Occupy Milwaukee Movement, One Week Later Gardens' Implementation Is in the Works, with Plans to Begin in Spring
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est 1956 ^BkBwBkm « ISmS wm THE ^mmmma>*eaJBk October 24, 2011 THE STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER POST Issue g, Volume $6 ijm mj. 4I1 'mm* AmWm " tudies on ttfl Jjo^l |jlge5^ Nutrient-rich education Gardens on campus provide opportunities to teachy learn and eat By Danielle Mackenthun Staff Writer [email protected] Tucked away on the south side of the Physics building, 50 garden beds make up UW-Milwaukee's "campus gardens," created to help UWM students, faculty and staff grow their own food. On May 27,2011, volunteers on campus helped to make the garden beds. The gardens are being planted on top of a legacy, as the grounds previously served as victory gardens during World War I and II. The UWM Conservation and Environmental Science class gives students an opportunity to plant and grow educational gardens. The gardens also serve UWM's Restaurant Among Spurlock's packed audience were UWM marketing students. Post photo by Jesse Anderson Operations as a source of produce. The UWM Food & Garden Club has been around since the fall semester of 2010. The organization meets every two weeks to plant gardens. The club's mission is to provide students, faculty and staff ways to grow healthy, affordable and local produce. The Super lecture me club also strives to teach the skills of gardening and a healthy diet, as well as Morgan Spurlock speaks about his latest film for UWM's Distinguished Lecture Series "to cultivate sustainability in lifestyles and the campus environment," according to their mission statement. By Kevin Kaber on to explain the happenings within Heroes, in which a Nissan Rouge is was turned down, he eventually had to UWM environmental Assistant Fringe Editor his 2011 film, POM Wonderful Presents: conspicuously placed and mentioned turn to the individual companies, such sustainability coordinator Kate Nelson [email protected] The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. The film throughout the series and noticeably as Coke and Pepsi, to place their brand works to ensure the success of the explains the inner workings of product met with characters' obvious images within the film. gardens. Documentary filmmaker Morgan placement and brand advertisements excitement and interest. "We ended up calling about 650 Nelson said there is a class that Spurlock spoke to a packed crowd within movies and television, which "I just stared at the TV in companies over the course of the teaches things like growing plants. The at the UW-Milwaukee Union's have an increasing influence on media disbelief and said, 'Wow, this really process," Spurlock said. "From January gardeners register for plots to garden Wisconsin Room Wednesday night and viewers as well. happened,'" Spurlock said. "There was 2009 to when the first company said and can grow whatever they please. about the issues surrounding his latest The shift to advertisements in a commercial that happened right in 'Yes,' which was September of 2009 - Right now, the gardens are filled film as part of UWM's Distinguished media texts, as well as other creative the middle of the show!" nine months of'No.'" with squash, tomatoes, vegetables and Lecture Series. placements, is a growing trend, as new Like his previous works, Spurlock Spurlock not only developed flowers. Spurlock, who is known for his technologies allow consumers to skip puts himself in the middle of the a thick skin every time he was Usually, for the Harvest Festival, culture-shocking 2004 documentary commercial breaks all together. action. The film follows him while given a "No," but many marketing there is a big feast including the Super Size Me, dubbed his speech "The Spurlock came to the idea after he asks advertising companies to fund vegetables that have been grown. Greatest Lecture Ever Told" and went watching an episode of NBC's the filmmaking process. Though he See SPURLOCK page 3 Nelson said that those who use the gardens enjoy them, and there is hope to expand. The next step for the campus Occupy Milwaukee movement, one week later gardens' implementation is in the works, with plans to begin in spring. Gardens will be planted in the space Group's first action ends in controversial arrest, hard occupation continues despite cold between the Sandburg East Tower and the Klotsche Center. These garden By Steve Garrison banks, corporations and politicians take generations to come to — and I the growth of the movement, meeting plots will be determined by a student News Editor identified by the Occupy Milwaukee have decided right now that if I can almost every night to organize organization. [email protected] movement as responsible for the teach 100 people ... how to live a outreach and plan actions. The design and timing of the current economic crisis. more cooperative life, and they can, The first action carried out by the construction will be decided by a Few Milwaukeeans are as familiar His voice haggard and his face and you know, maybe pass that on to one group since the march on Oct. 15, competition between Emerging with the fickle nature of Wisconsin hands frostbitten, Carriveau has spent person a piece, I will consider this a a teach-in outside TARP-recipient Green Builders members. The weather as Joe Carriveau. nine days in Liberty Park enduring huge success," Carriveau said Friday Marshall 8c Ilsley bank, ended in a large plots will be used by UWM Carriveau, 29, has endured days of the elements, unable to sleep in a tent night. controversial arrest. Restaurant Operations, as well as cold rain, bitter wind and regular run- because of police orders. Carriveau is one of the fluctuating Austin Thompson, 25, the students, faculty and staff, according ins with the Milwaukee police, as one "I come to this with my giant 40-60 people who have committed to the sustainability communications of several taking action against the big philosophy - things that are going to their time, energy and resources to See OCCUPY page 2 assistant Kayla Maule. uwmpost.com INDEX NEWS .1-4 FRINGE ...7-n COMICS 14 SPORTS 5-6 EDITORIAL 12-13 PUZZLES 15 2 October 24, 2011 NEWS THE UWM POST THE POST Editor in Chief Production Editor The members have held a general that they stayed on the sidewalk and that Zach Erdmann Melissa Dablman OCCUPY NEWS BRIEFS Continued from page 1 assembly every day since the march. pedestrians could pass unimpeded. Managing Editor Chief Copy Editor Originally meeting in parks throughout Khalil Coleman, 25, estimated Mike La Count Jackie Dreyer "teacher" who directed public the city, Bucketworks in Walker's Point that the group was outside for about 20 has tentatively become the base of News Editor Copy Editors discourse about the bank bailouts to 25 minutes until Thompson was arrested. Arrests at Occupy Steve Garrison Kara Petersen protesters, was arrested at the bank for operations for the fledgling movement. "We were educating the people. We Brad Poling disorderly conduct related to a previous were talking about the corruption of big Chicago Assistant News The trials and tribulations of Austin Editors Distribution Mgr. event, according to police on the scene. corporations and the elected officials and Thompson Aaron Knapp Patrick Quast The Journal Sentinel reported that how they are in bed with the corporations Close to 130 protestors John Parnon police spokeswoman Anne Schwartz said Thompson was one of approximately instead of representing the interests of were arrested at Grant Park in Off-Campus Fringe Editor Distribution that Thompson entered the downtown 25 protesters who participated in a teach- the people, and next thing you know Chicago this Sunday as part of an Steve Franz Alek Shumaker M&I bank and "yelled something to the in organized to educate the public on ... they came in and arrested Brother Occupy Chicago demonstration. effect of, 'This is a hostile takeover,'" a Austin," Coleman said. Assistant Fringe Business Manager the involvement of banks in the 2009 Police said the protestors were Editors Tyler Rembert claim that Thompson denies. financial crisis. A video released through the Occupy charged with violating a city Kevin Kaber "I can say unequivocally that I did not The federal government provided Milwaukee Facebook page shows that ordinance, and most were Graham Marlowe Advertising Manager Stephanie Fisber at any point say threatening words inside an approximate $1.7 billion loan to Thompson was arrested shortly after released after agreeing to appear Sports Editor the bank," Thompson said to the UWM Wisconsin-based M&I bank during the shouting, "This is not a recession - this is in court. Other movements have Jeremy Lubus Ad Designer Post after his release on Friday. crisis, which was paid back with interest a robbery! We are being robbed!" used Grant Park in the past to Russell Pritchard Assistant Sports "The Journal Sentinel reported a false on July 5, 2011. "I cannot get inside the head of the get their message out, one of the Editor Account Executive story, blatantly false. I am innocent. I Nobody was expected to be arrested cops," Rickman said about the arrest. most iconic being the Vietnam Tony Atkins Dominique Portis did not break any laws. I followed the during the action. Participants planned "There was no indication that any War protests. Editorial Editor Online/Multimedia U.S. Constitution and exerted my First to leave once they were asked, but the problems were going on, and the teach- Zach Brooke Editor Amendment rights to the book." specific details of the teach-in were kept in just continued with the same sort of Kody Schafer Photo Editor Thompson's arraignment has been secret until minutes before the action content that had been discussed up to Dark Blood to be Sierra Riesberg Board of Directors set for Tuesday, where his charges will took place.