MEN’S LACROSSE, PAGE 6 HAGER, PAGE 5 INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR, PAGE 8 Falcons to host one Columnist anticipates Campus event brings home game release of movie sequel cultures together TUDENTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OICERIVER FALLS AprilS 18, 2008 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 94, Issue 22 Special assistant to remain in position Jenny Sippola employment. But right now I and crisis intervention. He is serving on special committees, tive level serve “at will” and Oklahoma State University, a [email protected] plan to be here at UWRF for involved in the organization of representing the chancellor, can be dismissed without master’s degree in business the long haul.” civic engagement activities doing research on projects, explanation, which includes administration from Avila Although Chancellor Don The special assistant such as the writing, commu- Fry’s position. University, and a bachelor’s Betz is leaving his position this role has been a staple American nications, just a “I’m not in the “When the degree in political science summer, the Special Assistant in the UW System for Democracy and random variety process of creating new chancellor from Wichita University. He to the Chancellor Blake Fry decades. The position Campus Compact, of special proj- backup plans.” comes in, it’s also serves on the board for the plans on keeping his job. at UWRF, however, with the goal of get- ects that come the prerogative National Association of “I’m not in the process of became a full-time ting students more through the chan- Blake Fry, of that new Presidential Assistants in creating backup plans,” Fry position when Fry involved with poli- cellor’s office,” special assistant to the chancellor to Higher Education. said. “When a new chancellor accepted it in 2007. tics and community Fry said. chancellor make what Although he is highly accom- comes aboard and they indi- Along with the longer affairs. Also, he Faculty members changes they plished, Fry still has profes- cate to me that they would like hours came more oversees issues and academic staff with tenure want and that’s just not specif- sional goals to achieve. to make an administrative responsibility than the B lake Fry regarding campus have job security, because of ic to my job, that’s pretty much “Well, I eventually someday change and that administrative title implies. He coor- diversity and sup- “rolling horizon contracts” anybody at a particular admin- would like to be the president change involves my no longer dinates campus emergency ports functions for the chancel- which guarantee employment istrative level,” Fry said. or chancellor myself,” Fry being employed here, then I’ll preparedness efforts, which lor. despite changes in administra- Fry has a doctorate in higher said. “By eventually it could make plans to seek other include pre-disaster planning “That can be everything from tion. Many at the administra- education administration from be 10 years from now.” Floor makes Seg fees on effort to be track to top substance-free Mock crash by Cascade $1,000 mark Ben Brewster Tyler Liedman [email protected] [email protected] Students who wish to live in The 2008-2009 school year a substance-free environment will mark the first time in UW- at UW-River Falls now have River Falls’ history that segre- that option with the fourth floor gated fees will top $1,000. It in Johnson Hall. may, however, be a milestone The floor, which includes a many students don’t even male wing and a female wing, notice. became substance-free in the “What exactly do you mean fall semester of the 2007-08 by ‘segregated fees’?” senior school year. John McConville said. “Of the students who were McConville is not alone in his placed on fourth floor Johnson, confusion. about 80 percent requested sub- “I wish I knew what they stance free,” Jason Neuhaus, were,” Beth Ashton said. “I’d the west area coordinator for love to know why this huge Residence Life said. number keeps showing up on Currently the floor is only for my tuition bill.” freshmen, but plans are in place According to the Student to add more rooms for upper- Services Web site, “segregated classmen. fees are charges, in addition to “[The returning students] instructional fees, assessed to liked it so much that they start- all students for services, pro- ed a little petition to gain inter- grams and facilities that sup- est, and they found that 78 per- port the mission of the cent of the males that replied to University of Wisconsin.” the survey said they would be The money is used to cover interested in living on a sub- non-academic costs of activi- stance-free wing for upper ties or services that directly class students, and 93 percent benefit the student body. of the women said they would During the 2007-2008 school be interested,” Neuhaus said. year, students were charged Freshman Adam Sibenaller Sally King/Student Voice $993.96 ($496.98 per semester) was the driving force behind UWRf student, Jenny Brever, poses as a victim during a mock car crash April 7. A variety of organizations, fire- the petition. He surveyed the fighters, police and EMS put on “Crash on Cascade.” The scene depicted a scene where intoxicated students col- See Seg fees, page 3 residents about how they like lided with sober students. The purpose was to make students think twice before drinking and driving. the substance-free floor. “The surveys came back pos- itive,” Sibenaller said. “So I came up with a summary and Suicide threats, depression rise among students gave it to the director of Residence Life.” Phil Bock risk,” Richard Trende, director of behavior because of the rise of vio- assistant vice chancellor, said. “When Sibenaller was one of the stu- [email protected] Public Safety, said. “It’s concerning.” lence on college campuses such as you don’t have face to face contact it dents who requested to live on Alice Reilly-Myklebust, director of Virginia Tech. can lead to more isolation.” Depression among UW-River Falls the floor this year. Student Health and Counseling, said “People are identifying behavioral There are services on campus that students is on the rise, but there are “I feel better knowing I am that they have noticed an influx of patterns that might be outside of the can help students deal with depression several campus services that can help not going to be pressured into depressed students lately as well. realm of what we consider safe and and anxiety. Appointments can be students deal with the college stress. anything that would have a “It does seem like students are com- OK,” Trende said. made with the counselors at Health From the spring 2006 semester to the negative effect on me,” ing to us with more mental health con- Another theory is that stress among and Counseling Services. There are fall semester, suicide threats among Sibenaller said. cerns,” Reilly-Myklebust said. students is increasing and human inter- currently two full-time counselors and UWRF students rose from two threats The men’s resident assistant There are different theories on the action is decreasing due to technology. two part-time temporary counselors. to eleven, according to Public Safety on the fourth floor is Ken cause of the change in behavior among “I think when we become so techno- On average, students have about records. students. One theory is that students logically astute we don’t get that “From what I’ve been told there is a are more aware of other students’ human contact,” Nanette Jordahl, See Johnson, page 3 greater number of threats or people at See Depression, page 3 Seniors Chuck Bardel and John Students make history with sudoku program O’Brian-Schroeder Nick Carpenter develop a generator that constructed sudoku puz- view their program [email protected] zles of varying difficulty instead of creating a of sudoku puzzles. model that examines the effects of polar ice cap Three UW-River Falls students made history this The seniors, along melting. week by becoming the first UWRF math team with sophomore The team was given three days to work together awarded the Meritorious designation by the and solve the problem without expert assistance, David Peschman, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). which included their project adviser, professor submitted their pro- Seniors Chuck Bardel and John O’Brien- Kathy Tomlinson. gram to the Schroeder, along with sophomore David Peschman Each team member brought a little something dif- Mathematical teamed up to create SuperSudoku, a computer pro- ferent to the table, which made completing the proj- Contest in Modeling gram that generates random sudoku puzzles. They ect more efficient. While all three have back- and were awarded submitted their program Feb. 18 as part of the 2008 grounds in math, O’Brien-Schroeder and Bardel, the Meritorious Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). who are majoring in computer science, were able to designation award. In order to enter the MCM, the team first had to Amy Bohrer/Student Voice choose between two problems. They decided to See Sudoku, page 3 Student Voice 2 NEWS April 18, 2008 VOICE SHORTS Unity in the Community celebrates cultures Senate debates future of computing at UWRF The annual Unity in the Community outdoor festival is sched- Jerry Clark spirit this is a good idea." uled for April 23. This day-long celebration brings together our "I really like the way this has [email protected] diverse neighbors from around the world. In the past there have been formatted, I like the way been events including music and dance from Latin, Irish, Members of the Student they take into account that Native American and Japanese cultures.