INDEPENDENT SINCE 1956 Mens basketball has work Flu survival guide PAGE 8 INSIDE to do in Horizon League PAGE 18 FEATURES ...PAGES e U A&E PAGE 11 0 IP SPORTS PAGE 17 EDITORIALS PAGE 20 The CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 22 UWM PUZZLES & COMICS PAGE 23 November 6,2006 The student run independent newsweekiy Volume 51 j Issue 10 Clinton rallies for Wisconsin Dems Former President Bill Clinton rallied for Wisconsin Democrats including Gov. Jim Doyle, on Friday. Post photo by Duffy Hery Staff Sgt. David Wise (right) and 1st Lt. Allen Robbins (left) flash the victory sign as they fly in a helicopter over Iraq. Photo courtesy of David Wise By Duffy Hery and Assembly. Staff Writer All over the state races are becoming tighter and tighter. Celebrate Veterans Day With only days left in the This shift in voting patterns midterm elections race, former is especially noticeable in ar­ President Bill Clinton spoke to eas that are predominantly a full house at the Milwaukee Republican. by learning about service Theatre Friday alongside Gov. However the race for gov­ Jim Doyle, Sen. Herb Kohl, U.S. ernor is still close with polls Devil's Playground." It ain't a over there and turn the place Rep. Gwen Moore and many showing neither candidate UWM student, nice area. into paradise in a year. others. having more than half of the TA was sergeant Now, David is back in When I was called up, The rally was held to raise vote. Because of this tight­ Milwaukee. He's a graduate which was shortly before the voter turnout for this ness, attacks at the Doyle ral­ in Iraq student in the University of the election, all the protests year's elections. ly against the other side were Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Jour­ and rhetoric flying from both While the rally was a pro­ high with the news cameras nalism and Mass Communi­ sides became a din. I just motion for Doyle in the gu­ rolling. By Patrick Fitzgerald cation program, and is also a hoped that in some small way bernatorial race, it was also a Doyle and Clinton entered Staff Writer teaching assistant for Media that what we were to do over push for all Democrats to get the stage to a standing ova­ Writing 201. out to the polls on Tuesday tion. After Clinton was intro­ and remove the Republican Thank God for at least one PF: First off, why did you I keep questioning why duced to an already wildly national holiday that trumps join the armed forces? Party from its current control excited crowd, the former party lines and silences bot- DW: Both of my grandpar­ these Marines had to of both the federal govern­ tom-of-the-barrel feeding ents served in WWII and both ment and Wisconsin's Senate See CLINTON page 6 political agendas by its very of my older brothers were in go home in a coffin to virtue. the Army; the oldest fought grieving families, just in the first Gulf War. I grew up For most of us, Veterans as four soldiers in my Day is about recalling and hearing these great stories PAWS gets revamped honoring the dead and those about war and the military battalion did, while I experience, and I wanted to wounded during the great got to come home to a ed every three years, but this World Wars, the Korean War, be a part of that. New layout, easier- year's version will see more Vietnam and Iraq. PF: What were your celebration. changes than past upgrades. For all of us, this holiday thoughts when you found to-use features To start, students will be able means putting aside party out you were being deployed to sign in using their ePan- allegiances and offering un­ to Iraq? there would contribute in among changes therlD and password instead conditional thanks and love DW: I felt a mix of excite­ making Iraq a better place. of their student ID number. to the men and women who ment and apprehension of PF: Could you describe By Tyler Casey "The new PAWS is going selflessly put their heads on the unknown, but it wasn't a what your typical day was Campus Life Editor to be better, faster and more the chopping block a world huge surprise. like there? efficient," says School of Infor­ away. My main unit, the 961st DW: The typical day was mation Science Registration Engineering Battalion, was a pretty mundane. Wake up, Panther Access to Web Ser­ One of these people is Da­ vices (PAWS) is getting a make­ Specialist Jennifer Prellwitz. vid Wise. Wise, 30, was in Iraq "donor unit," so a lot of the eat breakfast, work on con­ Adding and dropping a people I knew had already struction projects on base, over this November to make from January 2005 to Decem­ registering for classes easier. class is similar to the way it ber 2005 as a staff sergeant been attached to other units go to a few meetings, relax was before. Students will be and sent over for previous ro­ and go to bed. We did a lot Before the new-and-im- with the 983rd Engineering proved PAWS is up and run­ able to search by class num­ Battalion. His was in the A. tations. I knew my turn was of missions at other bases ber or by subject. With the new going to come sometime. and areas in the country. ning, students will have to live Company, serving at Forward without it for a short time. The PAWS, however, adding a class PF: Why did you think you Those missions, which usu­ Operating Base Speicher for service has been down since with multiple parts, such as a the first half of 2005. were going to Iraq? ally involved a lot more risk, discussion sections and labs, were far from mundane. Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. and will re­ He then moved to Camp Al DW: Before we left our turn with the new look and has been simplified. Instead PF: How did you kill time Taqaddum in the Anbar Prov­ precise mission was unclear, features Nov. 13. of having to select them as ince, situated 70 miles west but we knew, as engineers, between your shifts? separate classes, the options we'd likely be doing base con­ DW: We had it pretty good There will be a demonstra­ of Baghdad. For those of you tion for students on the new for time and date of the lab who haven't been keeping up struction and improvements; at the bases I was at. The appear on the same page as road repair and things like bases had recreation cen­ PAWS Monday, Nov. 20 at 2 with developments in Iraq p.m. in Union Ballroom West. the class. lately, the Anbar Province that. I didn't have any illu­ ters with gyms, video games, sions that we were going to go PAWS is normally upgrad­ is what you could call "The See VETERANS page 10 See PAWS page 4 ywitijpost.com 2 November 6,2006 News The UWM Post The UWM Post Staff ews briefs olice reports News & Editorial SA to hold monthly listening to financial information, has At the same time, alder­ Drugs and alcohol sessions made reentry into the offices men approved an amendment Editor-in-Chief The University of Wiscon­ just a frivolous exercise be­ to reinstate around $300,000 A 21-year-old male student was is­ Dan Polley sin-Milwaukee Student Asso­ cause SA is unable to function to restore maintenance work­ sued a citation on allegations of having an open container of alcohol on UW City Editor ciation (SA) announced today and aid students in any man­ ers, who repair cracks in the property at 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, Stephanie Brien that it plans to hold monthly ner. Information completely road. Witkowski said the ini­ listening sessions "to give stu­ unrelated to the search was tial cost will save money in Oct. 28. The man was allegedly spot­ Campus Life Editor dents the outlet" to ask ques­ taken, including documents the long-run. ted by campus police walking with a Tyler Casey used to fight against a UPass The amendments to the red plastic cup filled with beer down tions and get answers. N. Maryland Ave. He then ran and hid Campus Government Editor SA says it is going to do this rate hike, voter registration, budget will be finalized Friday, in the bushes outside the Chemistry Ryan Cardarella so that students can "share neighborhood relations, Resi­ Nov. 9. From then, the mayor building, where he was found and dential Preferred Parking has seven days to either veto Features Editor their concerns, communicate cited. (RPP) and even class notes or approve the budget. Katie Schmitt with SA senators and staff, and get answers to questions were taken." Robbery Arts & Entertainment Editor they may have." UW-Waukesha merger with Tyler Gaskiil The next forum will be held Mayor's firefighter reduction UWM still under discussion A female student reported that she Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor. on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 6 remains controversial Eight representatives from was robbed at gunpoint of her purse Sean Quast p.m. in Union room 181. An More than a month after the University of Wiscon- at the corner of N. Cramer St. and outline of topics discussed Mayor Tom Barrett released sin-Waukesha and UWM met E. Edgewood Blvd. at 8:31 p.m. on Sports Editor will be available for those un­ his city budget, aldermen Tuesday as part of series of Friday, Oct.