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The UW-Whitewater American Marketing Association chapter was named the best AMA chapter in the world at the 2017 AMA Collegiate Conference on March 18 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This win marks the sixth year in a row that the chapter has won an award at the national level. see story on page 8 of Biz & Tech
‘Kind’ of a big deal
New WSG President discusses taking on new role, outlines upcoming priorities for campus Emily Lepkowski News Editor
Kind, current Whitewater Student Goverment (WSG) vice president, and Veserat, current senator, described their campaigning experience as something of a balancing act. “It was a roller coaster,” Veserat said. “I learned a lot from Tom especially, I learned a lot from all the different organizations around campus but it was definitely a good experience.” The Whitewater Student Government (WSG) voted to approve new president sophomore Thomas Kind in their last meeting before Spring Break on Tuesday, March 14. Kind and vice president, freshman Hogan Veserat campaigned throughout the fall leading up to the annual debate and election. Looking Ahead Kind and Veserat centered their campaign on three priorities for campus, one being working to build the relationship between the student body and faculty. Kind said the lack of student-faculty relationship was a frustration he’s heard voiced more often than anything else from student organizations on campus.
Health Care Act withdrawn Ryan’s plan failed to receive necessary support from Senate Kolton Hegstrom Assistant News Editor
“Most people feel that they don’t know who’s in administration that they can work with them or they don’t know their resources,” Kind said. The need to let students know about their resources and options coincides with their priority of sexual assault prevention and awareness. “That’s a big part about working with sexual assault too is that they don’t know their resources,” Kind said.” Or you don’t know the consequences of a resource, you don’t know what an action will do.”
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisconsin) proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) was withdrawn on March 24 because of lack of support for the bill. Even though the bill wasn’t passed, it will likely be the rough outline for the final bill that will be proposed. The bill is not entirely different from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “It’s [The AHCA] not exactly a repeal,” Dr. Eric Loepp, political science professor at UW-Whitewater said. “It’s changing to be sure and it’s revising, but it’s not really undoing Obamacare.” The proposed bill kept some of the popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act. For example, children are able to stay on their parents plan until they are 26, there is protection for those with pre-existing diseases and no lifetime insurance caps. The first major difference is the removal of the individual mandate. Under the ACA, citizens were required by law to
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Current WSG President Kane Poad is also working on ‘getting the ball rolling’ with sexual assault this semester. Working with students and sexual assault prevention on campus, is something that Kind said will continue to be built on during his term as well as upcoming administrations. In addition to fostering student-faculty relations, Kind and Veserat also hope to build campus and community relations. Community organizations like the Downtown Triangle neighborhood reached out to Kind hoping to get to know each other and work together in the future. The Triangle is also holding an election for a
member of WSG to be on their board in order to be involved in community affairs. Currently, re-structuring of the executive board is still going on in order to update the tasks of each position. “We’re restructuring the e-board to be worthwhile and they aren’t just getting paid to sit there and look pretty or they aren’t just doing one small job,” Kind said. “They are doing a lot of things and that they are also able to build opportunities for students.” Kind and Veserat have been sifting through notes from meetings with student organizations to see what they can accomplish. “Your priority is our priority,” Kind said. Poad has recently been working with issues
involving parking on campus and the possibility of building a new parking lot in the future. Poad will be president until July 1 before handing over the reigns to Kind. Moving from deputy speaker to vice president and shortly president, Kind said his transition from the new administration will be seamless. Veserat, on the other hand, will be taking on a bigger role than his previous position. “For me obviously it’s a pretty daunting task going from one hour and some things on the side as a senator to 10 hours each week,” Veserat said. “I’m definitely looking forward to the opportunity to put my nose in the job and get it done, and hopefully Tom will be there to lead me along the way, it’ll be fun.”
taxes include a 3.8 percent investment tax and 0.9 percent surcharge tax on wages above $250,000. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, these tax cuts would save the wealthiest 0.1 percent of Americans nearly $200,000 per year. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities average citizens who make less than $200,000 per year would not receive any benefits from these tax cuts. With this reduction in taxes the government and the insurance companies won’t be able to provide as much care as they did under the ACA. This means under the proposed AHCA, insurance companies would no longer be required to cover maternity care, mental health, drug abuse, hospitalization, outpatient care, emergency services, prescription drugs, rehabilitation, laboratory services, preventative care or
pediatric care. These ten items were called “essential health benefits” and were required to be covered under the ACA. The Congressional Budget Office did a review of the proposed health care plan and they estimated that by 2024, if this plan had passed, 52 million Americans would not have health insurance. Comparatively, the CBO estimated that 28 million would not have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The CBO also found that the proposed plan would cut Medicaid by $880 billion. Uninsured citizens can present a problem for other Americans who do pay for insurance.
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have health insurance and would not be under the proposed AHCA. However, under the AHCA, if a customer goes off their insurance plan for two months or longer the insurance company can do a 30 percent upcharge for a year when the customer purchases insurance again. The AHCA was estimated to reduce the deficit by $337 billion according the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). “The arguments [for this plan] are more about the money than how this is helping satisfy the health care needs,” Dr. Kate Ksobiech health communications professor said. The AHCA would have ended the extra taxes that former President Barack Obama put in place to receive funding for the ACA. These
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Hearings to be held on public notice legislation
Public hearings on a bill that could limit where public records would be published are being held over the next two weeks.
The closest public hearing to Whitewater is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Public records bill limits engagement Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion
The cost of citizen engagement is priceless – unless you happen to be a Wisconsin legislator. A bipartisan bill has been announced in the Wisconsin State Assembly that would eliminate the requirement that state and local governments disclose public records in newspapers. As a result, public records could be restricted to publication in only an online format. Those records include meeting agendas, minutes, public works contracts and announcements that pertain to changes within the law of the governing entity, just to name a few. This bipartisan effort has one publicly stated goal – saving money by not having to purchase space in newspapers for disclosing information. We here at the Royal Purple disagree with this effort. Unsurprisingly, we are strong supporters of the First Amendment, which includes a citizen’s right to petition their government. Not requiring public disclosure for meetings, agendas and the decisions that subsequently follow in multiple medi-
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ums limits the amount of engagement citizens will be afforded with their governments – a price the citizens should not have to pay. We need to let our state legislators know that this move is going to cost Wisconsin citizens more than the pennies each resident may save. Looking at the financial argument for gutting the requirement that public records be publicized in multiple places, cost-cutting can be considered a compelling and even at
times a rational interest. Our governments should live within their means and be conscientious about the taxpayer funds that are being spent; however, cutting costs by intentionally removing the access to governmental affairs is not a good use of tax money. Governmental entities already pay a non-profit fee for placing public records in print, which is realistically affordable in comparison to the regular rates that citizens and businesses pay to take out
an ad. Instead, this legislation allows for more leverage for that tax money to be used in ways that are more irresponsible and irrational. This legislation also closes the door on meetings that are open to the public. If a citizen wants to go to a city council meeting in order to voice their concern on a proposed ordinance, why would a governmental body not utilize every possible avenue for making that information known? Yes, one can make the argument that the
agenda is available online so print should not matter, but that logic ignores the fact that citizens who have been dependent on finding this information in print for many years, may not know where to find it online, or may not have the means to. With a policy that limits the places where information is published, it disadvantages those are most disadvantaged in the first place. Additionally, think about the last time a decrease in public access and oversight served as a benefit to the public. When did decreasing the availability of information make our government more efficient and less prone to power abuses? Should this bill pass, there would be one way to solve the lack of accountability for actions that directly impact the community – citizens can take the time out of their day to attend as many of the meetings held in their municipalities, school districts, counties and states as possible. Don’t have that option? Tell your legislators to put your public records in print by writing them emails, letters or giving them a call.
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Professor demands open meetings, communication On March 8, 2017, I received notification from the Chancellor that the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Communication Bob Mertens had filed a formal complaint against me for having communicated with the faculty of my department despite the Chancellor’s proscription against such “unmediated” contact. Mertens did not claim that any of the contents of my communication were untrue. His claim was that I was “insubordinate” to the Chancellor by not allowing him to censor – sorry, “mediate” – my communications. He also claimed that because what I had communicated to the faculty contradicted what they had been told by their colleagues and the administration, and because doing so made those who were implicated squirm, they were now unable to conduct “business as normal”. He requested my dismissal for cause, and the Chancellor accepted his complaint and began proceedings under Chapter UWS 4 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. I acknowledged receipt of that notification, and reminded them that during the process they were about to undertake, they would have to defend all of their positions in public, especially since there is no question that I would invoke my right under UWS 4.06(c) to demand that the hearings be held in open session. I thought you might be interested in an excerpt from my response: “Your position (and by “your” I now refer to members of the administration as a whole) has been
that you can preclude me from attending open and public meetings, both as a member of the department and as a taxpayer, and that you can attempt to bully people into ceasing the lawful act of recording those meetings by threatening their income. Your position has been that you can ignore the faculty personnel rules, and the Board’s position has been that your complete disregard for these rules constitutes “reasonable interpretation”. Your position has been that you can dictate with whom any employee of the University can communicate, both inside and outside the workplace, and that you can threaten their income if they disregard this directive, of which the current complaint could not be more ample evidence. Your position is that you can censor (“mediate” in your language) communications between individuals on campus, again, clear in the current complaint. Your position is that despite all the time and effort that has been spent on campus developing new rules for post-tenure review, those rules are moot because you can simply decide not to conduct post-tenure reviews at all. Your position is that you can exile a faculty member without any hearing process. I’m sure there are more.” “I look forward to hearing you defend these positions in public. It does not matter whether every one of them is actually in some way “legal”. Just taking such positions as administrators in a higher education setting seems to me like a career-ending proposition.”
“And then we need to turn to my communications themselves, my motives for feeling compelled to send them, and the demonstration of the veracity of their contents. That should be very interesting.” I then made an offer of settlement. Their counsel replied. In rejecting their counter-offer, I reminded their counsel of how all of this began, and how nothing has changed relative to the actions of the administration: “Their repeated attempts to silence me for standing up for the rights and interests of students are completely transparent. Those students have complained to me about a program that on average takes 27 credits more than we say it will to graduate, (how many thousands is that costing them?) a program for which the former chairs have refused to schedule the necessary course offerings to complete in a timely manner, and for which the Dean has refused to provide projections of course offerings (rotations for which we both arrived, independently, at virtually identical solutions) to help students plan, and thereby alleviate some of that problem, a program which at last check served three majors, and a program which the department has admitted fails to serve the students by institutionalizing the personalization of courses into that major that are not part of the major, and by essentially forcing faculty who put the students before themselves to take on students who do not have the necessary prerequisites for the courses they are trying to force their way into because
they have no other options. They allege that “inordinate amounts of time” have been spent prosecuting my alleged “offenses”. As provost, the Chancellor declined to do anything about my reports; the new Provost, Chief Academic Officer on campus, has done nothing except refer me to the Audit and Review process, under the assumption I suppose that the issues I have raised have actually been reported by the offenders in those self-studies, (of course they have not,) and which were never reviewed by the faculty before they were sent forward. The former and interim Deans have done nothing – the former stating on the record that “chairs can do whatever they want a long as it isn’t illegal, immoral, or unethical” (apparently he believed what we have been doing to these students isn’t in fact all three, which speaks volumes about his morality and ethics) and the current having done absolutely nothing at all. The fact that the former chairs did nothing is what has led to all of this in the first place. Perhaps they might consider spending a “modicum” of time and effort on resolving these issues on behalf of the students, rather than an “inordinate amount of time” prosecuting me for reporting them.” — Chris Henige, Associate professor of Art and Design
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Attribute AHCA failure to Republican diversity “Obamacare is the law of the land.” With this admission, Paul Ryan, Republican leader in the House of Representatives, conceded defeat on the first major policy initiative in the Trump era. Some people were relieved. Others were crestfallen. Yet one big question rose from the ashes of the American Health Care Act last week: how could this happen if Republicans control every branch of government? There are many reasons the bill died: Republicans could not rally enough public support for the new plan. Policy details were thin and even counterintuitive. Entitlement programs are notoriously difficult to abolish once enacted. There are many others. Yet perhaps the most important lesson from last week is this: not all Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter) are the same. Some of the loudest voices opposing Speaker Ryan’s plan rang out from his political right. The Freedom Caucus – a group of very conservative members of the House
of Representatives who thought Ryan’s plan did not go far enough in dismantling Obamacare – secretly made a pact to resist his bill. Libertarian-leaning Republicans like Rand Paul were dissatisfied with the system of tax credits in Ryan’s proposal. Some moderate Republicans grew wary once the Congressional Budget Office published forecasts of how many people may lose health insurance if the bill was passed. Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for instance, tweeted, “I plan to vote NO on the current #AHCA bill. As written the plan leaves too many from my #SoFla district uninsured.” It is easy to assume that unified, one-party control of government will make it easier to govern. Not necessarily. Indeed, paradoxically, this can mean it is sometimes harder to get things done. When Democrats were running the show, it was more important for Republicans to band together in resistance. Now, though, high-ranking Re-
publicans like Speaker Ryan and President Trump are assuming the burden of leading a majority that expected to do things. This means uniting multiple wings of the party whose members often have very different policy visions. This is no easy task. It is important, in short, that we do not oversimplify government. It is tempting to assume that members of the same party will share the same views, that shared partisan allegiance indicates ideological harmony between politicians. Often there is, of course, but we must remember there are differences within political parties, not just between them. Last week, these differences spelled the end – at least for now – of the repeal of Obamacare Republicans have been promising since 2010. —Eric Loepp, Assistant professor of Political Science
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Habitat heads to Delaware
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The University of WisconsinWhitewater’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter traveled to Georgetown, Delaware March 18-24 to fulfill the mission of seeking to put God’s love into action, bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Forty students volunteered their spring break week to help build four homes across Sussex County guided by Habitat for Humanity site leaders and AmeriCorps members. Projects ranged from siding, installation of windows, demolition and roof work. After long workdays, the group bonded through family dinners, card game tournaments and trips to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware and free day in Washington, D.C. Top: St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church in Laurel, Delaware, hosted 40 Habitat for Humanity students from UW-Whitewater. Bottom: A group went to dinner at “The Purple Parrot”, a local restaurant located on Rehoboth’s boardwalk. The organization left their mark by signing a dollar bill, adding to the restaurant’s collection.
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Going out is one aspect of college mostly everyone takes part in. So with that in mind, a killer playlist is something that is a must for either a pre-game or party. I have created a set of songs that anyone can funk with. I would say my “Drunky” playlist on my Spotify is a top hit and one everyone should check out. With a variety of artists and creative beats, I shall declare this as my best playlist to date. Everyone handles his or her alcohol differently, either you’re crying in your bathroom to Ed Sheeran or grinding to Post Malone. But for me I find myself steady squeezing electronic dance music when I’m getting litty. Whether you love your AYCD nights or just a Saturday night house party, make sure you have a solid line up of songs to keep the party grooving. Catch ya next week!
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UW-W student organization chapter receives top honor By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor
Recognized as their worldwide organization’s greatest collegiate chapter, a group of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students brought home a highly significant award after nearly a yearlong effort to prepare for the event. The American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter was named International Chapter of the Year on March 18 at the 2017 AMA Collegiate Conference, which was hosted in New Orleans. The UW-Whitewater AMA chapter received this honor for the sixth time at the conference, standing out amongst 370 other collegiate chapters around the world. “For our chapter to win International Chapter of the Year shows the quality of students and advisers UW-W has,” AMA chapter president Heidi Gahm said. “This prestigious award shows the hard work and dedication our members and advisers have. It’s an honor to be a part of this.” Gahm said the process of preparing leading up to the annual conference entails hosting events, recruiting new members and making a social impact on campus. “For the individual and team competitions at the conference, we practice beforehand through role playing and those competing in the perfect pitch memorize their pitches,” Gahm said. Each chapter compiles their annual achievements and development into a 20-page annual report, which is then judged based on professional development, social impact and membership size. “We spend many hours a week working on AMA
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The UW-Whitewater American Marketing Association chapter received the award of International Chapter of the Year for the sixth year in a row at the 2017 AMA Collegiate Conference on March 18 in New Orleans.
related projects, so it is a great feeling when our hard work pays off,” Gahm said. Marketing professor and department chairperson Jimmy Peltier, who has advised the UW-Whitewater AMA chapter since 1986, described the student organization as a corporation. “For many students, it’s almost like a full time job,” Peltier said. “Winning International Chapter of the Year validates this effort.” He added that winning the award also validates the learning environment and competitive success on behalf of the College of Business & Economics (COBE) and UW-W as a whole.
Peltier said he finds it meaningful to help push student members to strive for success. “What I enjoy most is helping students become ethically sound and society-focused business professionals,” Peltier said. “We work them hard to become prepared for life beyond graduation.” He admitted to becoming emotional at his students’ graduation ceremonies. “Every year when the next set of students are graduating, I get tears in my eyes and a hole in my heart,” Peltier said. “These students are like my kids, and having them leave our home here at UW-W makes me an emotional wreck.”
Tech gurus advise caution on social media By Brad Allen Biz & Tech Editor
Thinking twice before posting the location of that Spring Break beach photo is a good idea. Retaining skepticism before accepting the Facebook friend request of a person you don’t know who only has two friends added is an even better one. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Instructional, Communication & Information Technology (ICIT) services have said cybercriminals have been becoming more creative in their tactics to hack individuals’ credentials or retrieve financial information. Aside from phishing emails, cyber criminals utilize a wide range of techniques, such as trying to seem as if they are entitled to certain credentials or potentially belong to official organizations. “It’s important to think about if it could be used against you,” ICIT chief security officer Louann Gilbertson said.
Phone calls supposedly coming When using social media sites from Microsoft about removing vi- such as Facebook, many people ruses from a computer are common. include a geotag when uploading Gilbertson said a few red flags to photos or making other posts, powatch out for are unknown caller ID tentially allowing cybercriminals to addresses, persistent requests for identify their location. money and repeated emails from “Sometimes people post photos claiming to conwith unintentionaltain urgent mesly leaked informa“If there’s a lot of sages. tion,” Gilbertson provocative photos In some cassaid. “Always ask and they only have es, cyber crimithe question: does six friends, then that’s nals will use fake the world need to photos in photo know this informaprobably not a real recognition softtion?” person. ware tools to gain Knowing one’s — Margaret Fliess, senior access to individlocation might aluals’ information low hackers to use through sites reextortion methods quiring photo identification. to receive money from the person’s Another common hacking meth- family or friends. od is for callers to attempt to trick Gilbertson said some people who users into saying certain phrases, are vacationing overseas and have even something as simple as “yes,” shared their location online may in order to catch them in a loophole be more at risk of being targeted by of having technically given permis- hackers. In these situations, it’s not sion for the hackers to access certain uncommon for cybercriminals to secure information. contact individuals’ family members
claiming to be a medical professional and requesting an immediate money transfer to pay for non-existent hospital bills. “As far as the evil intent that’s out there, it blows my mind how someone could find it themselves to do it,” Gilbertson said. Cybercriminals might also ask for money by slipping the request into direct conversation. “You don’t really know who you might be friending or connecting to,” Gilbertson said. “You don’t know what’s on the other end of that communication stream.” Senior Margaret Fliess said she only adds people she knows personally on her social media accounts. “I always try to look at the number of friends they have first,” Fliess said. “If there’s a lot of provocative photos and they only have six friends, then that’s probably not a real person.” Her advice regarding financial requests from strangers: Don’t send anyone money over the internet.
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Animal Farm Production
The Hincklin’s Studio Theatre is putting on a production of “Animal Farm” in the Young Auditorium from April 24 - April 29. Tickets are $5.50 with a valid student
ID and tickets can be purchased on the Young Auditorium website or the box office located in the Young Auditorium.
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he second annual Iron Pour will take place at Wisconsin Makers’ space. This is a family-friendly event and children of all ages are encouraged to participate. Each participant will be provided with a square scratch mold, which is able to be personalized and changed as artists see fit. Molds are to be completed by 11:15 a.m., because at noon the “pour team,” led by Teresa Lind, UW-Whitewater lecturer of art and design, will fill each mold with molten cast iron. Availability for this event is on a first-come, first-serve. Participants may sign up and purchase molds at eventbrite.com by searching for ‘Wisconsin Makers’ Spring Iron Pour.’ Light refreshments and brats will be available during the event.
If you go: When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat., April 1 Where: 200 E Clay St., Whitewater Cost: $25 per person More info: wisconsinmakers@gmail.com
WOTA choir event proves importance of the arts Last Sunday my roommate started complaining about the World of the Arts event she had to attend that night. I was bored and a little curious, since I have not taken WOTA yet, so I decided to tag along. Column by It was a mixed Hannah Maes concert from Arts and Rec UW-Whitewater’s Editor Chamber Singers and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and because I had heard so much talk about how boring and useless the WOTA events are, I wasn’t expecting much. I’m a lover of the arts, but as a business major I don’t know much about music, I assumed there wouldn’t be much there to hold my interest. They proved me dead wrong. The first choir was the Chamber Singers, and you don’t have to know much about music to realize they have some serious talent. The blend between the men’s low bass voices and the trill of the women’s voices sent chills down my spine. They performed a variety of music, from American composers to African American folk music. All were exceptional and each song had their own twist and layering of voices. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble put on a perfor-
mance that will forever live in my memory. I didn’t think it was possible for college musicians to produce music that could affect me so much. For one thing, none of the performers had sheet music in front of them, it was all either memorized or improvised. When the student performers improvised they took turns doing solos or ‘trading fours’, which is when multiple performers take turns improvising for four measures, with another vocalist. Improvising in front of a live audience has to take some guts, and as an audience member it is captivating to watch them interacting with each other as they scat and make up music on the spot. This event was thoroughly entertaining and eye opening as it gave my fellow students a
chance to perform in front of a live audience. Many of these students want to make a career out of performance art, so not only is it an entertaining and completely worthwhile experience for other students, but it encourages the students who are majoring in performance arts to continue to pursue their dreams. The reason students are required to attend events for WOTA in the first place, is that the arts are what makes us passionate, empathetic human beings. Music opens up our sensual palate to new experiences, even if it doesn’t directly relate to the degree we are seeking.
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Dustin Johnson rolls into Masters Tournament
The No. 1 player in the world of golf, Dustin Johnson, never trailed against his seven match play opponents on the way to win the WGC-Match Play Championship March 28. He has won all three tournaments he has played
in the PGA this year and will take the weekend off from competition to focus on the most prestigious event of the year, the 2017 Masters Tournament starting April 6 in Augusta, Georgia.
UW-W dominating many opponents The UW-Whitewater baseball team is good, but you already know that. The team is ranked in the top five nationally. What you didn’t know is that the team went 9-1 on the spring trip in Florida and will now begin play closer to home. The team’s high-powered offense scored three or more runs in nine of the first ten games, including reaching the 10-run mark twice. So yeah, they’re good. And they have column by plenty of Justin St. Peter former playSports Editor ers who were too. Former Warhawk Marty Herum just clobbered a home run in an MLB spring training game for the Arizona Diamondbacks but will start the year in the minors. Former pitcher Lake Bachar was taken in the fifth round of the MLB draft last year by the San Diego Padres and will be in the lower level of the minors, slowly working his way up to a hopeful MLB debut in
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Senior reliever Mike Nompleggi throws in a game last year. If the season ended today, Nompleggi would have led the MLB in strikeout percentage from last year, be it a small sample size.
the next few years as well. Starting pitcher Austin Jones was selected in the 26th round by the Chicago Cubs but came back to school this year. After his and the team’s hot start, his draft stock is skyrocketing. Jones has won all three games he has started, including a complete game, allowing two hits and one
earned run while retiring the last 15 Clarkson University batters he faced in the 3-1 victory March 21. Jones could be joined by other Warhawks in the MLB draft pool if the Warhawks stay as hot as they are right now. After being ranked 13th in the Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll, the team
has climbed its way up the rankings and currently stands third or fourth depending on which national poll you look at. This loaded ’Hawks squad has scored an absurd 60 runs in 10 games, averaging 9.2 hits per game with 32 walks and 28 stolen bases. Five starters have batting averages above .250 and
ops (on base plus slugging percentage) above .9000 which is a number great hitters possess. Sophomore outfielder Matt Wary leads the team in average (.457), ops (1.201), hits (16) and four stolen bases. Small sample size be damned, these numbers are phenomenal. The pitching staff has given up 2.1 earned runs per game as the ’Hawks are averaging 7.9 strikeouts per game. No starting pitcher has a loss on their record, and UW-W pitching has only given up .201 batting average to their opponent. Senior reliever Mike Nompleggi is filling the role as the bullpen workhorse, with 8.1 innings pitched in seven appearances with a strikeout percentage 36.66 percent that would lead the major leagues. The hitting and pitching are dominant. Sensing a theme? If the Warhawks can keep dominating opponents throughout the conference season, the team could be a major factor when the Division III World Series comes around.
Potent offense propels softball team to hot start The Warhawk softball team started the season on a hot streak beginning on March 17 in Clermont, Florida. The ’Hawks started the trip winning five straight games, starting the season sweeping Roger Williams out of Rhode Island with a combined score of 13-1 through two Column by games. John Paul Czerwinski The ’Hawks finAssistant Sports ished the trip with Editor a bounce back win over Hendrix University out of Arkansas, after suffering a defeat to St. Thomas 10-2. This win brought the team’s overall record to 10-2, good enough to be ranked No. 21 in the country. The ’Hawks are looking to rebound after a little bit of a down year in 2016. The ’Hawks went 2914 overall last season while only going 8-5 in conference. That 8-5 record was only good enough for fourth in the WIAC, the team’s lowest finish in the last five seasons.
The Warhawks are determined to be better and had many standouts on this road trip as the team was busting the guts out of the ball. The ’Hawks batters hit .347 as a team, while scoring 84 runs. The ’Hawks also have six of the nine regular starters hitting over .300. Some of the top performers for the ’Hawks were junior outfielder Mallory Klotz, senior first baseman Amy Ricci and sophomore outfielder Caitlin Catino. It’s hard enough to hit .300 in a season, but the three of their bats combined make up a murderers row that would make the 1927 Yankees blush, as all three managed to hit over .430 on the trip. Klotz’s bat was smoking hot as she managed to go 20-35 for a .571 average through 12 games. Klotz claimed 19 total bases, while she also drove in nine runs. Klotz had eight extra-base hits on the trip, including two home runs and two triples. Ricci was also abusing opposing pitchers as she was 20-43 for a .465 average, driving in a team best 16
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The UW-W softball team huddles following a home victory last season. The No. 21 Warhawks began the season 10-2 in the team’s spring trip to Florida.
runs. Tied for the team-high with 20 hits, Ricci also had a team best six doubles on the road trip. Ricci and Klotz weren’t the only ones seeing the ball well on the road trip. Catino was also tearing the cover off the ball in Florida as she was 17-39 for a .436 average,
tying Ricci with a team high of six doubles. Catino also drove in nine runs on the road trip. The ’Hawks will hope to keep the hot streak alive as the team begins WIAC play with a home doubleheader vs. UW-La Crosse on April 1 starting at 2 p.m.
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Why each Final Four team will win it all Every national championship means more than just a trophy. This is obvious. UCLA won championships in 1964, 1965 and 1967 and the always fun NCAA, banned dunking because Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was so dominant. The 2003 national title turned Carmelo Anthony into a college basketball legend and took Jim Boeheim from a coach who had a lot of wins because of soft scheduling into … uh … a national championship coach Column by using soft schedulJosh Sinclair ing. (Don’t @ me.) Senior staff Kentucky’s 2012 writer national title meant head coach John Calipari’s one-anddone experiment will last forever. This championship could be the most important for all Final Four teams. Here is why: Gonzaga University This one is so easy. You don’t need some blow-hard with a byline to tell you that (but look, I’m going to do it anyway). It’s time to start thinking about a world in which Gonzaga wins a national title and what that world will look like. I imagine it to look much the same, except like 45 percent more people have bulldogs and we all have a John Stockton fathead in the living room. Gonzaga cutting the nets would be unprecedented. No program considered an even remotely mid-major has won a national title in the modern era, meaning that the Bulldogs could forever change the way we view college basketball’s power structure. The general public would have no choice but to start taking Gonzaga
more seriously and the NCAA tournament selection committee would start giving Gonzaga more power conference respect. If I had it my way, Gonzaga would win the championship and then immediately revert back into a frisky mid major that can make a run but never can get all the way to the final four so I can look back with my buddies in 20 years and we can wonder how it all happened. University of Oregon History lesson for all Royal Purple readers: The first NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champion? Oregon, in 1938. This Oregon team is in fact not that same Oregon team, but their story is still one that should be told. This Ducks team might just be this year’s version of last year’s Villanova: They don’t have a player that will be in your NBA life seven years from now, they play mostly juniors and seniors and most similarly, they are playing in what I assume HAS TO BE senior forward Dylan Ennis’ final season of college basketball. (Ennis was eligible for the 2010 NBA draft. He’s playing college basketball! Still!) Oregon winning would mostly just reinforce the idea that college and the NBA are still worlds apart. It’d be further proof that a program doesn’t need five-star recruits or future NBA lottery picks to be successful. If I had it my way, Oregon would win the championship and then immediately all of the universities quickly band together to secede from the NCAA. That way Oregon would win the first championship and the last and we could put a nice little bow on this NCAA experiment. University of North Carolina Going to back-to-back national
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championships doesn’t happen very often. Butler University made it back when head coach Brad Stevens was just a toddler in 2010 and ‘11 but were on the wrong side for both. Rick Pitino brought Kentucky to two straight back in the mid ‘90’s, but was only able to hang one banner. Joakim Noah’s hair led the University of Florida to back-to-back titles in ‘06-’07, the first since Christian Laettner was being a prick for Duke University. North Carolina has that history waiting in the balance. If head coach Roy Williams brings home another ‘ship for UNC, I think he passes Dean Smith as the greatest coach to sit on the sidelines for the Tar Heels. Williams now has nine Final Fours and two (maybe three) national titles. Williams is already on pace to eclipse Smith’s 879 career wins by 2019 and if Williams wins the title this year, he’ll have more national championships than Smith. The answer to the question “Who was the best coach in North Carolina history?” won’t be as obvious as it has been. If I had it my way, North Carolina would win the championship and Roy Williams would get the court named after him because the man deserves it. Also North Carolina would pass Duke in the number of titles, but who’s counting anyway? University of South Carolina I can’t swear, so when I put brackets around a word, let your mind wander. How the [fire truck] did we get here? How the [h-e-double hockey sticks] did South Carolina make the Final Four? What the [funny duck] is the rest of 2017 going to like? It’s only March and this [poop] is happening.
The perfect story for South Carolina would have been: Beat Marquette, upset Duke, pack it in, go home and lay on the beach. This wasn’t supposed to be on the table. This wasn’t even invited to dinner and yet, here we are. Two things would jump out if South Carolina and All-Universe senior guard Sindarius Thornwell are able to cut down the nets. Number one: We all know nothing and next year just close your eyes when you fill out your bracket. I repeat do not try. Give no effort. Let the sweet release of March take you. Number two: Whatever team looks like they could win a back-alley brawl should be the favorite from here on out. South Carolina’s frontcourt consists of two dudes - sophomore Chris Silva and freshman Maik Kotsar, whom I wouldn’t trust to catch a cold, much less play basketball proficiently. But you best believe I’d go find a bookie right now to bet on these two demolishing some fools in a tire-iron fight. Everyone on South Carolina looks like they have been personally offended by the person they are guarding and are ready to go to blows. If I had it my way, South Carolina would win the championship and collectively, as a society, we take Tuesday off and build Frank Martin a statue outside of Colonial Life Arena. I also vote that we arm him with something that represents the team’s mentality. Not something like a flag, or a sword like he’s leading them to battle, those are too elegant. We need something that says “What’d you say about my mom?!” Ahh, I got it, I’ll bring brass knuckles. Editor’s note: All @’s should be directed to @thejoshsinclair on Twitter. Seriously.
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Gymnasts win Regional, head to National Championships The UW-Whitewater gymnastics team won the WIAC/National Collegiate Gymnastics Association West Regional Championship (NGCA) at Winona State University in Minnesota on March 17. The victory is the fifth in program history and earns the team a spot in the NGCA National Team Championship, which is the school’s 11th straight appearance. Sophomore Lisa O’Donnell topped the Warhawks with two individual titles on the vault and all-around competition. Her vault score of 9.700 tied her career high, and her 38.525 all-around score was the eighth best in school history to pace the field. In addition to her victories, O’Donnell was the runner-up in the floor exercise and the uneven parallel bars. Senior Courtney Pickett earned her second individual title with the third best score in program history (9.825) in the floor exercise. The Warhawks tied or set school records in every event at the Championships, tying a record third-best score in the floor exercise (48.625), tying the 14th-best mark in the vault (47.825), setting a top ten mark in the uneven parallel bars (47.775), and creating a new ninth-best mark on the balance beam (47.625). A flurry of Warhawks earned all-WIAC honors in addition to Pickett and O’Donnell. Senior Katie Fioilli was named the WIAC Gymnastics Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete, given to the top WIAC gymnast with a 3.50 GPA
or higher, in the last year of competition or on schedule to graduate this academic year and must have competed for at least the last two years. The NGCA National Team Championship will be at 6 p.m. on March 31 in Menominee, Wisconsin. The individual Event Finals are scheduled the following day at 4 p.m. The ’Hawks have at least three gymnasts qualified in all events in the event finals, for a total of 15 qualifiers. Swimmer ends season at National Championships Junior Michaela Matthys concluded her season as the only member of the UW-W team to reach the 2017 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah, Texas. Matthys finished 53rd in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.30 seconds on March 15. The following day, she took 20th in the 100-yard butterfly event in a time of 56.32 seconds. On the final day of the championships, Matthys concluded her season with a 38th place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a mark of 1:06:38. Matthys has been a national qualifier in eight events over the last three years. The junior is a five-time WIAC individual champion, including holding the 100-yard butterfly all three years. She also earned honorable mention All-America honors in two events as a freshman. Matthys broke three school records during the 2016-17 season and currently holds or is a part of nine UW-W school records.
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