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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK MEN’S BASKETBALL, PAGE 6 MOVIE REVIEW, PAGE 9 HOT AIR AFFAIR, PAGE 10 Falcons win big over See how “Annapolis” fared Find out where these conference foe Oshkosh at our box office balloons are flying TUDENTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OIRIVERCE FALLS FebruaryS 3, 2006 www.uwrf.edu/student-voice V Volume 92, Issue 12 CAFES Eric Ebert over the guardrail and overturned. M. Schobat. appoints RF studentAuthorities diesresponded to the sceneafterThe funeral is set for Feb.car 4 at Koepsell accident [email protected] around 7:30 a.m. Funeral Home in Mayville at 1 p.m. A UW-River Falls freshman died Jan. According to the accident report, Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. new dean Schobat was transported by helicopter to The Schobat family is requesting that Shalena Brandt 30 after sustaining injuries in a car acci- dent Jan. 28 along Hwy. 65, about three Regions due to her serious injuries. flowers not be sent. [email protected] miles north of River Falls. Schobat graduated from Mayville High A recent e-mail sent to UW-RF students Crystal M. Schobat, 19, died at Regions School in Mayville, Wis., in 2005 and encouraged people dealing with The new dean of the College of Hospital in St. Paul after being ejected was studying animal science at UW-RF. Schobat’s death to use the counseling Agriculture, Food and from her vehicle in a rollover accident She was also a resident of Crabtree Hall. services staff. The Dean of Students Environmental Sciences was early Jan. 28. Schobat is survived by her parents, Office also plans to make opportunities announced over winter break. According to St. Croix County authori- Bryan and Barbara Schobat of Mayville; available for students and staff to share Dale Gallenberg, chair of the ties, Schobat lost control of her vehicle brother, Jeremy Schobat; and grandpar- memories of Schobat over the next few plant science department at due to icy conditions. Her car then went ents, Robert and Janet Piaro and Louise weeks. South Dakota State University, Crystal Schobat will take his position as dean in June after finishing his current position at SDSU. “The opportunity Students mend homes, hearts at UW-River Falls as dean of CAFES came at a good time for me profes- sionally, and was a good Dale Gallenberg fit,” Gallenberg said. “If I was going to leave SDSU and the plant science department, it would have to be See Dean page 3 Senate remains student orientShalena Brandted [email protected] After a semester of having more student representation, Student Senate has fresh con- Submitted Photo/Leadership Center cepts and continues the tradition A foundation lies in ruins after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast. UW-RF students helped rebuild in Gulfport, Miss., over break. from stealing from the wreckage and to remain student oriented. Sarah Gestson carrying things out of the city. Senate added more seats for [email protected] Coordinating the relief efforts in students from specific organiza- Gulfport was a group called the North tions, clubs and programs Driving through the city of Gulfport, Carolina Baptist Men (NCBM), which, around campus. Miss., for the first time in daylight, a as a group, has committed to rebuild “It has been good for the orga- group of 37 students and five staff mem- 500 homes over the next two years nization,” said Nick Cluppert, bers from UW-River Falls fell silent. according to the group’s Web site. All of Student Senate president. “It has The city was littered with debris and the materials used to rebuild were brought a lot of fresh ideas and entire buildings were shifted. bought with money the NCBM had kept Student Senate to be what it Five atomic bombs, the group was earned through fundraising efforts. is.” told, would have equaled the amount of “It was powerful to meet other volun- Beginning last semester, damage done by Hurricane Katrina. teers and find out what they gave up to Senate added more specific seats “Everything was leveled,” said be there,” Turner said. for each of the colleges, organi- Deanna Schuweiler, a freshman and Various homeowners filled out appli- zations and clubs on campus to relief trip participant. “You see it on TV, cations for help, and the volunteers were better represent the students but it’s not the same as when you go split up and assigned to work on specif- attending UW-River Falls. The there.” ic houses with the direction of the Greek organizations, College Brent Turner, Destination: Gulf Coast Submitted Photo/Leadership Center NCBM. The students and staff were put Democrats and College leader and leadership coordinator, A group of workers repair a roof on a house in Gulfport, Miss. to use installing sheet rock, roofing, Republicans, the Diversity described the site of a Burger King some homes were addresses and names shoot,” was painted on one home, and removing trees and tiling. Over the Awareness Committee and the restaurant with the building completely of residents telling others who had sur- railroad tracks running along the outside course of five days, the group put in athletic programs are some of missing, leaving only a few of the tables vived. Looting was also a problem in of the town were lined with razor wire the specific seats added to standing in its place. Spray-painted on the wreckage of the area, Turner said. “You loot, we by the U.S. Army to prevent people See Katrina page 3 See Senate page 3 State Elections Board investigating release of campus listserv Jennie Oemig would have stopped.” Public Affairs Director Mark Kinders said list- [email protected] servs such as the University’s, which is provided An incident involving an unidentified UW-River through the state, cannot be used in a way that vio- Counter complaint clouds former College Republican Falls Information Technology Services (ITS) lates Wisconsin laws. In this particular case, the By Eric Ebert that allegedly show a scheme by College Republicans, said he Pierce County Democratic Party is not directly Nelson and White to “defraud was never a student while employee who allowed a local democratic party [email protected] permission access to the University’s computer affiliated with the University. By soliciting and the University of its resources.” employed by the Nelson cam- listserv resource is under investigation and will go gaining access to the University listserv, the party Amidst the political turmoil The complaint states that paign. before the State Elections Board March 12. allegedly violated statutes. already swirling around UW- Nelson and White used a White said he used the listserv In January, the Pierce County Democrats gained “We work extremely closely with the Pierce River Falls, a new complaint University listserv as well as only while a student chair of the access to the UW-RF listserv, a mailing list server County Democrats, and using the listserv would was filed with the State using a campus computer lab College Republicans. Student used by organizations throughout the University to have been an easier way for us to communicate Elections Board Jan. 27 against for fundraising purposes. organizations have access rights contact members, and allegedly utilized it to ille- with them,” Leisch said. former student Joey White and “As the Chair of the College to University listservs as well as gally send mass e-mails to party members. Former Pierce County Democratic Chair Wanda congressional candidate Paul Republicans, Joey White computer labs. The listserv request that was received by the Brown denies the party was aware of any violation Nelson. wrongfully used the White currently works for the University was forwarded by the College taking place on their part. Mike Maistelman, the attorney University’s computer lab and Nelson campaign but said he Democrats. Campus organizations of this kind are “It has yet to be determined if it was proper use representing the College resources to benefit Nelson’s has been told by several people allowed to use the University listserv to keep of the listserv,” Brown said. “Listserv usage is not Democrats in a complaint filed campaign,” Maistelman said. that he hasn’t done anything members updated about upcoming events. included in the state statutes and we were unaware by the Republican Party of The complaint states White wrong. “We asked for permission to do this, and a person that we were breaking the rules.” Wisconsin, filed the counter was working as both campaign “If there’s legitimate reason with ITS had to ask permission and they said it A journalist telephoned the University informing complaint. director for Nelson and chair of for their complaint I don’t have was okay,” College Democrats President Katy officials of the situation, and the matter was taken According to a press release the College Republicans, mak- a problem,” he said. “I’m per- Leisch said. “Our intention was not to give them a care of within an hour and a half, Kinders said. on wispolitics.com, Maistelman ing the use of the listserv a vio- sonally not worried.” free listserv, and if they told us we were wrong, we came across numerous e-mails lation of Wisconsin law. White said he will most likely See Listserv page 3 White, the former chair of the file a response as his next step. Spot color BLACK Student Voice 2 NEWS February 3, 2006 VOICE SHORTS SENATE LOCAL Senate asked to provide global view Poets present at Wyman Series Helen Clarke uniqueness. He said UW System President Kevin Reilly will meet with chancellors and Three poets of very different backgrounds will present their politi- [email protected] Other Senate News then bring the policy to Regents Feb.

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