2005. She was also All-WIAC slumped near the end of the year See Twins page 7 See Volleyball page 7 Peterson’s leadership paves way for Falcons Sarah Packingham “We have some tough games coming up with Stevens Point, [email protected] Eau Claire and LaCrosse,” This week, UW-River Falls Peterson said. “They’re really senior Ashley Peterson was important games in conference. bestowed with a great honor. Eau Claire is a big game. We Peterson, a soccer player haven’t lost in conference.” from Forest Lake, Minn., was Head Coach Sean McKuras named WIAC Player of the and Assistant Coach Ben Gaddis Week. It wasn’t the only award have been instrumental in Peterson received for her Peterson’s success at River Falls. efforts during that week. She “He’s been here all four years,” was also named to Peterson said of McKuras. D3kicks.com’s soccer team of “They do a very good job of the week. coaching. They know what It is Peterson’s second time they’re talking about and they this season being named the give us a plan to win.” WIAC Player of the Week. McKuras thinks very highly of In two games, Peterson Peterson as well. scored three goals and picked “Ashley fulfills her role as a up three assists to lead the team senior captain in several differ- with six points in the games. ent ways. Ashley has always The six points have helped been a leader by example.,” Peterson take the lead in team McKuras. “Over her career she scoring, with 12 goals and 33 has developed as a vocal leader points. The closest player to and a teacher of the game.” Peterson is fellow senior Kim Peterson aids those around her. Saufl who has eight goals and “I loved playing defense with 22 points. her because she is so calm. Her Peterson has played soccer movements and her body lan- since she was five, and she is in guage are very calm and just her fourth season playing in the there, whereas I am always in high speed and wanting to get Falcon uniform. She has also Submitted Photo coached a little bit, and some the ball out of my end.” Piersak day the Health and Human UW-River Falls senior Ashley Peterson kicks the ball down the field in a Sept. 5 match up with Macalester. Peterson was said. “She always held the team Performance major would like recently named WIAC Player of the Week for the second time this season. She leads the Falcons with 12 goals and 33 points. together through the back of to get more into coaching. on the Falcon team, Peterson is a school, she also ran track. but she can get the team fired up UW-Eau Claire. But when field and now she is leading our “I want to work with younger leader. “We’re all just really good to just get out there and do what Peterson was a freshman, the team up front.” kids,” Peterson said. “At a “I like to lead by example,” friends,” Peterson said of her we can...and that's win.” team won WIAC, which she Peterson also likes to play ten- young age kids like to listen Peterson said. “I learn from the Falcon teammates. “We mesh Throughout her years in the said was one of her greatest nis and spend time with friends, better and they’re more fun to girls every day.” really well together.” Falcon program, there have moments with the group. family and boyfriend. watch.” This season, Peterson said the “Ashley does a lot for the been a number of ups and This season the team has The Falcons’ next game is at Peterson will graduate in Falcon team is different than team. She is humble about how downs. potential to win WIAC again. UW-Stevens Point on Saturday May 2007. any other team she’s been on. things are going for her,” junior Last season, the team lost in The Falcons currently have a at 2 p.m. Now as one of three seniors Besides playing soccer in high Amy Piersak said. “She is quiet the WIAC Playoff Semifinals to record of 7-2-2 (4-1-1). AOII Strike Out helps those in need A time forstarted c hangsaving my moneye so I Each participant will receive a could go to as many hockey Softball tournament to T-shirt and BBQ. games as possible. “I don’t think the cost should While hockey practices may have been a factor, but it proba- Sarah just be getting started here, com- be heldSarah Satur Packinghamday bly was,” Hockert said. “I don’t Packinghampetition has already started [email protected] think I would change it for next around the area. In Division I year.” men’s and women’s hockey, the Near the end of July, junior season has already started. Maria Hockert and senior “It’s the first year, Hearing about other teams play- Lyndsay Nelson were searching and we hope to ing has gotten me really excited for ideas for their sorority’s phi- y dad would always to see the Falcons’ season start- lanthropy event, and then a big make it an annual Msay, “That damn east ing on Oct. 27. idea hit them. event.” wind,” as I was growing up Even though hockey is starting, They decided to host a softball in Northern Minnesota. If I some sports are finished for the tournament before the winter Maria Hockert, had a quarter for every time I season. Some of them have com- weather began. member of AOII heard him say those four key pleted the regular season and After just a few months of words, I could easily pay for some have already finished their preparation, the two women and She said if a team had 10 play- my tuition and probably the postseason play. The women’s their sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi ers, each would only have to entire Student Voice’s staff golf team finished up last week- (AOII), are ready to put it all donate $10. as well. end and women’s tennis is done together and host the event. Hockert said the response from With that, I knew when he came in the door that the sea- with the regular season, waiting This Saturday at 9 a.m. on the the community was overwhelm- for their conference play a week intramural softball fields, the ing. She has received donations sons were changing, and the winds were blowing. from now in Madison. The foot- Strike Out for Arthritis Softball from a number of River Falls ball team is at home this week- Tournament will take place. businesses and off-campus teams Not that I minded — some- thing to cool off after a warm end and again next weekend for “The proceeds raised go to are also participating in the the annual Homecoming game. arthritis research. It’s our chap- event. summer was always wel- comed. I have never minded Needless to say, I’m excited. I ter’s philanthropy,” Hockert “We have to thank them for love school spirit, and I love said. “It’s the first year, and we sure,” Hockert said of the outside the cold, but I hate it when it gets hot. Homecoming week. Even hope to make it an annual event.” support. though it will be cold, the leaves Each team was expected to During the past few months, With the changing seasons there comes a change in are changing and winds whip- raise at least $100 to donate for Hockert has been putting at least ping, it will be worth it to get out the cause, and an average of 15 a few hours a day of work into sports — both with sports to watch and participate in. with friends and support UW- people are registered. Each year, the tournament and received a lot River Falls. AOII raises money for arthritis of support from Nelson. Here in River Falls, some captain’s practices are start- With the change of seasons, it’s and juvenile arthritis research. “I’m here for a lot of support. important we change the way we However, the women didn’t I’ve calmed Maria down,” ing, and before we all know it, winter will be upon us. support our teams. Spirit is receive as many registered teams Nelson said. “I’m also keeping important. Where would our as they hoped. people motivated.” Winter to me means just one thing — hockey. I’ve loved to teams be without spirit? They “We expected a stronger Hockert and Nelson just plan thrive on playing in front of loud response from the Greek and on being behind the scenes in the watch hockey as long as I can remember. I always watched and interested crowds. Sarah Packingham/Student Voice recreation community,” Hockert tournament instead of taking it, but didn’t understand it Lyndsay Nelson, left, and Maria Hockert work on the final said. “But we’re pleased with what we got.” until about the fourth grade. I See Spirit page 7 touches for the Alpha Omicron Pi Strike Out for Arthritis. See AOII page 7

October 13, 2006 SPORTS Student Voice 7 SPORTS WRAP Falcon volleyball heats up the court Falcon Football kept at bay against UW-EC The UW-River Falls football team could not muster up enough big plays, while the Blugolds capitalized on offense, en route to a 23-3 victory Saturday at Carson Park. In the first quarter the Women go 7-0 with Falcons could not move the ball. Their longest drive was five plays for 17 yards. UW-Eau Claire put together an 11-play 64- tournamentSarah Packingham win yard drive that ate up 5:26 off the clock, which was capped off by a 41-yard field goal. On RF’s next possession they went 59 [email protected] yards in 12 plays, capped off by a 33-yard Spasimir Bodurksi After starting the regular sea- field goal to make the score 6-3 UW-EC. Near the end of the son with a record at about .500, half, UW-EC went 80 yards in four plays, ending with a 38-yard the UW-River Falls women’s touchdown pass. The score at halftime was 13-3 UWEC. In the volleyball team has turned it on third quarter, UW-EC continued scoring. After a Falcon turnover in the last few weeks going 6-0, at their own 27-yard line, the Blugolds drove three yards on four including a tournament win. plays, which was capped by a field goal from 41 yards to make The Falcons’ record currently the score 16-3. After an RF interception, UW-EC scored one sits at 15-8, and they are 4-2 in more touchdown to make the score 23-3. UW-RF continues its WIAC play. season on Saturday when the Falcons host UW-Stevens Point at “We’ve been a really good Ramer Field. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. team [all season],” Head Coach Patti Ford said. “We’ve played UW-River Falls at UW-Eau Claire (Oct Kickoff Returns-Yards...... 5-68 1- 07, 2006 at Eau Claire, WI) 14 really tough competition.” 1 st 04:31 UWEC - Craig Kolb 41 yd field Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-0 1- The hot streak started at the goal 27 Simpson Tournament in 11 Punts (Number-Avg)...... 6-37.8 4- plays, 64 yards, TOP 5:26, RF 0 - UWEC 44.0 Indianola, Iowa, when the 3 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1 2-0 Falcons went 4-0 to win the tour- 2nd 07:14 UWEC - Craig Kolb 27 yd Penalties-Yards...... 3-28 6-30 nament. The Falcons redeemed field goal Possession Time...... 31:24 10 28:36 themselves for early season loss- plays, 65 yards, TOP 4:41, RF 0 - UWEC Third-Down Conversions...... 4 of 14 4 es against one of the teams in the 6 of 12 tournament. Beth Dickman/Student Voice 01:20 RF - Spasimir Bodurski 33 yd Fourth-Down Conversions...... 0 of 1 0 Kat Krtnick and Kate Thompson go up for a block against UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 27. The field goal of 1 “Revenge is sweet,” senior 12 Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 1-2 Molly Thompson said. “We real- Falcons lost the match 3-1. The Falcons are currently on a 7-0 winning streak. plays, 59 yards, TOP 5:45, RF 3 - UWEC 2-2 ly were the better team, and we winning games.” Stout on Wednesday night and leader. 6 00:29 UWEC - Chris Hull 38 yd pass Individual leaders had a chance to prove ourselves Last Friday night, the Falcons picked up their seventh win in a “Because there are so many from Kyle Paulson (Craig Kolb kick) RUSHING: U W-River Falls-Nathan again.” played UW-Platteville at home row, by a 3-1 margin. others it’s kind of easy to be 4 plays, Anderson 25-83; Jeremy Wolff 8-24; Falcon senior Kate Thompson and won the match 3-0 with The Falcon offense is very myself,” Kate Thompson said. 80 yards, TOP 0:45, RF 3 - UWEC 13 Beau received her 1,000th career kill 3rd 07:28 UWEC - Craig Kolb 41 yd DeBruin 7-9; Greg Robinson 1-2; Storm scores of 30-20, 30-26 and 30- strong. “I can lead in different ways, in field goal Harmon 1-1; TEAM 1-minus 7. UW-Eau over Webster on the first night of 25. They also hosted UW-La “[With] Andrea Geehan, Kate a more one-on-one way.” 4 Claire-Edward Kaiser 16-65; Kyle the tournament. Crosse on Saturday and won 3- Thompson and Kat Krtnick, the This weekend, the Falcons are plays, 3 yards, TOP 1:35, RF 3 - UWEC Paulson 8-12; Ryan Darley 4-8; TEAM 1- “It was pretty cool,” Kate said. 16 minus 20. 1. defense can’t key on just one at the Elmhurst Invitational at 04:44 UWEC - Matthew Evensen 31 “[Patti] Ford told me I was going “We are solid right now,” Ford person,” Ford said. “They’re all Elmhurst College in Illinois. yd pass from Kyle Paulson (Craig Kolb PASSING: UW-River Falls-Jeremy Wolff to get it that weekend, but I did- said. “That’s what you have to capable of scoring.” They will play four games kick) 6-13-1-76; Storm Harmon 3-3-0-29. n’t know when it was going to hope for in October.” With capable scorers and Friday and Saturday. 1 UW-Eau Claire-Kyle Paulson 16-28-1- play, 31 yards, TOP 0:19, RF 3 - UWEC 251. come.” With the teams experience, strong defenders, the Falcon With only a few weeks before 23 She was also named WIAC they knew coming in they were team is one to contend with. playoffs, the Falcons hope they RECEIVING: UW-River Falls-Connor Player of the Week. going to be successful. “We’re a team to watch,” haven’t hit their peak just yet, RF EC Graves 3-30; Josh Grover 3-19; Jake Score...... 3 23 Jenson 2-37; Andy Marx 1-19. UW-Eau “It was extremely back and “There are six seniors on the Molly said. “We’re creeping up but will continue to rise. FIRST DOWNS...... 11 19 Claire-Chris Hull 6-104; Matthew forth,” Ford said of the Simpson roster; we expect them to be suc- in conference.” “We need to keep playing the RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 43-112 Evensen Tournament. “Some of our cessful.” Ford said. “Our core With seven seniors on the way we’re playing,” Kate said. 29-65 6-102; Tony Hull 2-29; Scotty Osborn 1- PASSING YDS (NET)...... 105 9; Edward Kaiser 1-7. games went up to 40. We played group is these six girls.” team, they can all lead in differ- “With a positive attitude and 251 a lot of volleyball. We were suc- The Falcons traveled to UW- ent ways. Kate is the quiet stay in the game mentally.” Passes Att-Comp-Int...... 16-9-1 28- INTERCEPTIONS: UW-River Falls-Andy cessful even when we weren’t 16-1 Kolstad 1-0. UW-Eau Claire-Shaggy TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 59- Murphy 1-27. 217 57-316 Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0 0- FUMBLES: UW-River Falls-TEAM 1-0; 0 Nathan Anderson 1-1. UW-Eau Punt Returns-Yards...... 2-12 4- Claire-Chris Hull 1-0; TEAM 1-0. Cross country runs toward WIAC 25 Sarah Packingham the biggest team in history. This Golfers end season at WIAC championship was the first time, tryouts had to The Falcons end the 2006 season with a combined score of 816 [email protected] from Saturday and Sunday’s WIAC Women’s Golf be held for placement on the ros- Championship. Jenna Gutzwiller led the Falcons with a five- After having a week to rest, the ter. way tie for 22nd place, shooting a 92 on the first day. Gutzwiller UW-River Falls men’s and “This season has been going ended the tournament in a tie for 28th place with 189 strokes. women’s cross country teams great. We are looking great as a Torie Ives of UW-Eau Claire shot one of the all-time top scores are back in action this weekend team,” senior Chris Wenig said. in the WIAC with 73 strokes Saturday. Falcons Katie Kantrud, after having a week off to rest. “The team is doing better than I Courtney Swanson and Alana Peterson ended day one in similar For both teams this will be the thought, which is fantastic. We circumstances. Katrud shot the best of the three, tying for 41st final meet of the season before have some real depth to the team after day one with 100 strokes. Kantrud managed to claim 39th the conference meet on Oct. 28. this year. We have some really place, shooting for a total of 198. Swanson had a nine-stroke The last meet the Falcons com- fast underclassmen and some improvement from day one and shot for a total score of 209 day peted in was the Blugold Open. great upperclassmen showing two, moving into 43rd from 45th place after day one. Peterson Both the men’s and women’s them how to go out and get some finished with 220 strokes — enough for 48th place. finished fifth place to head into great times.” this weekend on a strong note. “The men’s team goal is to beat Submitted Photo Soccer team picks up key WIAC victory The team will compete at the Eau Claire at conference,” Casci The UW-River Falls women’s cross country team runs earlier Kim Saufl scored twice and Ashley Peterson scored once with Drews/Neubauer Invitational on said. “We want to be in the top this season. RF competes this weekend at UW-La Crosse. two assists to help lead the Falcon soccer team to a tough 3-2 Saturday at UW-La Crosse. The five.” drawing near, it’s important for going to start tapering in the next WIAC win over UW-Platteville Saturday at Ramer Field. Saufl men will race beginning at 10:30 While the women and men the runners to stay healthy. few weeks to get us ready for scored the first goal off a pass from Peterson and the second from a.m. and the women are on the practice on different routes, they Unfortunately cold weather and conference at La Crosse and a cross. It was Saufl’s seventh and eighth goals of the year, and course at 11:30. are still very close. injuries have affected the Regions in Davenport, Iowa.” Peterson raised her assist total to nine. UW-RF outshot the Freshman Tony Casci said that “It’s more of a family, we do Falcons. The WIAC meet will be at Pioneers 16-5 in the opening half. Platteville’s Ashley Hamilton head Coach Don Glover feels everything together,” Casci said. “We have had some injuries UW-La Crosse as well on Oct. made it a 2-1 game in the second half at 66:55, scoring off a long that these are two of the best “We start our practices with a and also the cold and flu has 28. Both sets of races are sched- run. Peterson then scored what proved to be the game winner at teams in Falcon history. This meeting together.” been plaguing some of our run- uled to begin at 11 a.m. 74:55 on a penalty kick. It was her team-leading 12th goal of the season, the men’s team also had With the end of the season ners,” Wenig said. “We are season. Platteville did not give up and made it a one-goal game at 85:20 when Allie Metcalfe scored. Falcon goalie Emily Steiler made five saves to raise her record to 7-2-2 on the year. The Falcons will next play Oct. 14 at Stevens Point at 2 p.m. Volleyball: Two seniors join elite rank of Falcon athletes to reach 1,000 kill mark October 7 3. 66:55 PLT Ashly Hamilton (4) (unas- from page 6 “These past two weeks she has cal aspect of kills alone they have each Goals by period 1 2 Tot sisted) - Long Run UW-Platteville...... 0 2 - 2 4. 74:55 RF Ashley Peterson (12) been unstoppable,” Krtnick said, the game earned their team 1,000 points. UW-River Falls...... 2 1 - 3 Penalty kick - Penalty kick said. “If they aren’t getting set, making Thompson a significant because it is The season isn’t over for UW- 5. 85:20 PLT Allie Metcalfe (12) (unas- they both hold the other team’s member of the team. a single hit RF volleyball. The team defeat- SCORING SUMMARY: sisted) blockers, so someone else can 1. 38:24 RF Kim Saufl (7) (Ashley Freshman Amber Starr reiter- that results ed UW-Platteville this past Peterson) Goalkeeping (min-ga-saves) score. As the setter for both of ates the praises of the rest of the in an imme- Friday and UW-La Crosse on 2. 40:30 RF Kim Saufl (8) (Ashley RF - Stieler 90:00-2-6. them for the past two years, I am team. diate point Saturday. Peterson) - OFF CROSS UWP - Trifone 90:00-3-12. extremely grateful to play with “They are huge leaders and for the team. Up next the team takes part in such talented hitters of that cal- really deserve this recognition,” Even the Elmhurst Invitational at iber.” Starr said. though both Elmhurst College in Illinois on Krtnick also said Thompson’s Achieving the accomplishment Geehan and Oct. 13 and 14, where UW-RF STANDINGS hard swing allows her to hit the of 1,000 kills in volleyball is a Thompson’s Kate Thompson will face several teams includ- Football Soccer ball to the ground in any situa- success because of how it trans- careers began in high school, ing Concordia and Rockford WIAC Standings W L WIAC Standings W L T tion. lates into points. A kill is a criti- before playing for UW-RF, with Universities. UW-Whitewater (5-0) 3 0 UW-Eau Claire (13-1-0) 6 0 0 UW-Lacrosse (4-0) 2 0 UW-River Falls (7-2-2) 4 1 0 UW-Oshkosh (4-2) 2 1 UW-Stevens Point (7-2-2) 3 1 1 UW-Platteville (3-2) 1 1 UW-Oshkosh(5-4-2) 3 2 0 UW-Eau Claire (2-3) 1 1 UW-Whitewater (4-6-1) 2 2 1 AOII: Twins: Spirit: UW-Stevens Point (2-3) 0 2 UW-Platteville (9-3-2) 1 2 2 Sorority Young players need to impact Student sup- UW-Stout (2-3) 0 2 UW-LaCrosse (3-3-3) 1 2 2 from page 6 UW-River Falls (1-4) 0 2 UW-Stout (2-8-0) 1 50 There are some upper-tier UW-Superior (5-7-0) 0 6 0 lends helping hand pitchers available too, like port brings fun home from page 6 Santana and Bonser will from page 6 Volleyball Jason Schmidt, Mike Tennis Final Standings need some help. WIAC Standings W L Mussina and Barry Zito, The word apathetic is always UW-Eau Claire (19-2) 4 1 WIAC Standings W L part; Nelson said she might play. Glen Perkins and Matt but they’re likely out of the brought up when it comes to UW-Whitewater (22-5)41 UW-Lacrosse (6-0) 4 0 “I haven’t picked up a glove in Garza made their debuts Twins’ price range. UW-Oshkosh (21-3)31 UW-Eau Claire (8-0)30 years,” Nelson said. “It should this year and should school spirit. At soccer and foot- UW-LaCrosse(16-6)32 UW-Whitewater (7-3)31 The Twins have a great be quite hysterical. If someone become above average ball games or tennis matches, it’s UW-Stevens Point (19-8)32 UW-Stout (9-4)23 core of young players, but unfortunate when not a lot of UW-River Falls (14-8)32 UW-River Falls (5-5) 2 3 needs comic relief they should starters, but Twins General UW-Platteville (15-7)14 UW-Stevens Point (2-9) 1 5 Terry Ryan needs to make people come. It’s fun and free. I come.” Manager Terry Ryan needs additions to some of these UW-Stout (13-7) 14 UW-Oshkosh (1-5) 0 3 to go out and get a veteran don’t know what could be better. UW-Superior (13-13)05 Otherwise, Nelson plans to areas that are lacking. For complete stats check out UW-RF Sports Information make sure everything runs well. who can solidify the middle Homecoming is a good excuse Otherwise they will con- to dress up in red and black, Web site at www.uwrf.edu/sports “We don’t want people to of the rotation. tinue to see early exits from notice we’ve never done this Some free agents who paint your face and lose your the postseason, or not make voice. I don’t know what could before,” she said. could help the Twins are it at all in an increasingly Recreational Leadership Ranger Adam Eaton, Blue beat it. All week there will be a competitive American number of different activities Coordinator Kurran Sagan and Jay Ted Lilly or National League Central. Hunt/Knowles Director Steve Tony Armas Jr. going on to participate in and Sports Wrap Stocker have been crucial in watch. And I recommend them. helping the tournament put This is your time to live it up. compiled by everything together efficiently. Before long, we’re going to “It’s hard work, but reward- graduate and head into the real Ben Brewster ing.“It’s just a bunch of people On the Web? world and get a job. who like to play softball,” Check out www.uwrfvoice.com Watch football, cheer loud and Nelson said. “It’s a fun day while watch out for that east wind. helping the greater good.” Student Voice 8 NEWS October 13, 2006 Kwik Trip selects Ramer lot as potential location Beckie De Neui Though it may be best for the University, not all students agree anoth- [email protected] er gas station is needed in River Falls. Main Street River Falls has a small “I don’t think that we need another town appeal. Small, family-owned gas station unless it’s gonna be cheap- businesses and privately-owned bars er,” senior Lindsey Mace said. fill the strip with a sense of home and Senior B.J. Leroy agrees. community. It seems, though, that “I’d rather have a Taco Bell or a something is missing. Perhaps it needs Chipotle,” Leroy said. another gas station? While the final talks are still in their “There is a series of infancy, some time in the future Kwik 10 to 15 steps that Trip will be built on Main Street. Kwik Trip representatives came to need to be taken, and River Falls more than a year ago, look- we are on step two of ing for a plot of land to build a conven- ience store. the process.” “They were looking at a site on the Dale Braun, corner of Spruce and Spring [Streets], campus planner behind Swedes,” said City Planner Dena Mleziva. “That site didn’t work out because there is a well near that site Junior Jesse Ostertag sees it as detri- and it could be possible for the water to mental to his health. become tainted with gasoline if they “I don’t like it because it’s another were to build that close to it.” place to stop and eat and get fat,” Kwik Trip went on to search for a bet- Ostertag said. ter place to set up shop and found it on On the other hand, some students said the south end of town. The company it will be a welcomed addition to River found a site right across from Dick’s Falls. Plus, next to Knowles on South Main “It’s good because it is going to bring Street. something more to the economy,” jun- Jen Dolen/Student Voice The plot of land was bought from ior Nate Anderson said. Hise Excavating, a business located Kwik Trip is working with the University to trade part of the Ramer Field parking lot for another plot of land Others are looking forward to the fine next to the Ramer Field parking lot for that the company purchased across from Dick's Plus, next to Knowles on South Main Street. If Kwik Trip is built dining options offered by Kwik Trip. many years. Though Kwik Trip owns on the area where the Ramer lot now sits, the University will create more parking on the traded site of land. “I’m excited for the slushies,” senior the lot now, a series of steps need to be property owners, making sure the land UW-RF trading part of the Ramer Field step two of the process,” said Campus Jeremy Wolff said. taken before the building can actually is fit for building a gas station, review parking lot for a plot of land that Kwik Planner Dale Braun. Regardless of what the students think, be erected. by the Planning Commission and a City Trip bought from Hise Excavating. Although the process may be long and if this trade happens, Kwik Trip will “Kwik Trip needs to have the proper- Council meeting. Before setting the Though it seems as if both parties want tedious, Braun is confident the trade is make a part of the Ramer Field’s park- ty rezoned to B3 highway commer- wheels into motion, Kwik Trip had the trade, a long process still needs to a good thing. ing lot into a gas station, and the cial,” Mleziva said. “There are parts of another idea. be completed before anything can be “It’s clear that both Kwik Trip and the University will use the site of land to it that are already zoned for commercial Last fall, the company came to UW- seen as final. University want this trade to happen, produce more parking for Knowles, use, but other parts are not.” River Falls and asked for a trade to be “There is a series of 10 to 15 steps Braun said. “It is best for Kwik Trip Hunt Arena and Ramer Field. Doing the rezoning alone is a long considered. The trade would entail that need to be taken, and we are on and best for the University.” process, including petitions to nearby Upward: Program gives students lifetime experiences from page 2 good attitude and motivation throughout the summer.” About 65 students and staff went on the road trip with a charter bus, beginning in River Falls and making their way to Wyoming. Along the way, the group stopped at many places, like Mount Rushmore, Sioux Falls, S.D., Devils Tower, Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole. “It was like being on tour,” Marshall said. “By the time we all got back, we were all exhausted.” Every night, the group stayed in hotels in various cities on the way to Yellowstone, said Mai Chang, a senior and social work major. Marshall said it was his first time going on a trip like this one, sim- ilar to many of the high school students. “I never thought in my life I would go to Yellowstone,” he said. “If I wasn’t involved with Upward Bound I would have never been to Yellowstone.” Chang also said she had never been to the national park. “It was such a great opportunity and a lifetime experience,” Chang said. “Overall, I loved it.” “If I wasn't The trip gave the students a differ- ent experience outside their normal involved with environment, Marshall said. Upward Bound I It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for some of the students from Arlington would have never High School. been to The program allows the less fortu- nate to have the potential to be put to Yellowstone.” their maximum, Chang said. Karwee Marshall, “I have been through a lot,” said UW-RF student Marshall, who grew up outside of Baltimore and moved to Brooklyn Park, Minn. “I had a lot of people put me in the right path; I can relate to everything they go through.” The opportunity to travel to Yellowstone was a bonding experience for everyone involved, including the UW-RF and high school stu- dents and staff, Marshall said. “There were more connections between the people with being on the road for a week,” he said. Not only did the high school students get an experience of a life- time, but Marshall said he especially enjoyed to hear them talk about the trip, excited and overwhelmed by all the sights along the way. “It was a blast,” he said. “The most fascinating thing was the nature; it shows you that as an inner-city kid, anything is possible.” The group hiked, kayaked and simply enjoyed the scenery around them, Marshall said. “You are never too tough or too manly to think this stuff up close is beautiful,” he said. “It’s something to say ‘I am glad I came.’” Upward Bound is a multicultural program that brings together dif- ferent experiences and personalities, Marshall said. The program helps juniors and seniors at Arlington High School study for the SAT test, and fill out financial aid forms, Marshall said. “It is a critical time for them,” he said. “When it comes to June, they are ready to graduate.” For the graduates at Arlington High School, many of them are first- generation college students, so Upward Bound is there to help each of them get to college and achieve, Marshall said. During a regular school year, juniors and seniors from the high school attend college visits to Minnesota and Wisconsin schools with staff members from the program, Chang said. “It is a experience you just take that is outside your normal envi- ronment,” he said. “With Upward Bound, there is no boundaries.”

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October 13, 2006 ETCETERA Student Voice 9 Trivium improves sound, riffs on album he Crusade” has metal core aspect, along with the fierce repetitive screams JohnnyKeighla SchmidtHolm BandHolm alsocomes said he remembers back when finally arrived. and growls. beer would be served at their concerts. “T [email protected] Florida’s insane, “If anyone is wondering why the screaming is gone, it’s Homecoming is an event schools set “We used to play outdoors, then they trilling, metal rocking because the four of us were never into bands that scream, up to welcome alumni back to their alma moved us inside and started to serve Erik four-piece band Trivium and we don’t like any of the current bands that scream, so mater. This year UW-River Falls wel- beer,” he said. “They had a good time.” is back and smashing we asked ourselves why we’re doing it. The only reason I comes back The Johnny Holm Band. In addition to alumni enjoying the ele- Wood onto the scene with its started screaming in the first place is because I sucked at The band has been absent from UW- ment of tradition, Bonde said the group third album release. singing and wanted to be the front man of a band,” lead RF for a few years, and this year the chose to bring the band back because the Following the explosive vocalist Matt Heafty told Roadrunner Records. “This time Homecoming Committee is bringing the music appeals to all ages. second album around I wanted to be a better singer because that’s what group to perform at Homecoming. “Johnny sings songs everyone knows,” “Ascendancy,” which we wanted to hear, so we dropped the screaming and did a The Johnny Holm Band is a rock ‘n’ he said. “My parents know the Johnny easily sold more than 100,000 copies and then some. lot of vocal training and vocal work.” roll cover band. The seven-member Holm Band.” According to Roadrunner Records, the Along with the obvious maturation of crew plays a fast-paced set on instru- Terry Willson, director of residence band stated, “Our crusade is to make this album, it also reverts to albums bands ments ranging from drums to bass to life and staff development, has been at Trivium something enormous in the world. like Metallica and Pantera. saxophone to violin. UW-RF for 31 years, and he said he We weren’t trying to sound like anyone or “We want to be closer to world domina- “The show is dedicated to the fans, and remembers the band coming for more anything with ‘The Crusade’, we just wrote tion as we always hoped for ever since we they do most of the entertaining. Mostly than 25 years. music that we wanted to hear. Every album started this band,” the band said. “I just impromptu, the show moves with the When the Johnny Holm Band first title has been a statement about where we hope that people recognize ‘The Crusade’ speed of lightning,” the were at that period in time. . .‘The Crusade’ as a classic metal album or a classic rock band’s Web site states. The is literally what we’ve been doing, just cru- album and they connect and have as good “band rocks, picks, and sading around the planet in our own way.” of a time with it as we did.” thunders along for 3-4 “The Crusade” is a mind-boggling evolu- Overall, this album possesses some of hours, almost non-stop tion of the young band’s exponential talent. the greatest talented musicians of our from the first song to the The album possesses an insane amount of time. “The Crusade” is just another chap- last laugh.” mind-shattering riffs, speed metal percus- “The Crusade” is the metal ter in the legacy Trivium created the day Rooted in memories and sion and a small amount of screaming, band Trivium’s third album. the group became a band. Some of the tradition, Homecoming which can be better described as forceful tracks that truly boggled my mind, events aim to bring people singing. In music, many bands continue to pump out the although all did in their own way. were: “Enter the back to the campus and same droning repetitive style of music. Conflagration,” “Becoming the Dragon” and “The keep them involved. Unlike many, Trivium has revamped its style in such a Crusade.” “Tradition, tradition, tra- way that fans everywhere will not forget. Maturity flourish- These, I believe, blatantly shout the talents of this extraor- dition,” lead singer Johnny es through each musician, like drummer Travis Smith, who dinary metal band. Mark my words, Trivium will go down Holm said, is the reason he explodes with machine gun double kicks and octopoid in history as one of or possibly the greatest metal band of keeps coming back to UW- bursts. Trivium thought it was best to do away with the all time. RF. “The crowds are always great; I really love playing there.” Homecoming Committee Chair Marcus Bonde said Jen Dolen/Student Voice the group decided to bring The Johnny Holm Band interacts with a UW-RF MASON MAKES A DIFFERENCE the Johnny Holm Band to student during a performance last January. the Homecoming festivities after a successful performance on cam- started coming, Willson was active with pus in January. the Inter-Residence Hall Council, which “Homecoming is about the alumni,” orchestrated the concerts annually. Bonde said. He also said alumni who bring their He said he has spoken with alumni children to school here will inquire who tell him stories about how they about the band’s Homecoming concerts. used to jam to the cover band, and how “They ask about it because they much fun they would have during the remember when the Johnny Holm Band concerts. would play,” Willson said. “It sounded like they had a lot of fun,” Holm said he was unaware of the he said. impression he and his band had on the Bonde said he thinks many alumni will campus community, but “it’s really come to the concert because it was a tra- exciting to know we have that impact.” dition for them. He expects they will While the Homecoming Committee choose to stay in a hotel on the night of wanted to bring tradition back this year, the concert and then wake up the next it also wanted to make sure to imple- morning for the parade and game. ment a historically ignored aspect of Campus Planner Dale Braun was a Homecoming here on campus. UW-RF student when the Johnny Holm “Homecoming was always geared Band first started coming to UW-RF towards student orgs,” Bonde said, around 1980. “This year it’s for everyone.” Braun remembers the band performing Aside from the band and the parade, in the ballroom, which is where the Bonde said he thinks the mechanical Zach Nagle Leadership Center is now, he said. At bull ride on Tuesday night will be a big Mason Jennings performed on Oct. 7 at The Big Event, a benefit concert that sponsored AIDS-orphaned chil- the time, the legal drinking age was set attraction for students. He’s hoping there dren in the sub-Saharan African country of Uganda. Jennings was joined by other Twin Cities performers at 18. will be a great turn out for all of the Haley Bonar, The Exchange, The Alarmists and Consolation Champ at The Big Event. The bands performed “It was a pretty wild time,” Braun said. events. for about 400 people at the Amphitheatre, bringing in more than $4,000 for the orphaned children.

‘Deparn thet past,ed’ Martin Scorsese hask provedeeps he is a talented filmmaker, audience’ll be thecap first person to admittiv I don’t likeat action films.ed I espe- Iwhile still having the humor to cameo every once in awhile. Icially don’t like crime movies. On top of that, I really, really Though he’s been mostly dormant for the last decade, he is without a hate American remakes of Asian action cop movies. But I will tell doubt back on top in “The Departed.” you one thing — I love Leonardo DiCaprio, so I went into this Nick In this film, Scorsese once again tackles the mob, but this time it is with an open mind. located in Boston and involves Irish-heritage criminals rather than Jenna When I walked out of “The Departed,” I was totally blown Welsh Italian. Lee away and couldn’t stop saying the F-word every 30 seconds. For years the state police have tried to take down local boss Frank Martin Scorsese has really gone over the top, and it’s great to see Costello (Jack Nicholson). It is also at this time when the department him return to the mob-based themes that made him such a great brings in new recruits Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Colin director to begin with. Sullivan (Matt Damon). While most movies tend to focus on the old clichés of the Due to his family’s history and connections, Costigan is sent on an undercover assignment to Italian mafia, Scorsese chooses to delve into the world of the become an informant in Costello’s crew. But ironically, a mole is also in the department. Irish mob based in Boston. Here, family rules — even if the only thing that makes you family is Since childhood, Sullivan has looked up to Costello as a surrogate father, who took Sullivan under helping to kick someone’s face in. So to combat the increasing violence and power the Irish gang his wing while growing up. So to prove himself, Sullivan uses his inside knowledge to keep Costello has over the city, the head honchos at the Boston State Police Department put Billy (DiCaprio), a ahead of the police. kid with a questionable family history, undercover to take down Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Eventually each side begins to suspect a rat is in their midst, escalating the suspense as each inform- But there is the Rub! ant tries to identify the other before they’re exposed. Costello shoots right back by embedding his own mole, Colin I have to tell you, though Scorsese’s films in the past few years, Sullivan (Matt Damon), into the Special Investigation Unit that is sup- “Gangs of New York” and “The Aviator,” have been alright, but not nec- posed to catch him. essarily great. “The Departed” is what it says — a clear departure into I could call the rest of the movie a cat and mouse chase, but it is greatness. really more like a cat and cat chase because neither undercover is Under his expertise, Scorsese brings a sense of realism to the screen inferior to the other. They are two smart badasses who really are the and filmgoers along for the ride. Though the film is two and a half hours best at doing their good guy/bad guy job. long, it sure doesn’t feel like it because viewers are involved. I never could tell what side was going to win for two reasons. One, a The violence is sudden and realistic, the dialogue crackling with harsh lot of the characters die. And two, it probably had the most unpre- words reflecting antipathy. As time passes viewers acknowledge the grit- dictable plot I’ve seen since I started writing this column last spring. ty and unpredictable story, as each man does his duty while trying to The actors did an amazing job working together, and the chemistry remember who he really is underneath. really shines through. I’m not quite sure if this is because of the per- You often hear of all-star casts, which means the acting is supposed to sonal relationships and six degrees they share between them, or if they be superb even though most of the time that isn’t the case. But here, the are all growing as serious actors. Damon and Mark Wahlberg, who acting really does deserve applause. plays a head in the police department, are both Boston natives. DiCaprio and Damon bounce off each other perfectly, one terrified and Wahlberg and DiCaprio played best friends in the film “Basketball the other cool under the pressure. Nicholson, like always, is terrific. Diaries,” which came out in the early 90s. DiCaprio has also been in a In an explosive performance, Mark Wahlberg plays Sgt. Dignam, a no- few Scorsese films before. nonsense officer who throws insults everywhere with malice and with- The supporting actors in this film are by no means belittled by the out pause. Though he is a minor character, he effortlessly steals every main characters. Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen, who play good scene, repeatedly bringing the audience into a sense of reality where cops, really give this film foundation. The unwavering tension in this people aren’t polite. Instead they are killing each other as a manner of film is broken up well by Baldwin’s character.I wouldn’t say he’s the occupation. comic relief, but he was so sharp and witty you couldn’t help but I wouldn’t be surprised if DiCaprio and Wahlberg end up with Oscar break out laughing when he talked about doing Wahlberg’s mother.I nominations in a few months-they’re that good really wish I would’ve had a pen to write some of those burns down. But the real praise belongs to Scorsese, who has given his best film in “The Departed” really excited me, and I am so much more interested more than a decade. Of course I can’t be surprised, he’s always done in seeing more from this genre and from Scorsese. DiCaprio, well when it came to crime dramas with “Goodfellas” and “Casino” Wahlberg and Damon aren’t just young, sexy actors anymore — they already under his belt. Ratings for movies are based on a scale from one to five. A film are bona fide leading men. But still, thank God they won’t be looking In short, every actor and every quality of this film goes together so that scores five stars is worth seeing at least once. A film that like Sheen, Baldwin and Nicholson for a very long time. beautifully. Scorsese has given an instant classic. If anyone deserves the best director Oscar this year, it’s him, for this scores one star is horribly acted or directed with no substance. has got to be one the best films of his long career.

Nick is a senior studying history. He Jenna is a junior studying journal- enjoys watching comic book super- ism and music history. She enjoys hero movies. watching dark comedy movies.

October 13, 2006 FEATURE Student Voice 10 Ghosts, spirits linger around River Falls from page 1 Despite living in a haunted house, Bejblik is not frightened of her new residence. the red T-shirt and jeans. “There are weird noises at times, but usually I know what they “He seems like the type of person I would have wanted to know,” are,” she said. said Zimmerman, who summed up his ghostly experience with Syse While she is comfortable in the Parker mansion, Bejblik sees a as, “one interaction is better than none.” possible link with the rumors of a poltergeist and an empty house. While a UW-RF professor had a supernatural experience on cam- “Maybe that’s why they’re having so much trouble filling the pus, UW-RF students share their home with a poltergeist. apartments,” she said. Located at 315 Maple St., the Parker mansion is set apart from Paranormal experiences do not stop at the city limits. other homes near it with the white cupola that sits on top of the About 15 minutes from the UW-RF campus, Hudson is home to structure. the Coulee Road ghost. It also houses a poltergeist, a supernatural As recorded in Norman’s “Haunted Wisconsin,” force that Norman describes as “an entity that is “It made me stop - Paschal Aldrich, the son of Hudson’s first postmaster, heard but not seen.” Dr. Philip Aldrich, simply did not have the fortunes of The German word for “noisy ghost,” a polter- there was something his prominent father. geist may leave people thinking they are seeing that was there - I Upon Dr. Aldrich’s death, Paschal was given his things. didn’t want to walk estate and built a house on Coulee Road. When illness “People have reported objects seeming to took over, Aldrich was forced to sell a large portion of move of their own volition, doors opening and through it.” the property he had farmed for so long. closing without any assistance, or mysterious Jana Gaffer, Norman also notes in his account the reasons behind occurrences in a place that seems to be without the sale are disputed. A newspaper reported an logic,” Norman said. Casanova Liquor Store unidentified man was somehow responsible for the In the 2001 revised edition of “Haunted owner family losing its large property during Aldrich’s ill- Wisconsin,” Norman featured the Parker House ness. poltergeist. Aldrich died on Oct. 13, 1860 in his house on Coulee Road, and Built by Colonel Charles Parker, an early Wisconsin lieutenant apparently has never left. governor, the home has evolved from a single-family house to its While his home no longer stands, Jana Gaffer thinks she has met current state of four apartments. the spirit of Paschal Aldrich on at least two occasions. Jennifer Bejblik moved into the Parker mansion Sept. 1, and has As owner of the Casanova Liquor Store and Restaurant, Gaffer not noticed any of the paranormal poltergeist behaviors that former spends a lot of time in her business, located at 236 Coulee Rd. residents spoke to Norman about, such as doors opening on their One evening, Gaffer and her staff “were all back in the kitchen.” own, lights flickering on and off, or stereo volume increasing with As they stood with a clear view of the restaurant floor, they no assistance. watched a wine glass fall from the wall rack. Instead of falling straight to the floor, Gaffer said the glass floated across the carpet for a consid- erable distance and then final- ly fell to the floor and broke. She said the event has remained “unexplained.” Another supernatural expe- rience occurred when Gaffer was working, and it was Jen Dolen/Student Voice “really busy in the kitchen A ghost in the Blanche Davis Theatre is believed to be of area.” theatre designer and former UW-RF professor Sanford As she was preparing to Syse, who died in 1978. His ghost has been spotted bring a meal to patrons, she suddenly stopped. wearing blue jeans and a red T-shirt on the stage. “I could feel a person in Syse, the Parker house poltergeist and Paschal Aldrich’s unfinished front of me,” said Gaffer, who business on Coulee Road could provide UW-RF students who have could see nothing blocking a sense of superstition with an interesting Friday the 13th and her path. “It made me stop - Halloween. there was something that was Junior Kyle Vergin is one UW-RF student who welcomes the para- there - I didn’t want to walk normal. through it.” “I would want to see one [a ghost] - then it would make me While possible paranormal believe,” 20-year-old Vergin said. visits from Aldrich were While Vergin is looking forward to a supernatural experience, he enough to make Gaffer “kind was unaware of the stories about Syse, the Parker mansion and of” believe in his presence, Aldrich. they have seemed to make an Freshman Ashley Riedesel is also unfamiliar with any stories of impression on her staff. area hauntings, but the 19-year-old is “not bothered” by the thought “They are all afraid to go in of haunted buildings campus. the cooler late at night,” she Her mentality may prove to be beneficial to the ghost of Sanford Jen Dolen/Student Voice said. Syse if he is checking up on his Blanche Davis Theatre. Casanova Liquor Store in Hudson is haunted by the ghost of Paschal Aldrich, who died in his The combination of Sanford Coulee Road home on Oct. 13, 1860 - 146 years ago, according to the owner and employees.