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Rats in Rehab UWM researchers discover ways to regulate cocaine-seeking behavior

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By Kamisha Harris Staff Writer News@uwmpost.com University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers are conducting a study looking into behavior surrounding the need for cocaine.

The study uses a conditioned place preference paradigm, in which one chamber is paired with cocaine and another chamber is paired with saline, the placebo. The rats learn the association of each chamber. After the conditioning/learning phase, they are placed in the center of three chambers with access to the cocaine side as well as the saline chamber.

This particular research about the effects of cocaine withdrawals began during the fall of 2009. James Otis is a doctoral student at UWM, he previously attended UW-Stout for Neoscience and psychology. Devin Mueller is an assistant professor of psychology. They collaborate upon many projects with their team and up to five or six research projects on cocaine.

They discovered that the rats will spend more time in the region of the cocaine, which is how cocaine seeking behavior is measured in this model, known

as exposure therapy. In order to inhibit cocaine seeking behavior the rats must be continuously exposed to the cocaine chamber, known as extinction learning.

Take for example a person who has a fear of snakes, with frequent exposure of snakes, the fear can be abolished like a drug addiction.

“The interest here is not to get the rats to start using the drug, it is to get them to stop seeking out the drug,” said Otis.

Multiple tests are given when the rats seek out the drug in the chamber. To facilitate this action, NR2B Antagonist blocks the 2B subunit of the NMDA receptor in the brain, which controls memory and they can longer learn the extinction learning. The NR2B receptor is stimulated to see if the extinction can be accelerated.

“We don’t want to inhibit extinction in humans, we want to accelerate it because inhibiting extinction will accelerate relapse rates,” Otis stated.

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor is responsible for enhancing NR2Bs. Therefore when the BDNF is given, extinction will be enhanced. There are not any drugs currently available to stimulate NR2Bs but they act on receptors which may modify to be signaled.

If the TrkB receptor is given an an-

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tagonist, it will enhance extinction.

Another method, TrkB receptor is given, but blocked NR2Bs. The TrkB antagonist enhances the extinction TrkB and BDNF are working together to enhance extinction.

With the use of what is known as “Patch Clamp Electrophysiology,” tubes for brain fluid and artificial cerebral spinal fluid are oxygenated. The fluid flows through a bath and this allows a whole living brain cell from a rat to be removed and kept alive.

Synaptic Activity is how the brain communicates. A small pipette tip that is barely visible is used to inject the drugs into the cell. The cells are recorded this way. The number of action potentials that neurons fire before and after the drug is given is measured in this form too.

Otis, Mueller and their team are not looking into getting things FDA approved because they do not work in the clinic and they do not work with human patients. As the research comes out, clinicians may potentially become interested in this. FTY720 is used currently for MS, Multiple Sclerosis, which is FDA approved and has the capability of increasing the extinction level.

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The Panthers got two big wins this week but there is much to be seen out of this group.

Jury still out on Panther basketball

Men’s basketball week in review

By Tony Atkins and Sam Secor Sports Editor and Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com Last week was a good one for both UW-Milwaukee’s men’s and women’s basketball programs. Both dominated in their season openers but the men’s team was on their heels as they pulled out a one-point win in their exhibition game.

University of Mary Following an unexpected one-point exhibition win over UW-Parkside, the UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball team officially kicked off its 2012-13 regular season at home against the University of Mary. The Panthers took control of the second half Friday night and went on to dominate 76-46.

Milwaukee shot a combined 43 percent from the field and was as efficient from beyond the arc Friday to cruise past Mary. Hot hands shooting the ball weren’t the only thing that gave Milwaukee the edge; the team’s defense was outstanding holding the opponent to 33 percent from the field and an ugly three for twenty-one from beyond the arc.

“Our guys did a nice job of running them off the line and making them take tough two-pointers,” said Coach Rob Jeter. “I think playing that game, for the first time, we recognized the speed of the game.”

Kyle Kelm led all scorers with 15 points and was an integral part of the Panthers long-range attack, draining three of four from outside. Kelm was a huge part for the Panthers coming off of the bench.

“I felt like the offensive flow was

better tonight and that why I got some open looks,” said Kelm.

The backcourt duo of Jordan Aaron and Thierno Niang also helped guide their team to victory with Aaron scoring 12 points with 7 assists while Niang chipped in 11 for the Panthers in place of the injured Paris Gulley.

The Panthers began to run away with this opener when after taking a 26-16 lead with four minutes left in the first half. Although it may have seemed the other way, Milwaukee had a slight edge on the glass tonight recording 36 rebounds, just one more then Mary.

Milwaukee led by as many as 31 points en route to their 30 point victory.

South Carolina Following the win over Mary, Milwaukee didn’t have much time to celebrate as they flew down to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks.

When they got there, there wasn’t a need to celebrate anymore, losing 75-82.

The Panthers had a big afternoon from junior college transfer Jordan Aaron, who fouled out of his breakout game late with 28 points and 6 assists.

Throughout the game, the Panthers seemed to lack that inside presence that the SEC’s South Carolina is used to facing in its opponents. Instead, the Panthers lived by the three, making fourteen FGs from long range.

During the three-point onslaught in the first half, the Panther struggled mightily with their free throws. These free throws could have potentially been the difference between a win or a loss for the Panthers heading back to Milwaukee.

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$1200 worth of textbooks stolen

By Dominique Lambright Staff Writer news@uwmpost.com

A 29-year-old man stole over one thousand dollars in course textbooks from the UW-Milwaukee bookstore over the course of the last several months.

Ryan Scott Mottet is not a UWM student or staff member. He was arrested on Sept. 24 after he ran off campus and was apprehended on Newberry Boulevard.

Mottet stole about $1200 worth of

textbooks with the plan of re-selling them to make money.

UWM Bookstore Director Erik Hemming said the bookstore has an extensive surveillance system and security, and criminal justice students studied the string of thefts in a course. The students noticed the pattern of Mottet making repeak visits.

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Gregory Habeck said Mottet hid the books on his person and walked out the doors with them.

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Mottet with retail theft.

If found guilty in court, the DA will ask for restitution to the bookstore from Mottet.

He will have to appear in court until a finding of guilty, not guilty is determined.

“It is a shame when these things happen because then it affects the students,” Hemming said.

If thousands of dollars of materials get stolen, the bookstore has to spend more money on surveillance, which could mean a rise in costs the students pay.

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LOVE MONEY The mother of Mick Jagger’s first child is selling the love letters he wrote to her back in the 1970s.

Marsha Hunt, the inspiration behind Jagger’s song “Brown Sugar,” says she is “broke” and is selling the letters to help pay bills. It is estimated the letters will collect six figures.

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Photo courtesy of Kenny Yoo Jordan Aaron is expected to increase the tempo of the Milwaukee offense this year.

By Alex Maring Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com Jordan Aaron is the new starting point guard for the UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball team. Aaron has quickly built a reputation as a speed guy and the Panthers are expecting big things from the junior college transfer.

Aaron is originally from the Bronx, N.Y., a well-known place for the sport.

Hard work, grit, determination and toughness are all a part of the basketball culture there. He credits his toughness as a result of growing up in New York.

“The toughness, it’s built in you when you’re from New York. I just try to bring that to the court but my guys are tough too,” Aaron said.

With that toughness, a lot of other things need to be brought to table for Aaron to have a successful first season in Milwaukee. Aaron, a player who has built a reputation as a speed demon amongst the coaches and players feels that is important to his success.

“I bring a lot of energy,” he said. “I

know a lot about basketball, and I like getting to know my teammates and learning what they like to do on the court.”

Aaron is still getting acquainted with his new team, but he likes what he sees so far.

“They have so many different abilities. Some of the taller guys can shoot the ball,” he said. “They will make my job a lot easier. When I get them the ball, I know they will make the shot.”

The Panthers have two former junior college transfers in senior guard Paris Gulley and senior forward Demetrius Harris. Both have been helpful in Aaron’s transition to the Division I level.

“He (Gulley) along with the other guys and the coaching staff have been helping me with the transition. I have learned a lot from the guys,” Aaron said.

Coach Rob Jeter thinks Aaron possesses the skills to play at the Division I level. Jeter is waiting for him to show it on the floor.

“He’s a man that played well at the junior college level,” Jeter said. “Now to transition to this level, he still has to

prove that. He’s well on his way, he’s talented enough and he’s quick enough.”

J.J. Panoske, the freshman forward also had good things to say about Aaron.

“He’s a quiet point guard who goes out there and gets the job done. With Jordan he brings a completely different point guard. He runs the floor so fast,” Panoske said.

The Panthers have good height and Aaron team is expected to help the team play faster this year. Team chemistry will be key in moving forward for the Panthers. It all starts with Aaron who will set the tempo and run the offense.

Milwaukee has a tough non-conference schedule to start the season.

Opponents such as Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and Davidson will provide a good opportunity for the Panthers to show that they are better than their projected sixthplace finish in the Horizon League.

This year, Milwaukee will be led by its floor general from the east coast. For the benefit of the Panthers, let us hope to see that rugged play manifest itself here, as if the Klotsche Center was Rucker Park.

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It all came down to one mistake…

James Ashcroft reflects on the end of his season with men’s soccer.

By James Ashcroft Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com

Last Tuesday, the UW-Milwaukee men’s soccer team played its last game for the 2012 season as they went down 1-0 to Valparaiso.

It was also the end for three senior players, John Shakon, Jamie Bladen and Cody Banks, who saw their collegiate

soccer careers finished in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament.

The Tournament berth came on the back of a hugely successful campaign under first year head coach Kris Kelderman.

Kelderman steered the Panthers to an overall record of 8-8-2 and a formidable home record of 6-1-0. Despite the Panthers firewall when playing at home, it would be another day on the road that brought an end to the season.

Having beaten Valparaiso the previous Saturday 2-1 to clinch a spot in the tournament, we headed into Indiana optimistic that we could collect a win and see ourselves progress to the tournament final.

The game itself was not one of particular flair and skill. It all came down to a mistake from our back line in which Valparaiso was able to capitalize on and record the victory that left us down and

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out. At the end of the game, a lot of emotion was left on the field, many of our players reduced to tears seeing the programs most-winning record since 2007, come to an end.

“I’m proud of every single one of you,” Kelderman said. “You’ve fought like dogs all season and worked your butts off. I believe I have made the best decision in my career coming to work with you guys and help rebuild that program. You should all

leave here with your heads held high.”

On a personal level, the season for me has been a memorable one. I was a part of a team that has been on both sides of buzzer beaters. The highs have been high and the lows have been low. But if I could replay the whole season all over again I wouldn’t change a thing.

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dates with the suffocating run defenses of St Louis and Oakland respectively will leave you wishing you started the ineffective BenJarvus Green-Ellis instead. If you are still desperate enough to own Phillip Rivers, don’t. Jonathan Stewart (Panthers) owners might throw something after he gets shut down by the Tampa Defense. The 49ers’ Frank Gore is a must sit this week. Few backs can break loose against Chicago. You’ve been warned.

Start ‘em Attention rare owners of someone from the Miami Dolphins offense because you were desperate, this week you’re in luck. They get the Bills, AKA the worst defense since the 2011 Packers. Dolphins Ryan Tannehill and Brian Hartline are good starts. All Packer receivers are must start against a crippled Lions secondary. Jordy Nelson will back from injury, creating another option for Aaron Rodgers to go to. Who knows what the Rams are doing with their running game, but Steven Jackson and Daryl Richardson are good starts against the Jets. Since Mike Vick might be benched by week 11, only LeSean McCoy is a viable fantasy starter against the leaky Redskins defense. In the biannual Armageddon match between Pittsburgh and Baltimore, the normally stout defenses will falter and offenses will fly. Ray Rice and Heath Miller are the highlight fantasy starters.

Sit ‘em Honestly, I'm not sure how the Atlanta Falcons win games when Michael Turner runs like he’s stuck in the mud. Against a tough Cardinals defense, bench him. The Cowboy’s Dez Bryant will likely be matched up with All-Pro cornerback Joe Haden all afternoon. You can find better value elsewhere. Shonn Greene and Pierre Thomas have come on as of late, but

Waiver Wire Remember how I said Michael Turner is like a mud runner? Well the beneficiary of his struggles is his backup Jaquizz Rodgers. Rodgers is seeing more and more touches and morphing from just a passing down back.

He is primarily a good option in points per reception, or PPR leagues. Another new star is Danario Alexander of the Chargers. With their high priced free agents, Robert Meachem and Eddie Royal busting down, Alexander has stepped up after just being signed. He is a 6’5 athletic matchup nightmare. He will see many passes come his way soon, provided Phillip Rivers doesn’t fumble and actually throw accurate passes.

If you have questions I didn’t cover feel free to ask me on Twitter: (@ JoeHorning_) As a final warning, I may not be right, anything is possible on any given Sunday. Schemes and game plans may change and you’re out of luck, but best of luck they don’t. *Editor’s Note: Joe is Irish, so luck is inevitable.*

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Basketball Team is 1-1

By Alex Maring Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

Kyle Rechlicz is 1-1 in her first year as head coach of the women’s basketball team. The Panthers hosted Hillsdale College for an exhibition game on Nov. 3 at the Klotsche Center and won 88-55. Sami Tucker, the senior was sensational and put up 19 points and fourteen rebounds in the victory. Tucker is one of two seniors on the young basketball team this year and she has already surpassed the 500-point mark in college.

Three other players reached double figures in the season opener including junior Emily Decorah, freshman Avyanna Young, and freshman Jordyn Swan. The game started off slow for the Panthers but as the first

half progressed the shots were falling and the score was 42-22 at halftime.

The Panthers were able to force 29 turnovers against the Chargers, which helped them reach 88 points, the most for UWM since 2008.

It was a good team effort and the Panthers carried that momentum over to Chicago.

The women’s basketball team traveled to Chicago State on Nov. 9 and won 82-58. Angela Rodriguez, the junior led the team with 18 points while three other players reached double digits. The Panthers had a plethora of contributors on Friday night having 10 players score. Sami Tucker again showed up big for the Panthers and she scored 11 points while grabbing six rebounds.

Defense was key in the victory as the Panthers forced 19 turnovers

against the Cougars. The basketball team also dominated the offensive boards finishing with 16 and the Cougars, 3.

The Panthers traveled to Madison on Sunday to take on the Badgers.

Despite some hard effort, the team fell to the Badgers 74-56. They didn’t help themselves, giving up 23 turnovers and committing 11 fouls.

Sophomore Ashley Green put in a valiant effort in the loss, however.

Green put up 19 points and a steal.

So far the women’s basketball team has shown what they are capable of. They can score and they can play defense. Although the team is young this year, the Panthers will look to the senior Sami Tucker to lead by example.

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Club Football team finishes with bright hopes for next season

The Panthers look to improve on a ranked season next year. Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Panther Football.

By Joe Horning Assistant Sports Editor sports@uwmpost.com Following its 32-28 win over UWParkside, the UW-Milwaukee club football team finished out its regular season last Saturday. It brings an exciting end to a great season for the Panthers, who finished 4-0 in club play, including two defeats of Parkside this season. This season the Panthers were ranked 12th nationally among club football teams.

While it may have seemed like just another ordinary season, the national ranking might help propel the team to new heights. This year the team was transferred to the university’s Sports and Recreation Department, which could help lead to more direct funding and recognition.

Next year, the team hopes to join the National Club Football Association, said Head Coach Dave Mogensen. If they were to join it, they would be able to be able to compete for a national title in a playoff system. According to Mogensen, they need about sixty players. They have a current roster of about forty but hope to recruit from next year’s incoming freshman.

One of the team’s newest players, sophomore wide-out William Bott, believes that this team is on the cusp of being something great.

“We have a lot of great players and as this program etches on, people are going to start to take notice of it and that will only benefit us moving forward,” said Bott.

Ian Lutfiyya, a junior who is currently the backup quarterback, believes the program is heading in a great direction with its players and coaching.

“Coach really has us in the right mindset. He puts in the time,” Lutfiyya said. “He texted me last night and said ‘I'm going to make dinner for the wife, they’ll be in bed by 11, then I'm going to drink a Redbull and watch Parkside film.’ So he’s committed, and that’s what you need when you're getting a program started like this.”

The university wants to get more behind the program, also according to Lutfiyya. They are looking into getting some grants and new equipment for the team.

With the outlook of the team, the UWM Panthers Club Football team is looking to rise up and prove themselves as legitimate players.

“We aren’t just a powder-puff club football team. We get out there and we hit hard,” said Lutfiyya.

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Panthers managed to build a 15-point lead heading into halftime. Behind Aaron, forward James Haarsma was the only double-digit contributor with 14.

Naturally, the hot hands from the first half would cool off and South Carolina’s coach Frank Martin would make the necessary adjustments in containing Aaron. That was exactly what happened as the Gamecocks outscored Milwaukee 43-28 in the second half to force overtime.

In the overtime period, Milwaukee could not find the looks it needed and seemed to lack any answers outside of Aaron. USC continued to feed off of its first second half momentum in and would ultimately outscore Milwaukee

in the period 16-9; a very abrupt end to the Panthers’ week.

In Conclusion The Panthers have shown that they are a very talented team in their opening week. They are a much better shooting team than a year ago. The problem here thus far is bench production. After playing opponents from varying talent levels, the Panthers have shown us that they can compete. Now they just have to show that they can hang.

Milwaukee will have their chance to play another big non-conference opponent this Saturday against Davidson. This time, they will have the advantage, playing at the Klotsche Center.

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The Fatty Acids, Sat Nite Duets, and Torrential Zen

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Milwaukee’s premiere bands are arguably Sat Nite Duets and the Fatty Acids.

Both from the Riverwest neighborhood, good friends and compatriots throughout their brief careers, touring buddies over the summer, each has cemented its own place at the top of Milwaukee’s thriving, if overlooked, rock and roll scene. And it’s no surprise that in doing so the bands have become so closely linked with one another; they’re each renowned for their hospitality and have selflessly gestured toward not just each other, but less notable bands who have swung through on tours. As their local (and national) prominence has grown, so have their reputa-

tions. Thus, Torrential Zen. Torrential Zen is a four-song EP – you could call it a split, although the four bands involved make it more like a compilation – between the Fatties, Sat Nite, and the New York-based Dinosaur Feathers and Radical Dads, the latter of whom gained notoriety locally for an incredible show at Frank’s Power Plant a couple of years ago at which the Fatty Acids acted as openers. For the fact that it involves a rather bizarre gesture between two radically different music scenes, it acts as both a metaphor for and a product of the relationship Sat Nite and the Fatties share with their musical brethren. They make friends by actually being nice to people.

Saturday night (appropriately enough) brought a duet (I went there) be-

tween the two Milwaukee participants, when they played a very loud show together at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, a space that has become synonymous with local music and, in particular, the bands involved. Surgeons in Heat and Ornery Little Darlings opened up the night to an already-packed crowd – which is good, because the excellent Surgeons are always usually the ones to suffer from lack of fan attention. But the stars of the night were Sat Nite and the Fatties, who used the show as a launch party for Torrential Zen and utilized the opportunity to debut an appropriately surreally hilarious video that combines the two bands’ contributions to TZ – the Fatty Acids’ “Unscreened” and Sat Nite Duets’ “Conjugal Visit,” both of which were played live that night – into a larger, West

Side Story-esque tale of dancing street gangs who settle their differences with a terribly violent game of basketball.

The sets were typical of the bands and the venue – the sound system at Linneman’s is so viciously loud that the vocals coming over the speaker tend to stab at your eardrum with a fork, and the typical bruise-inducing mosh pit broke out during the Fatty Acids’ set. Meanwhile, Sat Nite played their Pavement-revival brand of slacker rock as appropriately as possible: fun, reckless, silly (with the usual tambourine-swinging antics of keyboardist/vocalist Andy Jambura), and, through the pointed detachment, heartfelt.

The EP itself is fantastic, short as it is – each song represents each band’s unique approach as tightly as possible. “Conjugal

Visit” is a mid-tempo bit of relationship malaise born, like so much of Sat Nite’s output, of unrelenting young lust.

“Unscreened” is another grinning bit of Elephant 6-like psychedelic pop from the Fatty Acids with enough tricks and turns thrown in – a Pixies-esque volume drop, for one – to still be unique in their catalogue. And the proudly New York side of the record is as much a billboard for its own bands. The sunny, deliriously lowfidelity guitar pop of Dinosaur Feathers, the loud, brittle, Sleater-Kinney-inspired howl of Radical Dads. But if the EP was anything like the concert, it was bound to be good.

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Glasses Not Required: 3D Cinema Have 3D films scarred filmmaking?

Colton Dunham Staff Writer fringe@uwmpost.com History has proven that new technology had an effect on cinema. In 1927, the world was introduced to The Jazz Singer, one of the first films to employ recorded dialogue. After the “talkies” transformed Hollywood and slingshot cinema into its golden age, Technicolor was introduced to a wider audience when The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. The technological achievements of sound and color are arguably revolutionary because of how they each transformed cinema into how we perceive it today. While sound and color had a positive impact on cinema, there is a technology that has had a negative impact. The use of 3D in cinema, first implemented in the 1950s, proved to be nothing more than a gimmick to amuse rather than to impress thus not catching on with the audience.

It wasn’t until 2009 when the egotistical maniac James Cameron re-introduced 3D technology as more than just a gimmick, but rather a tool of filmmaking that promised to be the future of the medium. Cameron spent years developing a camera that captures three-dimensional imagery, adding a visible sense of depth to the projected image. The first film to be entirely shot in this new three-dimensional format was Cameron’s Dances With Wolves – err, Avatar. It was certainly a huge financial risk for Hollywood to bring back 3D into the mainstream but times have changed and the transformed technology had promised to be an experience that couldn’t be duplicated at home. The “new” 3D was certainly an exciting concept at the time, but the technological promise was quickly watered down by Hollywood’s vision of three-dimensional dollar signs.

Hollywood, just like any other business, is set out to make as much money as possible even in the most dubious of ways.

Hollywood’s attempt to implement 3D into the mainstream has made people look past the hype and realize that the format just adds a distracting sense of depth rather than purpose. The “new” 3D quickly transformed from an overhyped revolutionary promise back into a gimmick that’s even more expensive

than before.

You would probably be surprised to find out that almost three-fourths of 3D movies that have been released over the last three years have been post-converted, otherwise known as “fake 3D”.

The use of post-conversion 3D is the worst thing that can ever happen to a film. As early as 2010, films that were shot in the regular 2D format were postconverted into 3D during the post-production phase. This cheap digital process quickly made initial 3D supporters concerned. When a film isn’t shot in 3D, but is later post-converted, it loses a sense of artistry that is showcased in films that are shot in the format. Famed film critic Roger Ebert once said, “Adding another dimension by manipulation can make an image less convincing.”

So why are films post-converted?

Well, If Hollywood thought a certain film could potentially earn a higher amount of profit in the global box office; the studios would post-covert a film into 3D. So when you go see a film in 3D, you might be paying for a film that shouldn’t even be seen in the format. Since the studios have found a cheaper way to release films in 3D, there has been a substantial growth in the number of 3D films being released than ever before. Because of this in the amount of films in 3D, the format has been taking over mainstream Hollywood but it’s all at the cost of creativity being diminished.

The latest trend in Hollywood is rereleasing older films in post-converted 3D in order to make a quick profit.

Films like Titanic and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace were recently re-released in 3D and next year there is a handful of films planned for a 3D re-release that includes Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Ok, it would be cool to see Jurassic Park on the big screen but not in post-converted 3D. The unfortunate aspect is that these re-releases do make profit for the studios so as long as people keep going to see them, we can expect studios to keep doing this until they start re-releasing the already rereleased in 3D, of course.

We have to ask ourselves if 3D is truly needed to experience cinema at its most majestic level. Can’t we just watch

a movie in regular 2D and experience the same film that is also projected in 3D? Last year, I saw Martin Scorsese’s Hugo for the first time in 3D and then the second time in regular 2D. I discovered that it was, well, the same exact movie. I still loved from it from start to finish. The only difference between both times watching the film is that I had to wear plastic 3D glasses the first time.

Writer Cole Abaius puts it best when he wrote, “sound is standard because there was something lacking without it.

The third dimension is not standard because there’s nothing lacking without it.”

The use of 3D has never and will never enhance the cinematic experience. It’s rather a headache inducing distraction from what’s most important, the film itself.

Films are made of different elements that bring it together into a cohesive whole. These elements include production design, cinematography, music, and the story. Without these elements, most importantly the story, the film doesn’t become an immersive experience. If a film needs to be three-dimensional in order to engage its audience, we have to question the filmmaker and the narrative of the film itself. Walter Murch, Academy Award winning sound editor of Apocalypse Now, once wrote, “If the film story has really gripped an audience they are in the picture in a kind of dreamlike space. So a good story will give you more dimensionality than you can ever cope with.” Ultimately, a film just needs a great story and characters.

That is what all that matters when it comes to the experience of watching a film.

Who knows at this point what the future holds in cinema. As early as 2015, film projection and film stock will be history. Cinema will be solely a digital medium, as filmmakers will be forced to transition into the digital age. No matter what the future holds for filmmakers and how films are projected, cinema will always be an immersive medium as long as the next generation of filmmakers has a story to tell. Let’s just hope that when you go to your local movie theater in the future, you will sit comfortably in your seat immersing yourself into the world of a film that won’t require you to wear plastic glasses.

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Kyle Thomas, AKA King Tuff

The wall of sound

King Tuff at Cactus Club

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Sub Pop is the record label perhaps most famous for first signing Nirvana to a deal before they were ever big, so you know they’ve got a history of quality.

Milwaukee’s own Jaill is currently signed to the label as well, and they tend to have a hand in some of the bigger touring indie acts to pass through the Cream City, from Beach House to Sharon Van Etten.

King Tuff is one of those traditionally reliable Sub Pop bands, and for the group’s Friday night show at Bay View’s Cactus Club the demand was so high that the cramped, dark, shoulder-to-shoulder concert space in the back of the main bar was so full they had to actually turn people away at the entrance. There was a whole group of them watching through the glass panel in the door that divided the venue between bar and club, pissed off that they didn’t get their tickets online like they should have.

Luckily King Tuff plays loud as hell, because for what it’s worth those stragglers still got a halfway decent show out of it (plus easier access to alcohol).

King Tuff is an L.A.-based enigma, the stage name of frontman Kyle Thomas, who keeps his identity and whereabouts mostly under wraps. Shaggy long hair tucked under a baseball cap, Army/Navy Surplus combat boots worn in from the drills of long-ago military service. Black nail polish chipped but resilient, shimmering blue guitar chipping away to reveal dozens of paint jobs and modifications. Some sort of manifestation of rock and roll, dismissive, vulgar, haphazard, alluring, casually cool.

Opener Gap Dream was almost unanimously wearing King Tuff apparel

to promote their touring act, like some sort of good touring minions. And while there wasn’t much musically uniting the two bands – Gap Dream sounded like Zeppelin slowed down, 70s guitar rock dragged through the sludge, while King Tuff is jangly and driving, bouncy and razor-sharp in spite of the reverb. But even in some physical sense, King Tuff ’s reputation preceded him.

The set itself was a barrage, with very little (if any) banter, a wall of noise from start to finish. Tuff staring straight ahead, eyes fixed on the back wall, his backup guitarist undergoing kanipshin fits as he tore his way through guitar solos, crowd drifting in and out of mosh pits that tried to form and never could (though the spirit was still there). Thomas has his feet in heavy metal, formerly a member of J. Mascis’ great band Witch, and the sinister tone he brings to King Tuff makes the band reek of the Cramps without either the content or the camp, as if the Misfits whetted their knives in the power pop scene instead of punk rock and sang about love instead of wanting everybody’s skulls.

The set’s highlights were the ones everyone sort of knew: “Anthem” is an arpeggiated bit of screaming rock spirit that played better (and faster) in person than on the self-titled album it kicks off – which isn’t to take anything away from the excellent record, it’s just that with all the heavy metal circling the ceiling there was some ghost or other behind the music (certainly not the holy one though, LOL right). And on the unrepentant punk of “Bad Thing,” Thomas’s teasing pseudofalsetto transformed into a scream that pushed against the energy of the Cactus Club crowd and dissolved into a guitar lick that released a few more ghosts.

Smashing performances

for a smashing film

Smashed peers into addiction recovery

By Colton Dunham Staff Writer Fringe@uwmpost.com At some point, an alcoholic hits rock bottom before they start to realize that they really need help to keep their addiction in control. At least this is what happens in a lot of films that are centered addiction and all of the struggles that come with it. In the film Smashed, Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is an alcoholic who doesn’t exactly hit rock bottom necessarily, but notices that her drinking is becoming dangerous rather than “fun” and attempts to keep her addiction in control before it overcomes her.

The comedy/drama, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, showcases a fragile character whom, for the first time in her young adult life, is experiencing a loss of control and has to eventually pay for her actions. Showcasing an unbelievable performance by lead actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed is a hard-hitting film packed with emotion that’s mixed with just the right amount of comical humor to keep the film from tipping over the edge into sentimentality.

Kate Hannah is a 20-something year old first grade teacher who loves to drink (love is an understatement).

Her and her husband/drinking buddy Charlie spend most of their time either under the influence or massively hungover. When they’re under the influence, Kate and Charlie play late-night croquet in their backyard, ride around

city streets on their bicycles, and sing karaoke at their local bar. Getting drunk is not something they do on the weekends, but rather it seems to be an every day/night occurrence, at least for Kate. Drinking and waking up on a urinated bed seems to becoming a daily routine. As she’s hung-over, Kate takes swigs of alcohol while she showers and in her car right before she goes into work for the day.

For a long while, we are to assume that doing this never occurred to Kate or Charlie as a problem until Kate starts to take notice that her addiction is starting to become dangerous as she starts to wake up in strange parts of town and her excessive drinking shakes things up at work. With the help of a colleague and former alcoholic Dave (Nick Offerman, best known for NBC’s Parks and Recreation), Kate starts to turnaround her life by attending AA meetings. With the help of her sponsor Jenny (Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer), Kate makes an attempt to sober up her life that ends up having consequences of its own.

There were plenty of opportunities Smashed to become a clichéd mess with a happy ending, but due to solid direction by director/co-writer James Ponsoldt, nothing ever comes easy for Kate. It could’ve had a “happily ever after” ending but as in life, especially for an addict, there’s no such thing as a “happily ever after.” Her addiction isn’t so easy for her to overcome and it’s certainly not easy to watch as she struggles internally and externally. The

film wouldn’t be what it is without the incredible and Oscar-caliber performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead who acts against usual form as Kate.

It would be a disgusting crime if she doesn’t get serious awards attention in the upcoming months. She becomes this character and inhabits the role to the smallest of details. She’s a character who knows she’s messing up and tries to do something about it, thus allowing the audience to sympathize with the character. This just couldn’t have been possible without Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s astonishing performance. Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman from AMC’s hit-show Breaking Bad) doesn’t stretch far on an acting standpoint as Charlie, but portrays a character that proves to be a good balance to Kate for at least the first half of the film.

Although judging from the plot, you would assume that this is fairly a dramatic film. While Smashed is packed with emotion, there are some comedic moments that help keeping it too straight forward and dramatic. Due to the performance by Nick Offerman, who portrays the awkward yet nice Dave, there are a couple scenes that serve as mini-breaks from the drama in the center core of the film and will have you chuckling. Smashed is a film that unfortunately won’t make a lot of money in the box office or get the attention it truly deserves, but it’ll sure leave an impact on anyone who takes the time to watch this dramatic yet tender portrait of a young woman and her addiction.

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A Faux side project Rupees recently released The Autumn EP Kevin Kaber Fringe Editor Fringe@uwmpost.com Milwaukee’s Faux Fir has an extravagant, electronic sound that fuses the best pop sentiments with the values of the indie music scene. So far, the band has been able to launch itself as a forerunner in Milwaukee’s ever-evolving and highly eclectic music arena. With that launching pad, member Ryan Rupprecht has gone the solo route (don’t worry, Faux Fir is still going strong).

Under the name Rupees, Rupprecht recently released The Autumn EP, a short EP consisting of five kaleidoscopic tracks that are extremely related to Faux Fir itself, in the sense that the

songs are electronic bubblegum pop eccentricities.

Opening with “Septembers Kids” (he forgot the apostrophe, not us; we’re trained in apostrophes), Rupees introduces listeners to hi-fi synths over Rupprecht’s highly autotuned voice.

Quickly though, the track becomes more upbeat, creating a dance vibe that resonates throughout the album and matches Rupprecht’s admission (and one of few clearly audible lines in the song), “I like Passion Pit.” The following tracks, “Suitcase Song” and “Way 2 Late” take the dance vibe to a new level. The EP’s atmosphere quickly changes into something more, let’s say, “sparkly.” Like Passion Pit, the tracks are something otherworldly, yet

uplifting, taking listeners to peculiar states of minds. Regardless of the tempo (which varies greatly throughout the album, and within songs themselves; in particular, the closer “Sprung Spine”), The Autumn EP could be for ears looking for easy listening; however, it’s more likely that it’ll be favored at a chic club.

It would be nice to hear more from Rupprecht’s side project. Its Bandcamp site currently describes the project as “Rupees is/was Ryan Rupprecht,” indicating the likelihood that the project could unfortunately be disbanded.

Regardless of where Rupees will eventually end up, Rupprecht’s talents will continue to be heard with Faux Fir.

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SA’s new door UWM’s beloved Student Association has a new door.

This new door has a large window, which is the SA’s idea of transparency.

Look at that handle!

The door is only slightly opened. It can be opened wider or closed, but in this picture it is only opened slightly.

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EDITORIAL The following piece represents the views of the Editorial Board of THE UWM POST. The editorial board is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and these views do not represent the views of the university.

Time has come for UWM to take a stance on Palermo’s issue

Students and community members calling for university to boycott products

By Editorial Board editorial@uwmpost.com Over the last few days, The UWM Post has received a string of emails from students and community members expressing concern over UW-Milwaukee’s stance – or rather, lack of a stance – toward Palermo’s Pizza and its striking workers.

In June, roughly half of the workers at Palermo’s Pizza – which is a Milwaukeebased frozen pizza manufacturer – went on strike following the firing of 89 employees that lacked the necessary documentation to prove their legal work status. Workers said these firings were in retaliation to a signed petition to form the Independent Palermo Workers Union, which demanded better pay and working conditions for employees.

A number of groups have voiced their support for the workers, including Voces de la Frontera, a Milwaukee-based immigration rights organization, the Overpass Light Brigade, the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, the Association of History Graduate Students, Students for a Democratic Society and Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES!).

However, even though UWM has a Palermo’s restaurant in the Union that sells ready-made pizzas, the university itself has chosen to remain silent.

Community concern mounted after

the Student Association senate session scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 was canceled because the Senate would have failed to meet quorum, or 50 percent plus one of the filled senate seats would not be able to attend. At the meeting, a resolution demonstrating the SA’s support for the Palermo’s workers, as well as a call to action to the university to pursue other pizza vendors was to be voted on. At least a dozen UWM students and community members in support of the resolution showed up to the meeting, only to find that there would not be one.

The SA sent out an email at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday stating that the 6:00 meeting would be canceled. No posting was made to the board outside the SA office.

Per Wisconsin open meetings law, notice of a canceled meeting must be posted at least 24 hours ahead of time, unless there is good cause not to, in which case it must be, at minimum, two hours ahead of time.

Some emails to the Post have speculated that the SA senate canceled the meeting in order to prevent passage of the resolution. This is only speculation, but, either way, the SA owed better to the people that showed up. This issue has aroused the most student and community engagement at an SA meeting all semester. The people that have invested a lot of time and energy in this cause deserve better than a one and a half hour

email notice.

Part of the SA resolution was a call to action to the university to boycott Palermo’s products and pursue other pizza vendors. UWM does not get the pizza it sells in the Union directly from Palermo’s, but rather through a contract with Reinhart Food Services. This partnership leaves the door open for UWM to look at other pizza brands provided through Reinhart.

Some readers have questioned why UWM has remained silent when the university has a history of standing up for worker rights. For example, in 2004, UWM stopped selling Tyson products until a labor dispute was settled. Around ten years ago, the university joined the Worker’s Rights Consortium, which protects the rights of workers who produce apparel with college and university logos. UWM has also endorsed the Global Sullivan Principles, which pursues the protection of human rights.

Despite all of this, UWM has opted for neutrality. However, too many students and community members are now clamoring for UWM to take a leadership role; the time has come for the university to take a stance on the issue. So, UWM, are you willing to boycott Palermo’s products and support the striking workers or are you going to continue to sit on the fence?

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Students upset with SA’s handling of Palermo’s resolution

The continued sale and advertising of Palermo’s Pizza on UWM is a disgrace that sides with the owners and reinforces both abuse and marginalization of workers. I stand with fellow graduate students, undergraduates, teachers and staff who call for an end to Palermo’s stocking until the strike is equitably resolved, over a thousand of who have signed petitions to this effect. I am distressed by the stalling tactics used within SA, including most recently a canceled senate meeting on Nov. 4, 2012. I hope that the Student Association will soon pass the resolution of support and add their voices to those seeking transparency, economic justice and an immediate boycott of Palermo products. An injury to one is an injury to all.

By Jacob Glicklich, Alliance of History Grad Students Why is the UWM student senate canceling a senate meeting when important issues (impeachment of senators, Palermo’s resolution) are on the agenda? The student organization I am a part of supports the Palermo’s resolution. Over 1,000 students have signed a petition in support, which is close to the number of votes each senator gets when elected.

Senators support it because they voted 20 – 1 in favor at the last meeting on Oct. 21, 2012, but it lost because rules require “unanimous consent at the first meeting when legislation is introduced.” Why is the opposition trying to stall the next vote, which only requires a simple majority? UWM should stop selling Palermo’s due to despicable violations of worker rights, which is not in line with UWM values.

By Aryel Something is wrong with shared governance at UWM. I showed up at the Union on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 to attend a regularly scheduled meeting of the Student Association, only to find out the meeting had been canceled at the last minute. Apparently, the speaker of the SA senate sent an email to other senators about an hour and a half before the meeting saying it would be canceled. The reason given was enough senators emailed in advance of the meeting to say they wouldn’t be there, and that the Speaker determined quorum would not be reached.

I’ve looked at the SA constitution and bylaws. Quorum is defined as 50 percent plus one of the filled senate seats. The SA website says there are 38 filled seats, which means that 20 senators would have had to email in advance of the meeting to say they couldn’t make it. Furthermore, SA rules require 24 hours notice for a legitimate absence.

Are we really supposed to believe that 20 senators emailed the speaker 24 hours in advance of the meeting? Let’s say they did - why wait until just an hour and a half before the meeting to announce that it would be canceled?

My guess is that some in positions of power wanted to avoid having the meeting for some other reason. Was it because eight senators are up for impeachment? Or because they opposed the resolution in support of the Palermo’s boycott, which was sure to pass? I encourage other students to attend the next SA senate meeting on Nov. 18, 2012 at 6 p.m. in the Union and find out.

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10 ways to organize your life Get organized before final exams hit

By Neighborhood Housing/COAST Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

With finals quickly approaching, here are a few tips to organize your life.

Agenda Book: A good agenda book goes a long way. Mine is blue, it’s nonelectronic and it’s sort of my best friend. An agenda book is where you can map out your schedule and list your tasks, and it’s a great help to prevent double booking. It’s essential and also free, as UWM provides a free agenda book to all students.

Make a List: My best advice for organization is to make a list of tasks on a daily basis. It is stressful and difficult to remember everything you need to get done, but writing things down makes it easier. Don’t let a deadline or task slip your mind; write it down in your agenda book!

Prioritize: Okay, so you have your agenda book with your list of things to do

in it. Now you can prioritize your tasks into three categories: immediate, important and long term. This way, you have some order and structure to the list.

Reverse Scheduling: This tip works great for long-term projects. Basically, with reverse scheduling, you can evaluate how long a project that is due far in the future will take to complete. Begin planning backwards starting with the due date. Go through every step of the project, starting with the finished result, and block out time to work on each stage.

Block Scheduling: Block scheduling is important because it brings your list of tasks to action. After you put your schedule in your agenda book, begin allocating tasks to different times of the week based on priority. Make sure you build in some buffer time so you don’t feel overwhelmed if unexpected things pop up or if your task takes longer than planned.

Complete Tasks a Day Early: I give my

friend Stuart all the credit for this tip. He always completes polished work and saves himself the stress of last-minute craziness by simply completing the assignment a day early. This way, if there is more work to be done than expected, you can use another day to work on it. No more all-nighters!

Time of the Day: Determine when you are most refreshed and creative. Not everyone is a morning person like me, but it is important to know when you work best so that when you block schedule you can complete the more challenging tasks (like that paper that you’ve been dreading) when your focus is the best.

Make Time for a Task – Time Will Not Find You: Is your room a mess and your garbage overflowing? Time to clean up will not find you; you need to find the time. There is always time for everything, it is just a matter of making time and realizing that sometimes priorities need to shift.

Tasks that “can wait” most days can be ig-

nored in the immediate so that you can be flexible for something more urgent. Those flexible tasks, which you do put off, usually take only five minutes, so don’t forget to find time for them later in the day or in the upcoming days.

Try Task for Five Minutes: I read this tip somewhere and it really works! So if you are a procrastinator, this one’s for you.

Just try the task for five minutes. If you are still agonizing at the thought of working on it any longer, try again at a later time.

Almost every time I apply this tip, I end up working on the task for quite a while, if not completing it.

Don’t Study at Home: This tip comes from my friend, Steve, who I always see in the library because he does not take school or work home. For Steve, home is for relaxing and school is for focus. The concept is that sometimes the environment can really boost or take away from your success.

What college has taught me

Some of the greatest life lessons I’ve learned during my time in college Angela Schmitt Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com

This coming December, hundreds of UW-Milwaukee students will put on their caps and gowns and graduate from college. After what has seemed like a decade of school, this time I’ll be right up there with them. As I get closer to the end of the semester, I can’t help but feel a little bit of nostalgia. College has been a crazy ride, and while I won’t miss the studying and the parking tickets, it will be strange to say goodbye.

They say college is the supposed to be the great “coming of age,” where you make the friends you’ll have for life, meet the person you are going to marry and have experiences that you’ll tell your kids about for years to come.

While those things may or may not actually happen, college will undoubtedly be

one of the greatest learning experiences of your life. For me, these last years have been a whirlwind of triumphs and failures, and I have learned just as much from life as I have in the classroom. So, you might ask, what are some of these life lessons I have learned?

Here are some of the big ones: Plans Change: There is a quote that goes, “If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.” This is great, because I am the queen of plans. I have a Plan A, B and C for everything. I cannot function unless I’m working on some kind of plan. It’s bad, and, as I’m sure you can imagine, God laughs at me a lot.

I have had so many curveballs thrown at me, and my plans have gotten completely derailed so many times that I just had to learn to roll with it. The key is, you have to learn to adapt and just let things happen. It sucks when things don’t go the way you wanted them to, but things have a tendency to work themselves out no matter

what. Don’t stop planning and dreaming.

Just be aware that, if things fall apart, it’s probably because something better is going to happen instead.

Choose your Friends Wisely: Throughout college, you will make tons of new friends. Some people will be keepers, while others will come and go. The ones I keep around are people who are dependable and who I feel like I can be myself with. We’ve all had those friends who don’t treat you as well as you treat them. I have learned that people like that are a complete waste of time.

This goes for members of the opposite sex, too. If you like someone and they make it difficult for you, or they play games with you, just drop it. It’s not worth it. Your college years are the time when you need to figure yourself out and have fun. There’s a reason the saying “go to college to get your M.R.S. degree” is a stupid joke from the ’50s, because college is not the time to worry

about finding “the one.” These are the years when you go on dates, meet new people and just get out there and have a blast! You will never regret having a good time and doing your own thing while you’re in college, but you might regret it if you don’t.

Work Hard, Play Hard: We all know how to play hard. I’m sure that’s not a lesson I need to teach anyone, but the “work hard” part is important. The truth is, the hardest-fought battle is the one worth winning. Always look for new ways to challenge yourself and surround yourself with people who will help to push you further.

You don’t even know how much potential you have. The sky is always the limit. If you put in the effort, you will get something in return. You never know when and where your work will pay off, but, when it does, it will be the greatest reward.

Fear and loathing in Wisconsin Despite national success, Wisconsin progressives still have much to fear at the state level

By Nic Waldron Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com After two years of watching Tea Party-backed sleaze such as Scott Walker, Reince Priebus and Paul Ryan become the face of politics in our state, Wisconsin progressives finally found some vindication last Tuesday night.

Despite the presence of one of our statesmen on the Republican ticket, Barack Obama won Wisconsin so handedly that the state was projected in blue on election maps just minutes after polls had closed. Tammy Baldwin will also be representing Wisconsin as America’s first openly gay Senator and Baldwin’s former seat in the House of Representatives will be held by Mark Pocan, who is also gay.

He even kissed his partner – whom he legally married in Canada – on the victory podium.

In short, Wisconsin’s representation in

the legislature has gotten incredibly gay… and that is awesome.

In fact, much has been said and written in the media about the election being influenced by “demographic shifts,” “minority voting power” and other polite ways of saying “old white bigots and their influence are dying.” It has become clear that, despite a good half-century of preying on the fears and anxieties of suburban and rural America, the national GOP can no longer consider Obama’s 2008 victory a fluke and must find ways of reaching out to the very same demographical groups it has been alienating this entire time.

Frankly, I’ll be surprised if that happens. While I have no doubt the Republicans will scour their ranks for black and brown faces – perhaps even nominating a Condoleeza Rice or Marco Rubio for President in 2016 (but again, I’m not holding my breath) – I believe the party as a whole is far too entrenched in prejudice and Evangelical dogma to reach

out with any significant level of sincerity.

At most, they will simply find someone other than an old white man to trot out the same antiquated, myopic, old white male-favoring ideals.

But back on the home front – thanks in no small part to the Walker administration-approved gerrymandering of redrawn district lines – the Republicans have taken back the Wisconsin State Senate and now control both houses and the Governor’s office, just as they did immediately after Scott Walker took office.

In much contrast with the national demographic trends, Wisconsin is over 90 percent white outside of Milwaukee and lacks a job market extensive enough to facilitate the large number of graduates coming from the UW system. As such, many educated, young voters leave the state, skewing the remaining population even older. But most contradictory of all, the state that just struck such historic gains for LGBT rights passed a law

banning same-sex marriage in Wisconsin only six years ago.

Granted, I’ve never been one to think simply “working within the system” by itself is enough, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel the least bit frustrated that we keep sending our best politicians – our Tammy Baldwins, our Gwen Moores and our Russ Feingolds – to Washington, while putting things back home in the hands of people like Tom Barrett and Jim Doyle… people who tragically prove that while painfully out of touch, old, white guys are MOSTLY a Republican problem, it’s not exclusively theirs.

As of now, I can’t claim to have any direct solutions or ideas on how this can change, but until it does, anyone who doesn’t tow the Republican line can expect our voices to be drowned out by Bellingbots in the suburbs and gun-crazed xenophobes upstate, no matter how much progress is made nationally.

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Party’s over, time to own it

Obama needs to re-think some policies for the next four years

By Nick Smith Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com If you step back and listed the biggest threats facing America, it’ll most likely include some, or all, of these things: Our undeniably weak economy/growing debt, the risk of Iran attaining nuclear capabilities, the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts coinciding with another wave of PPACA (Obamacare) taxes and the threat of China both economically and militarily. But if you looked solely at President Obama’s campaign, making women’s birth control “free,” trying to recover from the previous administration and raising taxes on the wealthy would appear to be of the utmost importance.

Here’s the reality. Obamacare is on its way. The model itself doesn’t discourage businesses to switch to self-insured plans, but when Obama sees that businesses go this route – which they’ve already started to do – they’ll simply put more taxes on businesses, forcing the employees onto the exchanges. When the cost of insurance to those still with it increases to cover the costs the government won’t fully pay to doctors, there will be more coming out of the system than what’s getting paid in.

Obama’s answer to our economic problems has been stimulus. The only thing stimulus does is decrease the value of the dollar and waste tax payer money on trying to artificially create jobs that aren’t even sustainable. Quantitative easing only eases the minds of those who think it makes a positive difference, which brings me to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He’s already come out to say that he wants to raise the debt ceiling – again – to $18.794 trillion. This will lead to another credit downgrade for the U.S. But worse, it still doesn’t solve our problem. Harry Reid’s Democratic-controlled Senate hasn’t passed a budget in almost 1,300 days.

Maybe Harry Reid should quit lying about people not paying taxes in over 10 years and do his job. You know, that thing 23 million Americans would kill to have.

One thing Obama’s administration is going to have to change is their interpretation of “transparency.” They were more than eager to show us pictures of Obama and his top officials watching the raid on Bin Laden’s compound, but we still don’t know about Fast and Furious or what exactly transpired on the White House’s side of the Benghazi situation. We’re also just finding out about a U.S. drone that Iran shot down on Nov. 1. The fact that the White House is still claiming they’re “gathering intelligence” on such attacks is a lie. They know what is happening when it’s happening. We’re the United States of America. We don’t spend what we spend on our military and foreign intelligence not to.

If you’re a female and voted for Obama because you believed the manufactured lie that Republicans wanted to take away your birth control or were offended that Republicans thought you’re nothing more than your reproductive organs, that’s fine.

Or if you voted for Obama because you believe that taxing the rich will somehow put more money in your pocket, that’s fine as well. There are bigger, more important issues to be dealt with. In what I’ve seen from his first term, Obama doesn’t have what it takes to keep America on its feet.

His economic philosophy destroys rather than fosters, he has no interest in containing national security threats and his lack of interest in the mundane duties of the President is concerning, to say the least.

There’s definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, the tunnel is another four years away.

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