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Over the weekend, several students gathered in McGraw Hall to create their own video games within just three days.

As part of the Global Game Jam, The annual event challenges students to use video game development skills in a hands-on way.

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‘Hear her roar’

Millions of people gathered all over the world to participate in the Women’s March to support women’s rights, among other social justice issues, on Jan. 21.

Above: Madison marchers stroll down State Street to voice their opinions. It is estimated that 75,000 to 100,000 protestors marched in Madison.

Left: A view from State Street shows marchers expressing their political views and messages of strength.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, more than 9,000 undergraduate students identify as Caucasian/ White, almost enough to pack Perkins Stadium. Meanwhile, the amount of students who identify as Native Hawaiian/Native Islander could fit in a four-door sedan.

The UW System is currently comprised of 80.78 percent White/Caucasian identifying students according to the University of Wisconsin System Student Statistics Fall Headcount.

For both the UW System and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the Hispanic/Latino population is the second largest racial/ ethnic group, with 4.96 percent of the UW System population identifying as Hispanic/Latino and 5.71 percent of UW-W identifying as so.

UW-W’s third largest group is students who identify as two or more races, making up 5.14 percent of the population. For the UW System, International identifying students is the third largest group, holding 3.53 percent of the undergraduate population.

A decade of diversity trends For both UW-W and the UW System, the Fall 2016 enrollment numbers reflect the most diverse student population for each re-

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UW-W Republicans host Gov. Walker Nathan Kober Staff Writer

A d dressing issues of college affordability, employment prospects and other economic issues facing Wisconsin college students, Scott Walker spoke to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College Republicans Monday Jan. 23. Walker also spoke to the audience about the future of the

Wisconsin GOP and his upcoming policies.

Alex Walker, Chairman of the UW College Republicans and son of Scott Walker, has worked to have Walker visit campuses more often.

UW-W College Republicans President Laura Soegen said she hoped having Walker speak at the organization’s first meeting of the Spring 2017 semester would raise

awareness for the organization and bring in new members.

“I’m hoping students will realize we’re not just a small org on campus,” Soegen said. “We’re bringing in speakers and having these events to get more people involved.”

Focus on Students Walker said he will try to de-

crease tuition with his upcoming budget proposal. It would be the first tuition cut for the UW System in decades.

State funding for the UW System has been cut in Walker’s previous budgets. While almost all states cut funding for higher education following the 2008 economic reces-

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Walker: Governor shares plans with students sion, most have since reversed the trend.

Wisconsin was one of only nine states that continued to cut funding in 2016, when it cut a larger percentage of higher education spending than all but one state.

In order to cut tuition, Walker has said he plans to invest more money in the UW System for the first time as governor. However, he said the money will have to be given in a way that allows him to make sure it is used responsibly.

Outside of college affordability, Walker said Wisconsin’s job market has improved because of his policies.

Unemployment in Wisconsin is estimated at 4 percent, down from 9.2 percent when Walker was elected in 2010.

“Now is a great time to be looking for a career in Wisconsin,” Walker said, “because employers are desperately looking for people to hire.”

Red Upset Walker thanked the UW College Republicans for their help in the 2016 Presidential election. It was the

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Scott Walker speaks to a full room of students to kick of the first UW College Republicans meeting of the spring semester. Walker focused on economic issues that face college students as well as Wisconsin.

first time since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 election that Wisconsin voted for a Republican president.

“The last time Wisconsin voted Republican in the presidential election was when I was in high school,” Walker said, “Put that in perspective.”

When he was asked about his hopes for

the Republican party at the national level, Walker said he hopes they will keep their campaign promises, specifically their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “Don’t try to wriggle around just repeal it outright, because the voters, that was clearly what they expected,” Walker said. Walk-

er said Republicans should have a replacement for the bill, and that some parts of the law should be maintained. Protection for people with pre-existing conditions was one aspect of the law specifically that Walker said should stay.

Opioid health crisis Walker was also asked about his plans

to combat a recent increase in opioid drug overdoses in Wiscon sin.

On Jan. 5, Walker convened a special session of the Wisconsin State Legislator to deal with Wisconsin’s growing opium epidemic, calling it a “public health crisis” in a news release.

Walker said reduc-

ing prescription drug abuse a major focus of his plan.

The effort is expected to be bipartisan, and include measures such as increased funding for rehabilitation and legal immunity for people seeking medical help from an overdose.

Love Your Melon sponsors campus blood drive Shannon Columb Staff Writer

According to the Red Cross, at least one person is in need of blood every two seconds.

On Jan. 25 and 26, the Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive in Esker Hall, Room 118, from noon to 6 p.m.

The event is being sponsored by Love Your Melon, a nationwide apparel brand run by college students. The brand’s mission is to “put a hat on every child battling cancer in America and support the fight against pediatric cancer,” according to its website. Hundreds of colleges around the country have Love Your Melon crews, one of which, is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

The Red Cross hosts a blood drive twice every semester, this is Love Your Melon’s second time sponsoring the event.

“When there is a tie to

the campus, it is a lot easier to get the word out,” Hannah Erdman, Donor Recruiter Account Manager for the Red Cross said. “[Love Your Melon members] have been instrumental in promoting the blood drive.”

The event allows crew members to volunteer and sponsoring the event brings awareness to the organization and its mission.

“It’s a perfect way to get our name out there and let Whitewater know there is a crew,” Public Relations Manager for UW-W’s Love Your Melon crew Jessica Hutchison said.

Even though the organization only has a capacity of 20 members, interested students can volunteer with Love Your Melon, and the credit they give the organization allows the members to visit children with cancer.

The Red Cross is in an emergency need for blood.

“Blood is being needed as

fast as [it’s] coming in,” Hutchison said.

For every blood drive, the Red Cross sets a goal. Last semester, the organization bypassed its goal of 45 donors with about 60 donors.

This drive, the Red Cross is hoping to collect 65 pints on Wednesday and 60 on Thursday. Both the Red Cross and Love Your Melon hope there will be a successful turnout. Students can walk-in or schedule an appointment for both days.

“One donation can help up to three people,” Hutchison said.

Snacks will be provided and everyone who donates receives a free t-shirt. For more information about the blood drive or UW-W’s Love Your Melon crew, visit their Facebook page.

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Diversity: Campus reacts to trends in diversity

spective institution in the last 10 years, although the large majority of students for both still identify as White/Caucasian. In the last 10 years, UW-W’s racial and ethnic diversity has shifted, changing from a 89.91 percent White/Caucasian identifying undergraduate population in 2006-2007 to the The UW System has had a slightly smaller change, from 87.26 percent White/Caucasian identifying in 2006-2007 to the current 80.78 percent, less than 7 percent difference.

At UW-W, undergraduate enrollment has steadily increased for Hispanic/Latino, International and two or more races identifying students over the last ten years – the only three racial/ethnic groups to do so.

Daisy Mata, president of Latinos Unidos, believes the increase in Hispanic/Latino enrollment has a lot to do with the “Latino ambition” to do better for their families and communities and more accessibility to resources.

The African American/Black identifying population steadily increased until 2012-2013, when enrollment numbers decreased from 4.72 percent, to the current 4.24 percent.

The American Indian/Alaskan Native identifying population has steadily decreased since 20062007, with a .50 percent population to the current .17 percent. The Southeast Asian identifying population has also steadily decreased with a change from 1.17 percent to .78 percent.

In 2006-2007, there were no students reported who identified as Native American/ Pacific Islander, and again in 2007-2008. The largest enrollment for this group was in 2011-2012, when these students comprised .11 percent of the population, but the population has steadily decreased to its current .04 percent.

Undergraduate students who identify as Other Asian have been increasing since 2011-2012, from .63 percent, to .68 percent. Before 2011-2012, the population was steadily decreasing.

“I don’t think the diversity gap is that hard to close, I really don’t think it’s that difficult, it’s really just a matter of figuring it out and getting the correct resources,” Tiffany Adkins, program coordinator in Multicultural Affairs and Student Success said.

UW-W community speaks out Soledad Gonzalez, graduate coordinator for Latinos Student Programs, compares the issues regarding racial and ethnic diversity on campus and how the university is addressing these issues, to a neglected glass of water.

“Right now it’s like, you know when you fill a cup in a sink, and you just let it go and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and you don’t pay attention to it and it’s going to overfill,” Gonzalez said.

“Then she’s [Chancellor Kopper] not going to know what to about it.”

While Gonzalez and Mata agree

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As of Fall 2016, UW-Whitewater remained above the 80 percent mark for enrollment of white-identifying undergraduate students. This has been the lowest percentage of white-identifying students in ten years, while some groups have seen varying numbers in the last decade.

that there is likely action being taken “behind the scenes” by the chancellor and administration, it is not made clear to students what that action is.

“We haven’t seen that, as students, that encouragement or that initiative, not just from her [Chancellor Kopper], but from the faculty that are in charge,” Mata said.

“There’s still a lot of unawareness of what’s going on on campus.”

In the last year, conversations have been held across campus in order to address campus climate, specifically regarding racial and ethnic diversity. These conversations came more frequently after students spoke up at a Pizza With the Chancellor event in February 2015, stating incidents of racism and hate on campus. This sparked a series of campus climate forums and the formation of the Campus Climate Working Group.

“We, as a community of scholars, educators, professionals, and leaders value the contributions of diverse groups to our colleges, universities, and communities and believe that our conversations on race, gender, sexuality, class and other issues are stronger and more meaningful when more voices are included in such conversations,” said in The Resolution In Support of Campus Diversity and Inclusion, approved by the UW-Whitewater Faculty Senate on Dec. 13, 2016.

In Fall 2016, a series of events, correlated together as the Diversity Forum were held in the University Center.

Gonzalez and Mata commend Black Student Union (BSU) for being “aggressive” and taking the first steps to create conversations on campus, specifically referring to conversations at last year’s Pizza With Chancellor event. They agree that while that is a good start, not enough has been said or done for other minority groups to feel they are included.

“We [Black Student Union] met with the chancellor over the summer to try to get an update on where we were at with the Campus

Climate Working Group,” Danny Overstreet, Fall 2016 president of BSU said. “We really didn’t get a solid update from her, which was not the answer we were obviously looking for.”

Overstreet believes that administration should reach out to student organizations in order to best continue working toward a more diverse campus. He said that events ran in correlation with student organizations, as opposed to purely by administration, would be “better received” by the campus community. This idea was brought to administration by BSU, but events have yet to be coordinated. Despite the nature of these conversations, Overstreet said he has always felt comfortable at UW-W and he finds campus to be a very “friendly” place.

Gonzalez, Mata and Adkins all mention that the university could do a better job “following up” on conversations or plans that have been made in the last year.

“I think that there’s effort there,” Adkins said. “I think that addressing it in various situations, addressing it in various environments, addressing it in different aspects will create a better outcome, meaning ‘let’s not just sit and have one diversity forum or let’s just not sit and have one conversation about the situation, what’s the follow-up?’

I think that there’s an effort there but there’s always a need for improvement. Follow-up is the biggest thing. When we have these things, let’s keep going.”

Crystal Johnson, Native American Cultural Awareness Association president, believes that it was unfortunate timing that the campus climate issues were brought up with the change from Chancellor Emeritus Richard Telfer to Chancellor Beverly Kopper, because tension regarding racial and ethnic diversity on campus existed long before that.

“I think last year really helped bring to light for those classified staff [administration] that there

is a problem, and there is more of an effort being made to fix things,” Johnson said. “I like the effort. I like just because that one big incident happened last semester, that it didn’t stop at the end of the semester, it’s still a work in progress, efforts are being made.”

The president of the Southeastern Asian Organization was contacted but was unable to speak before press time.

MASS awareness of resources Adkins believes that the biggest change that needs to happen in order to improve diversity at UW-W is increasing awareness toward programs, departments and organizations that offer resources to students of varying racial and ethnic identification.

As program coordinator in Multicultural Affairs and Student Success (MASS), she works with programs like Upward Bound, which reaches out to middle and high school students in the Milwaukee and Racine areas and brings them to the UW-W campus, giving them resources to higher education that they may not have had otherwise.

While the programs Adkins coordinates involves a lot of individualized attention with prospective students, she believes a gap occurs once those students take the next step to get into college.

“Bridging the gap between us and admissions, or us and whoever else has a part in enrolling these students, [is necessary],” Adkins said. “We have to understand that not everyone has the same opportunities and not every school is the same, while there should be some type of similar standards, realistically there’s not.”

Adkins would like to see a system implemented where the admissions office can have conversations with MASS and...

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Trans Pacific Partnership slashed; is NAFTA next?

On Jan. 23, President Donald Trump signed an order for a U.S. withdrawl from the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, which invovled 12 nations.

Trump has also proposed the idea of altering or repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Royal Purple will further investigate this topic.

Gaming event puts students to test Global Game Jam participants create video games over 3 days

By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor

By Ashe McDarison Multimedia Editor

Famed inventors hurling destructive sound waves at one another, defending a precious flower from endless waves of enemies, using deadly brain waves to take down countless foes. These are three of many video games designed by UW-Whitewater students in the 2017 Global Game Jam. The Global Game Jam is a three-day annual worldwide event in which college students gather to design their own video games within 48 hours and present their creations to other participants on the third day.

The theme for this year was “Waves.”

This year, the event took place from Jan. 20 through Jan. 22. The local participants gathered in Room 127 of McGraw Hall at 5 p.m. Friday, and many remained through Sunday evening.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to practice the concepts and techniques of designing video games and applying these skills to create something as a team,” said Nick Hwang, host of the event and UW-W Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Game Design (MAGD). “It’s an odd way to test their skill in a short amount of time.”

There are sometimes extra rules called “Diversifiers” set for participants to adhere to, such as one previous year in which all video games were required to not use violence.

The event was sponsored by Casual Joe’s and the SweetSpot Café, both of which catered to the event, as well as by former participant and UW-W alumnus Brian Holman, who owns a local video game design company, Lexxicon Studios.

Alumnus Christina Quinlan participated, de-

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Senior Cole Luther presents his team’s video game, B***hin’ Pigeon, at the 2017 Global Game Jam with team members senior Sam Franzen, back left, and UW-W alumnus Derek Beck, forward left.

spite graduating last year with a degree in MAGD. “I wanted to see what everyone else is doing and to get fresh ideas,” Quinlan said. “I needed inspiration for my own work.”

This past weekend was her third time participating in the Global Game Jam. “The Global Game Jam can be aggravating at times, but it’s worth it in the end,” Quinlan said.

There are no winners or losers in the Global Game Jam, Hwang said.

“It’s not a competition, because it focuses on the overall process of designing video games and exercising those skills.”

One game featured a penguin with a bomb strapped to its back chasing the player through the level of obstacles, such as ocean waves.

One participating team designed a game that

challenged players to use various defensive techniques to protect a flower from multiple incoming groups or “waves” of enemies.

Another team went for an eccentric feel, creating a video game in which Nicola Tesla played an electric guitar which shot out dangerous musical waves. Thomas Edison, controlled by players, needed to find vulnerable frequency waves in order to defeat Tesla and beat the game.

Although the event mainly involves designing video games, it is open to all students. Many teams incorporate other skills into the designing process such as writing scripts or recording musical soundtracks and various sound effects.

“I encourage people to be a part of the event,” Hwang said. “It’s a great way to experiment with something that involves more than just design.”

APP REVIEW

Clash Royale graphic by Kristen Tyrrell / Graphics Editor

Clash Royale isn’t complex, but it is highly engaging. Players face off in a battle of wits to destroy the other’s base, or towers.

It’s a free multiplayer game on Apple and Android.

Clash Royale has a toony feel and involves unleashing monsters, knights Review by and hordes of gobBrad Allen lins upon your adBiz & Tech versary in order to Editor breach their defenses. It’s corny, but incredibly entertaining.

Players build decks of eight cards out of a large pool of unlocked cards to select from. Players unlock cards by winning battles, and collecting

enough duplicate cards allows players to upgrade specific cards to earn enough experience to level up.

Winning battles provides points towards chests, and players win free chests from time to time. Chests contain rewards such as new cards or gold, used to upgrade cards.

The downside is chests have a waiting period before you can open them, so players won’t get rewards immediately. To unlock a chest, players must wait between fifteen seconds and eight hours, depending on the type of chest. Better chests hold more rewards.

For those whom are impatient to get on with their progress ingame, the app offers the option of purchasing gemstones, which can be used to unlock chests right away.

For everyone else who wants to save money, the waiting period to collect rewards from unlocking chests is extremely tedious. This is why it’s best to play a few matches in a row every once in a while, rather than binging all at once.

Each multiplayer game has a time limit of three minutes, with overtime lasting about 45 seconds.

This app is a great way to pass the time while you’re waiting around in between classes or bored at home.

The game’s greatest strength is its simplicity and quickness of matches. It doesn’t require much mental energy, unlike a similar online game, League of Legends.

Players are matched at random, to an extent. The matchmaking system arranges duels based on the

number of trophies players have.

Trophies are earned through winning and taken away by losing.

However, every game has its drawbacks. For Clash Royale, its fault is that players can buy tons of gemstones and unlock high power cards sooner than others, establishing a sort of pay-to-win option.

If a player is unlucky enough to be matched against an opponent who has dumped fifty bucks into this game, it will result in the noob being crushed within fifteen seconds.

But despite this loophole, Clash Royale is an excellent free game to try, and it should appeal to players who enjoy League of Legends.

Overall, I can’t give this game anything less than 4.5 stars.

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Affordable Care Act: Yay or Nay?

Here are some views: Natalie Arriaga, senior How would an ACA repeal affect your family?

What challenges might you face alone?

“If I can’t be a dependent on my family’s plan, it would be harder for me. I wouldn’t have the same benefits or security.”

Josh Barker, junior Has the Affordable Care Act impacted your family?

“My parents are over 50 years old, and they’re forced to pay for maternity health Barker insurance. But they won’t have a baby, so they won’t use it. They have to pay for things they’ll never need.”

Are you more in favor of changes or an overall repeal to the ACA? “I think just repealing it is the best option.”

Haley Sanchez, junior Do you agree with a repeal of the Affordable Care Act?

By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor

With the potential for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s currently no need for concern – that’s the message from health care specialists in and around South Central Wisconsin.

While both houses of Congress at the federal level, along with President Donald Trump, support actions that will lead to the breakup of the ACA, the majority of local college students will not be significantly impacted yet.

But whether or not the ACA is completely dissolved, it’s never too early to start asking questions about health care plans and familiarizing oneself with the options available, said University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) Health Director Julie Martindale.

“We’re uncertain of what Trump may do, but he has been heard to say he will replace it,” Martindale said. “We are hoping to see a plan come to fruition without simple cuts alone.”

Open enrollment for health insurance coverage under the ACA for 2017 will still be open until the end of January.

Issue of cost-splitting

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What challenges might you face if you could not remain on your parents’ plan?

“It would be hard for me to get by without being able to remain on my parents’ plan until I’m 26. Taking that away would affect my chances of being able to go to school while paying for my own healthcare.”

Nick Fairfield, sophomore Has the Affordable Care Act benefitted your family?

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“My family recieves assistance through Obamacare.

Without that assistance, Arriaga we would have to look for health insurance that is out of our budget.”

“I believe it could use some revamping, but I don’t agree completely with repealing it.”

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“Most of my family has not benefitted from it. It’s just increased the cost of prescription drugs for us.”

Are you supportive of or do you oppose the idea of repealing the Affordable Care Act? “I’m kind of stuck in between. I like the idea of affordable healthcare for everyone, but not the government being invovled. i’d like for anyone to have it, but government involement is just expensive and inefficient.”

There are many positive and negatives aspects attributed to ACA, UHCS Wellness Coordinator Valerie Vargas said.

One positive aspect is “the marketplace,” Vargas said. “It provides insurance options to those who never had these options before.”

Another aspect of the ACA allows citizens up to age 26 to Vargas remain on their parents’ healthcare plan.

“This impacts a vast majority of students,” Martindale said.

However, this means a large percentage of the U.S. population is not paying for health care, which drives up the cost for other Americans.

“When young adults don’t purchase insurance, it messes with the whole system,” Vargas said. “Prices go way up when there is less cost splitting.”

Young adults are the least likely to have health issues or seek help, Martindale said, adding that it’s better for the entire system to have more young adults on plans.

“Many patients struggle with formularies,” Martindale said.

“Parents struggle with it as well,

because it means letting go.”

The process of enrolling in a health insurance plan is similar to car insurance, Martindale said. Many components are not taught in schools, and it can be overwhelming for young adults whom have never dealt with it before.

Few students have come for- Martindale ward to UHCS with questions or concerns about the potential for the ACA to be repealed.

“We would like to educate students about the marketplace and about how to get them enrolled in their own plans,” Martindale said.

It’s important to judge one’s own healthiness, Vargas said, “because you are kind of betting on yourself.”

First, students must figure out what type of health care is best for them. Badgercare is very useful for college students, Vargas said.

There are many private and government health insurance companies, and insurance can be bought anytime.

Reimbursement and auditing on regulations for quality care are benchmarks.

“We want our students to be healthy,” Martindale said.

“Health insurance can seem complicated, but UHCS has tools to help people take ownership of their health.”

‘26 and under’ rule

Assistant Professor of Political Science Louis Fucilla said it is tough to forecast to what extent a potential repeal of the ACA would impact UW-Whitewater students.

The provision to allow students to be on a parent’s plan is not one of the parts of the ACA that has been criticized too much by opponents of the law, so it might be one piece of law that is not in jeopardy of being repealed, Fucilla said.

“If that is the case, then students under 26 who have access to health care through a parent may not face any additional economic hardships or have different access to health care,” Fucilla said. “Students over 26 who are not getting insurance an employer may be impacted, but this depends on any replacement plan that emerges as the alternative to the ACA.” Planned Parenthood is a separate issue from the ACA. A cut in federal funding will primar-

ily, though not exclusively, affect women.

Planned Parenthood provides a wide range of health services with the funding it receives, Fucilla said. It is important to note that abortion is not a service that the organization can use federal funds to support, he added.

“Federal funds can be used for other services like general health care for both men and women, STD testing and treatment, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing and wellness care,” Fucilla said.

A cut in funding would affect the organization’s ability to provide these services at free or reduced costs to the populations it serves which are predominately low income, Fucille said. This may be offset by the organization, a non-profit, securing funding through private foundations and individual donors but it would face a big challenge in doing so.

Defunding begins

On Jan. 23, Trump signed an executive order calling for defunding of Planned Parenthood services that provide advice on safe abortions, raising concerns among some that unsafe abortions will be sought in the absence of government-sanctioned and funded programs.

Defunding of Planned Parenthood would block patients from using Medicaid at Planned Parenthood health centers, meaning people who are struggling financially would be unable to use health insurance at Planned Parenthood offices.No federal or state taxpayer dollars, including Medicaid, can be used for abortion services.

“Women deserve access to essential preventive care like cancer screenings, well-woman exams and birth control,” said Iris Riis, Media Relations Specialist for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. “These are the services Speaker Ryan’s proposal would impact. Wisconsinites need more access points for health care – not less.”

Efforts to kick Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program would make it more difficult for college students and others who depend on Planned Parenthood to access essential preventive health care like cancer screenings, well-woman exams, STD testing and treatment and birth control.

– Co Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Wethal contributed to this report.

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Republicans aim to hinder free speech Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion

In Arizona, two Republicans, Rep. Bob Thorpe (R-6 District) and Rep. Mark Finchem (R-11 District), have proposed a bill that, if passed, would limit free speech on college campuses across their state. This proposal would spell trouble for many state universities across the country.

The National Review, an online publication, says “‘HB 2120, introduced by state representatives Bob Thorpe and Mark Finchem this year, would ban courses that ‘promote division, resentment, or social justice toward a race, gender, religion, political affiliation, social class or other class of people’ or ‘the overthrow of the United States government,’ that ‘are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group,’ that ‘advocate solidarity or isolation based on ethnicity, race, religion, gender or social class instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals,’ ‘violate state or federal civil rights laws’ or ‘negatively target specific nationalities or countries.’”

This would essentially ban all social justice speech in classrooms and student organizations.

On our campus alone, if it were to be proposed in Wisconsin, it would have more than 200 student organizations silenced and

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dozens of sociology, women’s studies, political science and countless other classes would be terminated or severely restricted.

In the Republican Party platform, it is stated that the Republican Party “...opposes any restrictions or conditions that would discourage citizens from participating in the public square or limit their ability to promote their ideas…” However, it seems that Rep. Thorpe and Rep. Finchem do not hold that same belief if they are in the process of limiting other people’s freedom of speech.

Rep. Thorpe explained to the Review that “the bill is in response to a ‘privilege walk’ at the University of Arizona and a ‘Whiteness

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and Race Theory’ class at Arizona State University.” He goes on to call the bill an “anti-discrimination bill” that is designed to “protect taxpayers from having to fund classes that teach resentment between individuals.”

The bill is meant to silence voices that should be heard and understood. The first amendment is meant to protect all citizens from being persecuted because they wish to express themselves.

The First Amendment does not discriminate, it does not pick sides, it is not meant to be used as leverage or as a token to obtain some sort of social prosperity.

It is used to promote individual ideas that include, but are not

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limited to, talk about race, discrimination, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, weight, cats, dogs, environmental justice, reproductive rights, football, baseball, newsworthy events, technology, business and the list goes on.

The First Amendment is meant to protect everyone and taking away that right in any form is unconstitutional. There should never be a reason to silence other individuals to push a political agenda. The left and the right are in a constant battle over who should be able to say what, when in the end everyone is still awarded the right to say what they want (within constitutional limits, of course).

This fight is not just about one state on the other side of the country. This fight could very well find itself in Wisconsin in the future.

As students, there is no better place to fight this battle than on college campuses. Reach out to your local government officials and demand that silencing student voices is a violation of the First Amendment and that there is a real threat heading to this state.

The only way this can be stopped is if there are voices that refuse to be silenced. There is no better time than today to start fighting to make sure every voice is heard.

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Letters the Editor Theto Forum

WSG Vice President to seek presidential position

Today, I am thrilled to announce to you that I am seeking the office of the Student Body President.

This campaign that I am running is one I hope can help unite our campus. When I first ran for a senate seat in the Student Government it was my intention to serve who I could serve. As opportunities came along, my goal began to include bringing opportunities to more students. It is my pleasure to sit down and listen to any concerns that people have. I have been able to use what they have shared with me to better understand them and represent them on committees, legislation, and in

my daily life.

In a campus committee last year, there was an intention to create a buffer zone around the water feature on the north mall.

This would have limited student activities. I’m glad I was there to help bring it to light so that it did not happen.

This year I have been working to revise our Standing Rules. I want to provide each position in the Student Government the ability to better serve. This goal has been an effort to make each service more defined and to make sure that we are able to provide what our students need.

In my daily life I try to find ways to serve those I have been elected to serve. That includes visiting our state capitol, working with campus senators so they can serve the people who are underrepresented, and listening for the needs of our students.

I’m asking for your support in this election to continue this momentum through the next year. I want to see the Student Government be able to serve every student to the best of our ability. I want to take on the important topics like sexual assault. I want to provide our public servants with the tools they need to serve you. This is the

leadership I will provide.

If you share my desire to serve our campus, I want to hear from you. I am looking for a vice president to complement my leadership and direct my attention to what we can do to heal divisions and make our campus stronger. I am looking for students who can be our campus leaders. Who can work hard, and help us do great things. I am looking for your support in this election.

— Thomas Kind Whitewater Student Government Presidential Candidate

Rep. Vruwink (D-43 District) encourages participation Happy New Year! It has been a very busy and exciting time for me as I was recently sworn in at the State Capitol as the new State Representative from the 43rd Assembly District.

This is a true honor and privilege and I look forward to being your voice on the many important issues facing our community, region and state in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Aside from moving into and getting my new office set up, I have also been learning the legislative ropes and meeting with many different people, groups, stakeholders and colleagues on both sides of the aisle. As a State Representative within the legislative branch, I will have the ability to write

and introduce new legislation to become laws, and I will have the opportunity to vote on every law that makes its way through the legislative process this session.

My legislative office is on the ground floor of the State Capitol in Room 5 North. The State Capitol is a very big place that serves as office space to 132 lawmakers, the Attorney General’s office, State Supreme Court, Capitol Police, staff and many other employees. All told, there are 1,600 people who work here every day!

Yet, that is only one very large piece of Wisconsin State Government.

There are twenty state agencies (such as the Department of Correc-

On Dusty’s Desk: The First Amendment of the United States Constitution grants the freedom of expression, assembly, and religion to any United States citizen. There are more details that this amendment holds, such as freedom of speech and press, but recently it seems all have been under attack by the Republican Party.

In the full disclosure of my argument, I must say that I am a registered Republican and a self-described conservative. As a member of the denounced “mecolumn by dia,” I would like to Dusty Hartl Opinions Editor say that not all Republicans believe in the idea of limiting free speech on college campuses.

Recently, a Republican member of Arizona’s state legislature proposed banning certain types of free speech on college cam-

tions, Natural Resources and Tourism, etc.) and there other departments, boards, councils and commissions that make up Wisconsin State Government. Needless to say, there is always something new to learn!

Although I am new to the State Assembly, public service and having an active role in my community is nothing new for me personally. Before I was elected to the 43rd Assembly District in November 2016, I spent my career as a high school teacher for the Milton School District.

I taught history and government and also coached football, basketball and softball. Some of my fondest memories and dearest friends are from my days

teaching and coaching at Milton High. I also worked as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Milton, served on the city council and currently serve on the school board.

The 43rd Assembly District covers portions of four counties (Dane, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth) and also falls in three congressional districts (1st, 2nd and 5th). It has urban, suburban and rural elements and is also home to UW-Whitewater.

I enjoy traveling the district and talking to voters about the issues that matter to them, and I look forward to meeting more people over the course of my two-year term.

Please do not hesitate to contact my office at any

time to share your views regarding issues that pertain to the State Assembly or Wisconsin State Government. You can reach my office by telephone (608) 266-3790 or via email at Rep.Vruwink@legis.wi.gov.

Thank you for taking the time to read my column.

Again, it is an honor and privilege serving as your State Representative, and please do not hesitate to contact my office any time.

My Legislative Aide, Dan Carpenter, and I are happy to assist!

— Don Vruwink 43rd District Assembly Person

Republicans and free speech puses, this is HB 2120. This bill, proposed by Reps. Bob Thorpe (R-6 District) and Mark Finchem (R- 11 District), would ban college courses that “promote division, resentment, or social justice toward a race, gender, religion, political affiliation, social class or other class of people” or “the overthrow of the United States government,” that “are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group,” that “advocate solidarity or isolation based on ethnicity, race, religion, gender or social class instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals,” “violate state or federal civil rights laws” or “negatively target specific nationalities or countries.”

The Republican party is one that prides itself on the ability to promote and defend the right of free speech to its all American citizens.

We see conservative followers such as Tomi Lahren, Milo Yiannopoulos and Ben Shapiro travel

the country promoting the idea of free speech and using this granted power to promote their ideas.

Regardless of what their reasoning, this bill is inappropriate and a step in the wrong direction to fixing many of the problems we have today. The idea that a class or organization should be limited so severely in how it promotes its objectives is sickening and wrong.

Many of the conservatives I have spoken to on this issue agree that this bill should be rejected immediately and we should be pushing for a more open dialogue among college students. This move is what many would have expected from the Democratic party, not us.

When we limit the freedom of someone’s speech we not only affect that person, but those around them who would have listened to that individual. It is as if we are being strangled by more rules and regulation that are simply unnecessary.

If someone wishes to discuss the racial discrimination that they have felt, seen, or heard then they should be allowed to. If someone wishes to take a racial diversity class, more power to them.

The simple solution to this problem is incredibly obvious and one that these false Republicans couldn’t care to hear. If you do not agree or wish to not hear it, don’t listen. It is that easy to ensure that you are not limiting anyone’s free speech and that you can remain completely independent of what those people are saying.

We are the GOP, Grand Old Party, for crying out loud. We can withstand the negative connotations of those who disagree with us without trying becoming the thing we consistently battle. Freedom of speech is a right granted to everyone, not just those who agree with you.

Reps. Thorpe and Finchem, please grow up.

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New semester, new health habits at UW-W Becca Bailey Lifestyle Editor

When asked to provide a few tips of how to stay healthy this new semester Valerie Vargas, the Wellness Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater Ambrose Wellness Center, was more than happy to share.

Vargas understands it is hard for students to find time in between school extra curriculars and jobs, but suggested a few ideas that are easy fixes for getting a head start on those nasty back to school colds.

For exercises, she rec-

ommends getting outside and embracing the cold with activities like cross country skiing and snowshoeing. It is also important to stay bundled up too.

Being too exposed to the elements can worsen a cold very quickly.

Another easy fix she offered to students was to simply get up and move in between homework sessions. Taking a few minutes to stretch or maybe do some jumping jacks can break up a work out while still letting you get your work done.

When it comes to eating

healthy we college students know for a fact it is quite a challenge . Vargas suggested simply adding fruit or veggie to every meal. She also added that buying frozen fruits and veggies are just as nutritious because they are flash frozen. They contain all of the same benefits but last much longer.

Of course staying hydrated is also extremely important when trying to not only fight colds, but just for day to day.

Physical health wasn’t the only aspect of student life Vargas wanted to focus on.

She also reminds students

the importance of mental health just as much as physical health.

Her best tip for staying mentally healthy is making sure to get yourself out there and make connections with friends and the community. Friends and family are great support groups during hard times, so be sure to get out each and every day and take time to socialize and enjoy yourself.

On top of socialization, a little mediation has never hurt anyone. Vargas is a big supporter of the new course the health center is pro-

moting. Beginning Jan.24 the Wellness Center will be hosting a five-week course in meditation.

The class is not faith based and is simply there to help students take time out of their day to relax and reconnect with themselves.

The class will run on Tuesday evenings from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the Anderson library. Tea and other refreshments will be provided as well.

EASY RECIPES FOR YOUR DORM Graphic by Colin Talo / Assistant Graphics Editor

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SPORTS were weighing me down

Graphic by Kirsten Tyrrell / Graphics Editor

Student athletes balance work, play, life Justin St. Peter Sports Editor

Imagine being the person that thousands of people are counting on to win the national championship for the school they attend. If the person fails, their reputation is tarnished and will forever have the stink of not coming up in the clutch, but if they win, their names will go down in history as one of the greatest championship performances ever.

Now imagine they are 18-22 years old and have their whole lives ahead of them. Now imagine they just had the hardest exam of their life earlier that day and know that no matter what, they are still going to have to wake up the next morning and go to class like any other normal college student. They might have to fit in a few hours of work to make sure they have food they are able to put on the table. Such is the life of a college athlete.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines athletes as, “a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports or games requiring physical strength, agility or stamina.” This means that literally anyone that plays a sport is an athlete.

College athletes are in the unique position of trying to balance preparing themselves for a career after they are done playing the sport they love with an education, a job to be able to afford food, rent, tuition and various other expenses, all while trying to find time in their life to decompress with friends, family or significant others. Athletes say it is a monumental task and something that many people who have not experienced it take for granted on a daily basis.

Each athlete, administrator, coach or professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater have their own unique situation and method to work out how to balance all of these roles and still maintain a healthy body and mind.

Senior Lauren Pfeiffer plays on the women’s varsity volleyball team and has been named both as an Academic All-American and All-American athlete. The corporate health and communication major is no stranger to accomplishments, as she was also awarded with one of the highest academic honors in her major last year as well. Pfeiffer said that the key to her academic and on court success was preparation.

“You have to look at your volleyball schedule and your syllabus literally the first day of practice,” Pfeiffer said. “If they [the professors] pull up D2L early, that is the best possible situation.... Being proactive and really focusing on time management is probably one of the biggest skills I have learned throughout my college career.”

Pfeiffer said the volleyball team had games throughout the first week of class this past semester and the upperclassmen not only had to make sure they contacted all of their teachers and let them know they would be missing class, but they also had to help make sure the freshman did as well.

The proactive time management does not just apply to the beginning of the season either as last year Pfeiffer had surgery on the first day of exams. She then suffered from the stomach flu on the second day, forcing to her reschedule the times for two exams as soon as she found out about them. She said she was

thankful the professors were happy to accommodate her, but said that it was owed to her being up front about her extra commitments early on that allowed that to happen.

Along with being an academic and on-court All-American, Pfeiffer currently serves as the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee on campus. In this role, she is able to learn about new NCAA legislations and goes through them with Dr. Kristina Navarro, who serves as the assistant athletic director of leadership development

teaches a class called “Rising Warhawk.”

Navarro, a former college track and field and women’s volleyball student athlete herself, said the class is all about the identity development of a student-athlete.

“It talks about balancing your different life roles between a student and an athlete,” Navarro said.

“There is quite a bit of a demand on time and about how you identify both of those roles as a college student-athlete.”

Navarro said the identity de-

“Being proactive and really focusing on time management is probably one of the biggest skills I have learned throughout my college career,” –Lauren Pfeiffer

and strategic partnerships.

Navarro and Pfeiffer team up to break down what Pfeiffer describes as “wordy” legislation so that all of the student-athletes on campus can understand and follow the new policies.

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is also in charge of collaborating community outreach opportunities for all of the players and coaches from the teams on campus. Pfeiffer explained how the committee formed the hashtag #WarhawksGiveBack to coordinate and market all of the community outreach opportunities that the athletes have.

Besides the community outreach program, Navarro also oversees the graduate program focusing on higher education leadership and

velopment she teaches to the student-athletes is all about applying it to real world problems.

“Student-athletes are often practicing once or twice a day, and then they are on the road traveling, and maintaining a credit load,” Navarro said. “It’s really just being able to switch between the roles and put your best foot forward in both arenas. A lot of times that can be physically and mentally draining.”

Senior men’s varsity soccer player Michael Salm knows all about handling many roles. Salm spent four years on the soccer team, missing last year due to injury, but has also been a part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Warhawk Leadership Academy.

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Cultural Arts Center celebrates tenth year on Main St. Ashley McCallum co Editor-in-Chief

When you walk into the building at 402 W. Main St., you are welcomed to a room with shelves lined with ten years worth of public art from the Whitewater community including bikes, dragons, water jugs and birds.

This year, the Whitewater Arts Alliance and Cultural Arts Center (CAC) will celebrate its 10th year at White Memorial Hall, a building that has served as a cornerstone to the community for more than 100 years.

Linda Long, president of the Whitewater Arts Alliance, said their goal for the year-long decade-celebration at is to highlight their presence in the community and promote the events and activities they normally host. In addition, they plan to build on annual events, including adding a kid’s concert to their summer Savory Sounds concert series.

Long said, for the first time in a long time, the CAC calendar is full, with events planned for almost every month and more ideas in the planning stage Long said.

“I’m always looking to get more people in here, people who have never been here before,” Long said. “I won’t be happy until everybody’s

been in here at least once.”

Community involvement has been essential to the growth and promotion of art for the past ten years.

Long attributes volunteer efforts from Public Works, local businesses and community members as incredibly helpful. She said support from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has been the biggest help, including help from faculty members Michael Flanagan and Interim Dean of Arts and Communication Robert Mertens. Volunteers at the CAC encourage students to visit and volunteer as a way to get service hours and contribute to promoting art in the community.

The CAC also supports students by hosting UW-W student art galleries and housing live theatre/dance performances from performing arts students.

“The support we have gotten from the city and the businesses in this town has been phenomenal,” Long said. “People really are amazed at the partnership that we have.”

The CAC is a unique asset to a small town relative to surrounding areas, Long said. Artists and art supporters from Milwaukee and Madison often contact the CAC hoping to get involved.

Long and volunteer Margie Stoneman have seen growth in attendance and quality of work since their involvement with the CAC began in 2009.

“I think overall Whitewater Arts Alliance and the Cultural Center is more recognizable now then it was,” Stoneman said. “I think people know what this building is about now. I think people are excited to be involved on the board and as docents. It’s a win-win for us and the local businesses who sponsor us.”

Before 1991, the building served as a literary and educational center for the community as its original public library. Six years later, the CAC moved in and has been a hub for visual and performing arts ever since.

White Memorial Hall was built in 1904 and has housed many community services in its 100 year history including the Department of Public Works and Chamber of Commerce.

For more information and a calendar of events hosted by the CAC, visit www.whitewaterarts.org or visit White Memorial Hall Friday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The CAC welcomes all guests to enjoy the art displayed, visit with friends or work on homework.

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The Whitewater library association first meets The literary society began a public library, only open on Friday evenings

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The Whitewater library association agreed to construct a public library

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Katherine White donated the property where the library now stands

City government was officially charged with maintaining the library

*As of 2007 the Whitewater Arts Alliance has had possesion of the second floor space for the Whitewater’s Cultural Arts Center Graphic by Kirsten Tyrrell / Graphics Editor

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Grease sing-a-long dances to the big screen

Graphic by Kirsten Tyrrell / Graphics Editor

Hannah Maes Arts & Rec Editor

Hang out with Sandy and the Pink Ladies for the Grease sing-a-long on at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 with an interactive musical in the Young Auditorium, where the real stars of the show are the audience.

The event is free and every audience member gets a free goody bag filled with props at the beginning of the show.

Since 2013, the Young Auditorium has held a sing-a-long event, and this year it will be the

classic 1950’s love story Grease.

Aaron Wesolowski, Young Auditorium marketing specialist explains more about how the audience becomes the real stars of the show.

“This is not your typical stage production as it involves showing the 1978 movie musical Grease on the big screen and encouraging audience participation,” Weslowski said.

The evening begins with a professional host leading a vocal warm-up before they show the audience how to use their free goody bag Wesolowski said.

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Viewers can sit back and watch Danny and Sandy and the gang, while singing and dancing along to the lyrics as shown on the screen. The audience will even get a chance to learn how to hand jive.

Spots can be reserved at the Greenhill Center of the Arts Box Office, online at www.youngauditorium.com, or by calling (262) 472-2222.

If you go: • Don’t be afraid to dress up as your favorite ‘Grease’ character! The more the audience participates the more fun it will be for everyone.

• The audience will be lead by a professional performer throughout the movie.

• Come prepared to singalong to every song. It’s basically a group karaoke activity • For more information visit youngauditorium.com or at www.facebook.com/young. aud.com.

Sports Editor: Justin St. Peter Assistant Sports Editor: John Paul Czerwinski

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Super Bowl 51 Matchup set

The Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots will square off in the 51st Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in Houston, Texas. The Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the NFC Championship game, behind the strength

of potential MVP quarterback Matt Ryan’s five total touchdowns. The Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17, while Tom Brady also threw for three touchdowns in the victory.

Fast starts propel ’Hawks in wins After losing first three WIAC games, UW-W has won three in a row

By Justin St. Peter Sports Editor

After winning the first 11 non-conference games to begin the season, the UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team scuffled at the beginning of WIAC conference play, losing three straight games.

Since dropping three in a row though, the No. 25 ’Hawks have turned it around and won three straight conference games to sit at 3-3 in conference play six games into the WIAC schedule.

The key for the ’Hawks has been the ability to get off to fast starts in the team’s win streak.

“We got off to some good starts,” head coach Pat Miller said. “We stopped the ball penetration well and had nice reads at halftime… Obviously, that was a huge week for us, being 1-3 in the conference and going on the road for two consecutive games against teams above us in the standings was really a make or break week for us.”

In UW-W’s Jan. 18 73-67 victory against UW-Oshkosh, the ’Hawks connected on 10 of the squad’s first 12 shots and built up a 27-8 midway through the first half.

As a result of the hot start, UW-W was 7-10 from three-point range in the first half and finished 56.3 percent from the field for the game.

The victory was the Warhawks 16th straight vs. UW-Oshkosh, with the team’s last loss against the Titans in February 2009.

It was not all smooth sailing though, as the ’Hawks led by dou-

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Junior guard Chris Jones shoots over defenders in a home game earlier this year.

Head coach Pat Miller said Jones accounts for 20 person of the UW-W offense.

ble-digits throughout the game before a late rally by the Titans brought it to 70-65 with 49 seconds left.

Sophomore guard/forward Derek Rongstad hit two free throws and sophomore guard Andre Brown split a pair to extend the lead and give UW-W the win.

Junior guard Chris Jones racked up 21 points to lead the team, while also tallying three assists. After injuring his ankle in a game against Loras and barely playing the next few games while recovering, Miller

was happy to have the player who accounted for nearly 20 percent of the team’s offense back in the lineup.

“His style of play is conducive to how we want to play,” Miller said.

“He is explosive offensively and his injury certainly set him back. I’m not sure that he is back to full strength yet, but he is close to being back to where he was.”

Junior forward Demetrius Woodley added 11 points, and Rongstad tallied 10 points for the UW-W. Junior forward Scotty Tyler con-

tributed his fourth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. He was reached for comment but was unable to respond by press time.

The ’Hawks finished the week with a convincing 65-51 victory on Jan. 21 on the road against UW-Stout.

UW-W recorded 13 of the first 18 points to secure an early lead to beat the Blue Devils. The ’Hawks drained eight three-pointers in the first half and went to the break with a 35-22 lead.

The Blue Devils mounted a late rally, bringing UW-W’s lead to four points with 5:40 left in the second half before the ’Hawks strung together the next seven points to lead 6049 four minutes later. Tyler tallied five of those seven points.

UW-W’s defense was able to hold the Blue Devils to a paltry 34.5 percent from the field and 21.4 percent beyond the arc.

Jones once again led the Warhawks with 22 points, including 4-5 from three-point territory and four assists.

Tyler contributed 13 points and four rebounds. Woodley and Rongstad each tallied 11 points to round out the ’Hawks in double figures.

The ’Hawks travel to UW-La Crosse at 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 before a home matchup against UW-Platteville at 7 p.m. on Feb. 1.

Miller said the team is focused on improving during those two games and the rest of the season.

“After a slow start, we went back to some things that we were doing and improved upon those things,” Miller said. “Last week allowed us to get back in the conference in the first round of conference play, so there is a long way to go.”

Warhawks soar to top of WIAC standings

Women’s basketball squad beats UW-O, UW Stout

By Josh Sinclair Senior Staff Writer

The UW-Whitewater Warhawks women’s basketball team (16-1 overall, 6-0 WIAC), claimed sole possession of first place in the conference standings after two conference victories.

The first game of the week took place on Jan. 18 when the Titans of UW-Oshkosh came to Kachel Gymnasium for a first place showdown with the Warhawks.

The ’Hawks used a decisive 10-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to turn a one-point deficit into a 47-38 advantage with 4:31 remaining in the contest.

UW-Whitewater, made 12-of-14 free throws in the second half and finished 15-of-17 for the game, held off the Titans in the waning minutes.

Sophomore forward Becky Deichl converted on a spin move with 1:38 on the clock to give the Warhawks a two possessions that they never relinquished the rest of the way.

Junior guards Malia Smith and Brooke Trewyn both led

the Warhawks and racked up double doubles. Smith registered a game-high 20 points, to go along with a career-high 12 rebounds.

Smith filled in the rest of the box score with five assists and four steals.

Trewyn tallied 17 points, 10 rebounds and two assists.

Deichl, senior guard Reilly Stewart and sophomore forward Olivia Freckmann all contributed with six points apiece.

The Titans led 12-8 through one quarter and started the second on a 6-2 run to extend their lead to eight points.

The Warhawks countered

with a 11-0 run to take the lead.

Trewyn closed the half with a driving runner from the left block to give the Warhawks a 26-23 lead heading into the locker room.

The two teams twice exchanged the lead in the third quarter and were tied two different times, and UW-Whitewater took a 3533 advantage heading into the fourth.

UW-Oshkosh scored five straight points early in the fourth to take its final lead before the Warhawks’ game-clinching run.

The Warhawks second contest took place on Jan. 21

against UW-Stout in a WIAC matchup. The ’Hawks turned a 54-51 deficit through three quarters into a 74-63 victory to stay perfect in conference.

The Blue Devils (5-12) got no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.

Stewart led UW-Whitewater with 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Trewyn, who tallied eight points during the decisive, fourth-quarter run, collected 18 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and three steals.

Deichl made 6-of-7 from the field to post a career-high 14 points, including 10 in the

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Wrestlers deliver a slice of victory UW-W wins all three matches in Rocky Rococo Border Brawl

By Ben Lokken Staff Writer

The UW-Whitewater wrestling team finished off a busy weekend with mostly successful results. The Warhawks ended Jan 21. with three wins and one loss in a three day span to improve their overall record to 10-6 (3-2 in WIAC).

On Jan. 19, the 12th ranked Warhawks headed up for a showdown UW-La Crosse for their last WIAC meet of the season.

The Warhawks were edged out by three points or fewer in three different matches but were still able to keep it close all night long.

UW-W brought the contest within one going into the last two matches but couldn’t close the deal and the Eagles took home a 23-13 victory.

Photos by Kimberly Wethal / Co Editor-in-Chief

Above, Freshman Mac Casella puts his opponent in a head-lock en route to a victory against North Central College at Jan. 21 during the Rocky Rococo Border Brawl. Right, freshman Devon Tortorice throws his opponent to the ground in a victory as well.

within one point at a team score of 14-13.

On Jan. 21 the Warhawks earned 3 victories at the Rocky Rococo Border Brawl Duels against North Central College (Illinois), Concordia University (Wisconsin) and Harper College (Illinois) at Kachel Fieldhouse in Whitewater.

“We had more of a sense of urgency,” head coach

Ned Schuck said.

“We wanted to really get after it.”

In their first meet on Saturday the Warhawks defeated North Central (Illinois) by a final score of 31-15.

Bonomo at 174 lbs. defeated Matt Marcotte via technical fall with a score of 17-1 at 174 lbs.

Freshman Mike Kouvelis (165 lbs.), junior Austin Quartullo (157 lbs.) and senior Joseph Brodman (133 lbs.) earned wins by fall.

Senior Zac Denny (125 lbs.) and Freshman Mac Casella (149 lbs.) earned decision victories.

In the second meet of the day the Warhawks took on Concordia.

The Warhawks dominated the Falcons by a final score of 40-5. The Warhawks won all but one match and had fall victories.

Jordan Newman (184 lbs.), Bonomo (174 lbs.), Mac Casella (149 lbs.) and Mike Tortorice (125 lbs.) all one their matches via fall.

Brodman (133 lbs.) won his match via major decision by a score of 17-7 Jordan Festge (285 lbs.), Nate Mlodzik (165 lbs.), Austin Quartullo (157 lbs.) and Devin Tortorice (141 lbs.) all earned decision

victories in their matches.

In their last meet of the afternoon the Warhawks handled their competition beating Harper (Illinois) 51-6.

Several matches ended up resulting in forfeits which lead to few results from actual matches.

However, the Warhawks won all the matches they participated in.

“We have those expectations to dominate” said Schuck. “We’re just really excited” Bonomo (174 lbs.), Brodman (133 lbs.), Kouvelis (165 lbs.) and Nick Sunderberg (197 lbs.) also posted victories by fall.

Freshman Sam Ryner (184 lbs.) also won by decision, 8-6.

This was the UW-W’s final WIAC and home meet of the season, extending the team’s win streak to three.

“I like the direction the team is heading,” Bonomo said. “We are excited for the opportunities we are presented.”

The Warhawks season rolls on at the Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational in Wheaton, Illinois on Jan. 27-28th.

Sophomore Celeste Madda finished ahead of the pack in the 60-meter dash. Her victory was a personal-best mark of 7.79 seconds, which gave her the second-fastest time in D-III competition this season.

Goodlow’s first place finish, along with Madda’s, caught the eye of former Warhawk All-American runner, now assistant coach, Dawson Miller.

“Everything is going very well thus far,” Miller said.

“There have been some national qualifying performances already this season by both men and women, which is promising to see.

The first few meets are always a bit tough to predict because the student athletes

are coming off a month of training by themselves due to winter break.”

Other notable standouts for the Warhawks’ included Senior Levi Perry who was the runner-up in the weight throw with a score of 59-10.25 feet.

Junior captain Parker Witt, finished second place in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.91 seconds.

Sophomore Connor Arneson ran to a second place finish in the 400-meter dash in 52.07 seconds. Freshman Adam Schommer also excelled placing third in the pole-vault with a top jump of 14-01.25 feet.

Senior distance runner Scott Wolter said he likes the make-up of the team.

“We have a variety of top talent this season in all grades, with a lot of returning runners on both the men’s side and the women’s side,” Wolter said. “We have improved since last season, but we may not have as much depth as a team like La-Crosse has.”

The ’Hawks women’s team looks to improve this season after finishing seventh at the indoor conference championships and fourth place at outdoors last season.

The men’s team hopes to build off last year’s successful season, which saw them finish in third at the indoor conference meet and second place outdoors.

Wolter says everybody on the team has high expecta-

tions for themselves and the team this season.

“We are hoping for at least a second place conference finish this season and will hopefully give La-Crosse a run for their money,” Wolter said. “As far as the national meet goes, we are always confident that we have a chance to win. We came close last season, and we have a little bit more firepower this year.”

Both teams are back in action on Jan. 28 at home as the men host the “Squig” Converse Invitational and Multi-Event Friday at 5 p.m.

The women host the Warhawk Classic Invitational Saturday starting at noon.

We have those expectations to dominate. We’re just really excited.

- head coach Ned Shuck

“We just lost a couple toss up matches that didn’t go our way,” sophomore Nickolas Bonomo said. “Afterwards we came together as a team” Seniors Zach Denny and Joseph Brodman earned decision victories in their respective matches.

Junior Jordan Newman won a major decision 15-2 to bring the Warhawks

Individual ’Hawks shine at NAIA Challenge Sophomore Celeste Madda tops 60-meter field

By John Paul Czerwinski Assistant Sports Editor

Although no total team scores were compiled at the NAIA Challenge on Jan. 21 at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, Warhawk men and women track athletes still made their presence felt with many top event finishes.

Senior Duvaun Goodlow took first place in the high jump, posting a personal-best leap of 6-09.00. His jump was the fifth best height posted in all of Division III thus far in the season.

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Soar: ’Hawks Athletes: Pride in GPA, work battle back vs. UW-Stout first half. Freckmann registered seven points, a career-high 17 rebounds and three assists. Freckmann’s rebound total is the season high for the team.

“In the first half they really outrebounded us,” Stewart said. “We made it a point of emphasis to box out and crash the glass in the second half.”

The Warhawks shot 41.5 percent for the game and held UWStout to shoot less than 30 percent in each of the final two quarters.

“Our defense was really good which lead to creating turnovers and missed shots,” head coach Keri Carollo said. “We had to do a better job grabbing the boards, but we gave good effort in the second half and it gives us a lesson to learn.”

UW-Whitewater committed only five turnovers and forced 16 on the other end that led to 21 points off the Blue Devils’ miscues.

The first three quarters contained 12 ties and 12 lead changes.

“They were able to

get second chance points and that kept them in it,” coach Carollo said.

The Blue Devils trailed UW-Whitewater by only three at the end of the period.

The Blue Devils outscored the Warhawks 22-15 in the second quarter to take a 3935 halftime advantage.

“We came out in the second half with energy and were able to use our talent,” Stewart said. “We took advantage of the spots we had.”

UW-Stout extended its lead to five with 8:41 left in the third, but UW-Whitewater fired back with a 7-0 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Trewyn, to take a 44-42 lead with 5:44 on the clock.

The Blue Devils scored four of the final six points in the period to take a threepoint lead heading into the final 10 minutes.

A 23-9 fourth quarter gave the Warhawks the win.

The Warhawks continue WIAC play at 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at UW-Stevens Point.

Salm explained that the Warhawk Leadership Academy was founded two years ago by Navarro and former athletic director Amy Edmonds to help student-athletes become more well-rounded people in academics, their sports and to help the athletes earn jobs down the line.

The academy also hosts study tables for four hours on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the semester in many different topics where professors are able to help students on a one-on-one basis. Salm said that since most of the varsity sports on campus do not have games on Mondays and Tuesdays, that it generally is the perfect time to get extra class work in. School work is something Salm said he takes very seriously.

“A lot of people don’t realize that as student-athletes, we have a higher GPA than the normal, average student at Whitewater,” Salm said. “For us personally on the soccer team, we take a lot of pride in our GPA. Two seasons ago, we had the highest male GPA for a sports team on campus. Last year we were second place for that. We are trying to go back to No. 1 this year again.

For the soccer team, our coach [Tony Ginn] really makes sure we keep our grades up and keep it a priority in the classroom.”

Salm, a graduate student, said he hopes to become a Division-I athletic director one day, and that he has already taken many steps to prepare himself for that. Salm was one of 300 student-athletes from around the nation to participate in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He said that he gained an extensive network of contacts for his future career and lots of tips and advice on how to advance in the athletics administration field.

Salm said he is still in a Facebook group with all 300 student-athletes from the program where they post job openings in their field or information about the job opportunities if someone is willing to relocate.

Along with the forum, Salm’s involvement as president of the Warhawk Leadership Academy and role as former president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee do not offer him much free time.

“I see a lot of benefit in investing in peers here at Whitewater and really trying to make their experience better than the student athletes that came before them,” Salm said.

“Yes, I’m busy, but there is that clich´e saying where, ‘If you love what you do, you don’t feel like you are ever working.’ I honestly love what I do and the roles I have been able to take up on campus, and so it makes me very busy. I feel that sometimes, but most of the time I feel like I am hanging out with my best

friends. We just happen to be getting a lot of work done at the same time.”

“The moral of the story is, do something that you’re really passionate about, and it won’t feel like you’re putting in a lot of hours [compared to what it sounds like to other people on the outside].”

For senior defensive lineman, John Flood, doing something that you love is not lost on him.

Flood was a nominee for the 2016 Gagliardi Trophy which goes to the most outstanding D-III football player in the nation, with consideration given to someone who excels off the field as well.

Flood was part of two national championship winning teams during his time as a Warhawk, starting three of his four years on the defensive line and creating numerous big plays for the defense. Flood also maintains a 3.72 cumulative GPA and has been on the Dean’s List every semester at UW-Whitewater. Flood credits the coaching staff with helping him along that process.

“They [the coaching staff] make sure that you’re a good student in the classroom and fit in the community and excel in everything you do,” Flood told the Royal Purple. “That has just really been ingrained in me through Coach [Kevin] Bullis and some of the other coaches on the staff. It is important because now that my football career is over, that is what I have to fall back on.”

Flood was also nominated for the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy which is awarded annually to the best football-scholar athlete in the nation. In addition to his academic and athletic accomplishments, the math and science major has been involved with two research projects.

Last summer at the University of Arizona, Flood was able to solve a few of the problems in a flow separation model that was being used in aerospace engineering. The project was sponsored by Boeing Co., a multinational corporation that designs, creates and sells airplanes, rockets, satellites and other hightech items.

He is also currently working closely with professor Bob Benjamin, collecting data for a space telescope on campus that is sponsored by NASA. Flood said that with all of the activities he is a part of can be tough, but he would not have it any other way.

“It wears on you and is pretty stressful, but it’s worth it at the end of the day,” Flood told the Royal Purple. “It makes you a better person and obviously you are doing it for the right reasons.”

Flood’s head coach Kevin Bullis has nothing but praise for

his player.

“John is a guy that you trust his judgment because of his intelligence and maturity,” Bullis told the Royal Purple.

Bullis has had many stops in the coaching carousel working his way up from linebackers coach at the University of Minnesota-Morris while he was earning his undergraduate degree to just completing his second year as head coach at UW-Whitewater.

Former head coach Lance Leipold left to take a position with the D-I University of Buffalo football program and took many of his most trusted assistants with him in 2015. Bullis served as defensive line coach and defensive run game coordinator, instructed courses and was an academic advisor to many students in his eight years with UW-Whitewater before earning the promotion.

Bullis said that his instruction on the sidelines of a football field are all just not focused on football.

“What we teach on the football field is ultimately what you need off the field in the sense of pushing yourself,” Bullis told the Royal Purple.

“It’s not just a football field thing. The football field is ultimately just a lab. It’s an experiment with pushing yourself and challenging yourself in every facet of what you do as a human being. That’s the beauty of it.

That’s the greater good of sport, learning to work with others, learning to challenge yourself, the willing to make yourself a better person. Those skill sets of work ethic carry over from the football field, into the classroom, into life and being a good person.”

Susan Johnson works to ensure that the student-athletes and faculty members have the best opportunities to be able to challenge themselves without putting too much strain on either of them. Johnson is the Assistant Dean of the Political Science department at UW-Whitewater and is also one of the two faculty athletics representatives.

Each campus in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) have a male and female athletics representative that meet twice a year to discuss how athletics and academics intersect on a daily basis. Dean of the College of Business and Economics, John Chenoweth, is the Men’s Faculty Athletics “Our involvement as faculty athletic reps is not more at the one-on-one level, but more at the advisory level where we are trying to provide a faculty perspective,” Johnson said.

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