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LCJ ends semester early after earthquakeFaculty member relates story of earthquakes eventsBy Danielle RammeRStaff Reporterrammerd@lakeland.edu

The LCJ (Lakeland College Japan) campus is a very narrow seven story building

located in Shinjukuon, Japan. Like most of Tokyo, it is packed tightly with surrounding buildings.

The quake on March 11 was located about 200 miles from LCJ, and it seemed to progress in stages. It started out slowly for about five to ten seconds. Since earthquakes happen all the time in Japan, the faculty at LCJ didn't think much of it. As it started progressing to a higher level, they realized that it was becoming a fairly strong one. Then, it got to yet an even higher level.

“That was probably the stron-gest that most of us had ever felt in Japan,” said Luis Poza, assis-tant professor of general studies at LCJ. “Most of us started thinking, ‘Wow, this is pretty strong.’ Then it got stronger still and things started moving around the room a little bit.”

“There was at least one or two more of those progressions. It got so much that by the time it got to us we were saying, ‘This is a big one.’”

When the earthquake struck, Poza was on the sixth floor in the faculty office with two other teachers, waiting for their next classes to begin. The higher up you go in a building, the more you will feel the earthquake.

According to Poza, Japanese building codes are extraordinarily strict when it comes to earth-quake proofing. “You had to wor-ry during the height of the quake when the whole thing was going so badly. I was under a desk, and

Lakeland works to send relief overseasT-shirt sales, origami crane making, and donations are focusBy Juleya TuckeRStaff Reportertuckerj@lakeland.edu

What Japan has recently been experiencing is something bigger than

they have experienced in some time. That is why Lakeland is so eager to help, to let Japan’s people know that they are not alone.

To raise money, which will be split between LCJ and the Ja-pan Times, a newspaper printed in English in Japan, t-shirts are being sold. They were designed by Kas Sagae, art major, and Sean John-son, biology major.

People who buy a t-shirt or donate money in support of Japan will receive an origami crane. This is the organizers’ way of saying thank you to the people who help.

There will be donation jars at Barefoot Day in Memorial Mall on

I was hitting my head against the desk every time it swung again. It came to a point where I was won-dering if the building was going to collapse,” he said.

Despite the concern, there was no heavy damage to the build-ing. Poza said he didn't see any cracks in any of the walls. The only damage that he noticed was that a brace holding one of the book-shelves in the library to the wall had come loose; while dozens of others were still intact. The quake was big, but the building seemed to have absorbed it well.

The library was filled with all of the books that had fallen on the ground. When the students re-turned to campus that night, they volunteered by themselves to put the books back on the shelves and help clean up the classrooms.

“Right after it happened we went up and down the building getting the students out of there; that was our first concern,” said

Poza. “As soon as we were sure everyone was out of the building, we started directing students to a nearby evacuation area which was the sports grounds of a nearby lo-cal junior high school. That was only about a five minute walk away.”

“There is this big construc-tion site nearby [the evacuation site] where they were building a high-rise, a 40 story apartment building and office building,” said Poza. “We were all standing out-side and there were these strong aftershocks. There were these big cranes on top of the 40-foot build-ing under construction, and those things [cranes] were going like crazy. It was just wild.”

Poza and the students stayed at the evacuation site for at least an hour. As things got dark and they realized it was safe to go back in, and the structure of the building seemed sound, they began moving students back into the building.

Tokyo is a city where millions of people come in to the city every day, and the trains were mostly down. Most people in Tokyo de-pend on these trains for their daily transportation.

Approximately 70 students and staff stayed overnight in the LCJ building after the earthquake. Many students went into the classrooms on the second or third floor and curled up on the floor with the air conditioning going, and the rest of them stayed on the first floor and socialized through the night.

“I was lucky,” Poza said. “I usually take the train, but every couple of months, if I have some-thing special to do, I’ll take my scooter. So—for whatever rea-son—I had my scooter, so I was one of the only people who got home that night.”

The worst damage that Poza saw to buildings in the neighbor-

April 16 to help raise money for Ja-pan as well as Haiti relief efforts. Proceeds will be split between the two. T-shirts and cranes will be given to people who donate $10 or more.

Professor of Japanese Jen Sie-bert and a group of 56 students have decided to start a colorful thousand cranes project to help

symbolize peace and hope. These cranes, made of Post-It Notes, will be sent to LCJ. Different col-ored layers are being stacked in a cylinder that can be hung up for display.

Origami Night was held on Tuesday this week to help accom-plish the task of making all those cranes.

Shiho Kirihara, senior history major, and Yuko Ikawa, senior so-ciology major, helped coordinate Origami Night. They estimated between 300 and 400 small cranes had been made for the cylinder.

“I am proud of how the Amer-ican and international students have been working together for the same cause and the number of people that are willing to help,” said Siebert.

As of Tuesday, April 12, Ikawa said Lakeland had raised $2,050 between t-shirt sales and dona-tions.

Siebert is looking for addi-tional ways to raise money for Ja-pan including possibly collecting donations of Muskie Money.

For more information on how to help with Japan relief efforts, contact Siebert at siebertj@lake-land.edu.

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Student Takeshi Matsumoto begins the clean-up process after the earthquake ceases.

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Sara Smet learns how to make an origami crane during Origami Night.

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Biology professor wins Underkofler AwardRecognized for excellence in teaching at annual banquet

Lakeland College's Paul Pick-hardt, an assistant professor of biology, is the 2011 winner

of the annual Underkofler Excel-lence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Pickhardt, a Sheboygan resi-dent who is in his fifth year as a member of Lakeland's faculty, is Lakeland's 20th winner of the Underkofler, an award that recog-nizes outstanding performance in undergraduate teaching.

The Underkofler Award was presented on April 6 at Lakeland's Honors Convocation Banquet, which honors academic accom-plishments of students and fac-ulty.

Pickhardt was hailed for his love of biology, and the success he has getting his students to share in his enthusiasm. Students said Pickhardt demands hard work, but he's one of Lakeland's most approachable and supportive in-structors.

"Paul loves to teach, and he loves what he teaches," said Sarah Neuman, a senior biology and mu-sic major from Campbellsport. "Whether he's talking about his Peace Corps experience in Kiriba-ti or netting Mysis shrimp from a lake in northern Wisconsin, Paul makes excellent use of his research

and life experiences to enrich his classroom teaching."

Katie Koch, a junior biol-ogy major from Mequon, is among the many students who receive frequent emails from Pickhardt about graduate school and intern-ship experiences. She served an internship at the Chicago Botani-cal Gardens last summer, and is working with Pickhardt to apply for several opportunities for this summer.

"Paul knows so many cred-ible scientists, and he has a way of finding out what incredible opportunities exist for students," Koch said.

Pickhardt has actively creat-

ed hands-on experiences for stu-dents both in the classroom and out. Twice he has partnered with Greg Smith, an associate professor of biology, to take Lakeland stu-dents to Belize for 15 days in May to study rainforest and marine ecology.

"In the classroom, he continu-ally uses real-world examples to illustrate the material covered in lectures by using recent newspa-per and magazine articles to show the relevance of science in current events," Smith said.

"Paul makes use of field trips, and designs labs which are inquiry driven, allowing students to design experiments, collect data, analyze

results and present their findings. It is so much easier for students to learn from a teacher who really loves what they teach. He truly and deeply loves biology."

Before coming to Lakeland, Pickhardt was a post-doctoral re-search assistant at Stony Brook, N.Y., University for four years. From 1995-2002, he was at Dart-mouth College on a Dartmouth Graduate Fellowship.

He has worked as a research limnologist for the Wisconsin De-partment of Natural Resources, an aquatics research technician for the University of Wisconsin's Center for Limnology and he was a Peace Corps volunteer from 1991-93.

He has a bachelor's degree in science education from UW-Madison and a doctorate in biol-ogy from Dartmouth.

The Underkofler Award is presented through the Alliant En-ergy Foundation and the Wiscon-sin Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc. The Underkofler Endowment Fund was created in honor of past Wisconsin Power & Light president and chairman James R. Underkofler to recognize his 48 years of service to the utility industry.

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From left: President Stephen Gould, Professor Paul Pickhardt, and Vice President for Academic Affairs Meg Albrinck after the Honors Convocation Banquet where Pickhardt received the Underkofler award.

hood was fallen ceiling tiles and a few cracks in the wall.

“When the earthquake struck, it was a Friday,” said Poza. “By Sunday, we had decided to take that whole week off and come back the following Tuesday. We had a faculty meeting one week after the quake, and when that happened, we decided it was far too difficult to start up the second half of the semester when we only had a couple of weeks left. At that point in time we decided to call off all on-site classes.”

They decided to end the se-mester by giving the students three options as to how they wanted to end things for the term. Students had the choice of either taking the grade they had at that point in time. Students could continue working from a distance through email or via Blackboard, or what-ever else the teacher might pro-vide as an option. Or they could finish the class work, but they would receive an incomplete and be given until the end of April to finish their work. A majority of the students chose the first option, to

take their grade for the semester as is. Several of the students opted to finish by April 8, or by April 25, which were two other options.

This decision was made by the faculty because they felt it would be more beneficial to the students. Supply and distribution are just now returning to normal, and it would have been hard to keep the school going at that time. Though the building didn't seem to have any damage, they felt it was best to have a structural en-gineer come look at it to be sure that the students would feel safe

enough to return to classes when the time comes.

In an update about the April 8 earthquake in Japan, Luis Poza said “The quake [on April 8] while big, really wasn’t as bad as it may have seemed. We felt it strongly in Tokyo even though it was dis-tant, but this is the type of quake we get every five years or so.” Poza also added that the building has been checked since the big quake one month ago, and is safe. He also said that the campus will be open as scheduled this coming semes-ter.

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Senior psychology major Yumi Fukawa had planned to go back home to Tokyo for

spring break and was very excited to go. However, two days before was supposed to leave the U.S., the earthquake occurred.

According to Fukawa, most of her family doesn't live in or around Tokyo or the Sendai area. They live on the west side of Japan so she didn't worry too much about them. She was troubled though when she couldn't contact her boyfriend un-til the morning after the quake.

Fukawa said that almost all

of her friends live in Tokyo. Just after the earthquake occurred, she watched Japanese news on the In-ternet with her Japanese friends in the U.S. Fukawa said that many of them couldn’t sleep that night.

“I really didn’t want to go back to Japan for spring break,” she said. “On the other hand, I decided to go back because I wanted to meet with my best friends and my boyfriend.”

Fukawa said that when she visited Tokyo it was really dark and there were few people around. She said that she had never seen a situ-ation like this before [in Tokyo]. The city is usually bright with many people walking around. “Af-ter the quake occurred, there were

about three times per day when the traffic wasn't flowing normal-ly,” said Fukawa, “and there was no food in the supermarket so we had to go out to eat every time. It was really scary for me.”

After seeing her friends and family again, Fukawa said that she was glad she decided to go back to Japan, and she was happy to see that most of her friends were fine. However, one friend was not so lucky. “One of my friends lost almost all of his family members and their home because of the tsu-nami,” said Fukawa. “I felt so bad for him. He wanted to go back to his hometown to look for his fam-ily, but there was no way he could

go, so he had to stay in Tokyo.”“If I could, I wanted to [stay]

and help, but the damage was too big, so I couldn’t,” said Fukawa.

Fukawa will be graduating in May, and she plans to return to Tokyo to work.

By Danielle RammeRStaff Reporterrammerd@lakeland.edu

One Lakeland student's experience in JapanYumi Fukawa visited her family and friend days after the quake

Pictures from the LCJ campus after the March 11 earthquake was over. Photos provided by Luis Poza.

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Communications majorProposal to develop new major has passedBy Nicole GeurtsFeatures Editorgeurtsn@lakeland.edu

Lakeland freshmen interested in the field of communications are in luck. If all goes well with final approval, Lakeland may be offering a communications major in fall 2012.

For many years, Lakeland has offered communications in one form—a minor. Now, the Creative Arts Division has received approval from all necessary committees to develop a communications major.

Lakeland hired John McKenzie to take the position of assistant professor of commu-nications starting next fall. He graduated from Texas A&M where he earned his master’s and bachelor’s degrees. He is now working on completing his doctorate in communications studies at the University of Texas at Austin. For Lakeland, he will play a key role in develop-ing the college’s communications major.

Martha Schott, instructor of writing and director of student publications, will be retir-ing at the end of the school year. She has had many roles on campus in addition to being advisor of the Mirror and Spectrum, and she teaches classes in writing and general studies.

According to the proposal for the communications major, it will focus on new media such as web-based publications. Instead of teaching students mostly about TV and radio, professors will now put more emphasis on the Internet. Many forms of technology are be-coming more embedded in the Internet as people are able to watch TV, listen to the radio, and research information online.

“Current freshmen, incoming students, and future students are going to benefit from the major,” said Schott. “Current freshmen and next fall’s freshmen may be able to finish the major in four years. Upper classmen may also benefit from the new courses that would be offered on campus.”

One reason the college would like to add the major, according o the proposal, is be-cause of students’ high demand for it. According to ACT high school data, student interest in the major is high and is continually rising. Nationwide data shows that more high school students are showing interest in communications than in many traditional fields including computer science, mathematics, and foreign language.

Another reason the communications major would be beneficial to the college is it could help with recruiting. According to Director of Admissions Nick Spaeth, “We continue to see a desire among our prospective student population for a degree option in communica-tions. Offering the major would allow us to be more competitive among our peer institu-tions.”

Lakeland is one of only seven colleges in the WAICU and UW group not to offer a communications major. Twenty-eight of the school’s competitors already offer the major to their students.

One of the most important reasons put forth in the proposal is that the major fits to the college’s Mission Statement. The first “expectation” listed on the statement reads, “Through its curricular and co-curricular programs, the educational experience is designed to prepare students who communicate clearly in speech and writing.” A communications major may help the college give its students an advantage in the workplace. It can allow students to learn how to communicate better with their co-workers and help them apply what they know each and every day.

Barefoot Day this SaturdayEvent to raise money for Haiti and JapanBy terceira MolNarStaff Reportermolnart@lakeland.edu

Lakeland College and the Sheboygan community will host a fundraiser on April 16 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Sheboygan Memorial Mall. The fundraiser, called “Barefoot Day: Leave your Footprint in Someone’s Heart,” is a fundraiser for both

Haiti and Japan earthquake relief.According to the event’s advertisement, “The goal of this event is to collect donations

of new or gently used shoes that will be given to a church mission group that will be travel-ing to Haiti this summer.” Monetary donations will also be accepted and divided equally between Haiti and Japan earthquake relief efforts.

Barefoot Day is free and open to the public. The objective is to attract people of all ages. Those in attendance are encouraged to bring a pair of shoes or make a monetary con-tribution before participating in the event.

This event will raise monetary donations through Lakeland and Sheboygan area busi-nesses’ and organizations’ stations. These stations will each host a product, demonstra-tion, or activity that is related to feet. Some booths will be for entertainment, while others will be open for the public to participate in.

The tentative list of organizations and stations includes Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Mequon who will be teaching adults basic steps to the waltz, rumba, or Foxtrot. Beta Sigma Omega Fraternity will do a step routine. Falls Healing Arts, S.C., Saatkamp Healing Arts, S.C., Spiritual Life Council, and henna tattoo artists will also be participating in the day’s events.

If you are interested in more information or in volunteering at Barefoot Day, please contact Danielle Ristow at ristowd@lakeland.edu.

Math Club holds eventEight students put their mathematical skills to the test on the evening of Tuesday,

April 12 in Lakeland's third annual Integration Bee.The competition was organized by the Lakeland College Math Club and Lakeland's

Mathematics Department.William Mueller, chemistry major, took first place in the event. Math major April

Thern took second, and math and education major Deanna Dragan took third."I really appreciate everyone coming here and working so hard" said Dr. Cristi Chang,

assistant professor of mathematics. Chang and Dr. Ron Haas, professor of mathematics and computer science, served as judges for the competition in addition to preparing the event with the Math Club.

Lakeland alumnus Dr. Jolson Ng made a donation of $250 to the event through Vice President of Advancement Ken Strmiska. The money was divided into three prizes: $120 for first place, $80 for second, and $50 for third.

The event, open to everyone, was attended by more than 20 students and faculty."This year was pretty good," said Chang. "I hope next year more people come."

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Ways to make every day Earth DaySimple things you can do to help our planetBy Jenni HeinricHFun House Editorheinrichj@lakeland..edu

Gaylord Powell, a politician from Wisconsin, founded Earth Day in 1970. Origi-

nally called Earthbound Day, this holiday was originally observed only in the United States, but in 1990 was taken international by Denis Hayes, one of the coordina-tors of the first Earth Day.

The date April 22 was cho-sen because it marks the point when it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, according to earthday.org.

With Earth Day rapidly ap-proaching, here are a few ways to help the environment.

Recycle - One of the most com-mon ways that people tend to go green is by recycling. A lot of people already do this, and if you’re one of them you are helping the earth al-ready. If you don’t, try it—it’s a lot easier than you might think.

There might be times when recycling means you’d have to car-ry your plastic bottle to another building to recycle it, but making this effort can really begin to make a difference as more and more peo-ple do it.

For many areas, only plas-tics numbered with a “1” or “2” are collected through recycling programs. However, in the city of Sheboygan numbers 1 through 7 are accepted.

Nowadays, many companies are working to help the environ-ment by “Going Green.” With the

large amount of products being made from recycled materials, go-ing green in at least one small way is really easy to do.

Shopping - Many stores have reusable bags that you can pur-chase for 99 cents (or cheaper in some cases) each and then keep bringing back to fill up. Approxi-mately 60,000 plastic bags are used in the U.S. alone every five seconds, according to planetgreen.discovery.com. Reusable bags are also sturdier and can be used to carry other things that would tear through a plastic bag.Hotel Stays - Some hotels, like the Comfort Inn, are going green by encouraging guests to reuse towels and bedding. The ho-

tel supplies each room with a card that you place on the bed before your room is cleaned. The card re-quests that the housekeeper only make your bed and replace towels left on the floor rather than giving you fresh sheets and towels. This saves water and electricity.

Coffee - Starbucks has been working to create a cup that is made out of 100 percent recycled materials by 2015; so far they are at 60 percent. They also encourage customers to reuse coffee sleeves and sell mugs and other products made from recycled materials. Re-using a coffee sleeve every time you get coffee can really begin to make an impact.

Additionally, coffee shops

may give discounts to custom-ers who bring in reusable cups or mugs—Starbucks gives a 10 cent discount, for instance. Most coffee shops know how much coffee is in each size so it should be no prob-lem filling up your mug instead of wasting a cup, cover, and sleeve each time you get coffee.

Water - If you drink water a lot, pre-bottled water is not the way to go. It may be more conve-nient, but it’s a waste of money and can be less clean. With tap water, you can fill up approxi-mately 50 water bottles for less than a couple dollars. In addition to it being cheaper, particles from the soft plastic bottles can get into your water over time.

Carpool - Another thing you can do to help the environment is to try and not drive as much. You can walk, bike, and rollerblade when weather permits it. In the winter, and when you need to make long trips, try to carpool as much as you can. This also saves money on gas.

Lend a hand - On Saturday, April 23, Kohler-Andrae State Park will be holding a park clean-up event. The cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The park is located at 1020 Beach Park Lane in Sheboygan.

Admission will be free for those who volunteer. (If you’re volunteer-ing with friends you can carpool!)

Those wanting to help out should register by Wednesday, April 20 by calling (920) 451-4080 or by emailing mary.kultgen@wi.gov. You can help in a group or come alone.

You are not required to stay the entire time, but it is recom-mended that, volunteers arrive at either 9 a.m. or noon.

You are encouraged to bring gloves, as well as any other tools that you may want to use (rake, shovel, et cetera) though the park will have some tools available to use as well.

Though Lakeland does not have any Earth Day events on cam-pus, you can lend a helping hand by just picking up any garbage you might pass on your way to class or to your car or residence hall. If everyone on campus picks up one piece of garbage, it will make a dif-ference.

Grab a great summer internship nowCareer Connect is useful for finding relevant, interesting opportunities

By Juleya TuckerStaff Reportertuckerj@lakeland.edu

Finding internships can be a pain. Lisa Stephan, direc-tor of Career Development,

is ready and willing to make your search process a smoother one.

“It’s hard to find good intern-ships nowadays, because it has become hard to find a job,” said se-nior psychology and sports study major Kristin Schwake.

To get started, Lakeland Col-lege students are encouraged to stop in Stephan’s office, located in the lower level of Brotz Hall. There you will be assisted in your search for internships relating closest to your major.

“We encourage students to identify interest areas that are rele-vant to career goals,” said Stephan.

Once connected with an in-ternship, students are encouraged to contact the internship supervi-sor as soon as possible. Students should ask questions about the internship so they better under-stand what it’s about.

“It’s important for college students to take internships more seriously, because most students don’t,” said senior education ma-jor Sammy Mohr.

College students normally take the easy route when applying for in-ternships. They tend to look for in-ternships with an easy application process. This method can equal lots of competition, since everyone is ap-plying for the same internships.

Career Connect, which can be accessed by searching lakeland.edu, is a great site to use when seek-ing internships. Career Connect is shared by other schools as well, making it good for regional sources. The yellow pages in the phone book and the Chamber of Commerce are valuable tools as well.

Every year the National Asso-ciation of Colleges and Employers surveys employers. It was found that when hiring new graduates, 85 percent of employers look for those who have had an internship. Having an internship makes for a more appealing applicant.

“Students will be limiting their opportunities if they don’t,” said Stephan.

It is beneficial to have an in-ternship even if your major or minor doesn’t require it. It gives students some hands-on experience which could help them to pick a career field.

The following are four avail-able internships, as listed on Ca-reer Connect.

Security Officer, Kohler Com-pany - Security officers are re-

sponsible for safeguarding Kohler Co. and the Kohler brand by identifying risks and maintaining security processes in order to re-duce risks, respond to incidents, and limit exposure or liability in all areas of financial, physical, and personnel.

Officer will also ensure that standardized security practices, systems, and processes are being

utilized to meet corporate secu-rity guidelines and policies.

Fitness/Wellness Internship, Holy Family Memorial Well-

ness Center - The HFM Wellness Center, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is currently offering internships to qualified under-graduate students.

Selected interns will have an opportunity to work in the areas of their interest and qualifications under the supervision of degreed and certified professionals.

Responsibilities will include fitness testing, exercise prescrip-tion, working with special popu-lations, exercise instruction, and assistance with education/health promotion programs.

Internships are a minimum of 10 weeks at 20-40 hours per week and are available in the spring, summer and fall.

Editor/Writer Intern, Mpower Magazine - Mpower Magazine

is a bi-monthly magazine. Our mission is to provide resources that empower and support people in their effort to create positive change within themselves, their family, and community.

Our editorial interns are fully involved with the Mpower edito-rial team. Editorial interns spend most of their time researching story leads and facts on the inter-net, writing, fact-checking, copy-editing, and reviewing editorial submissions and correspondence.

Interns have the opportunity to acquire short published clips and gain exposure to many aspects of magazine publishing.

We are looking for interns with exceptional writing and ed-iting skills, sharp analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail and accuracy and familiarity with Mi-crosoft Office, data programs, and internet research.

Community Relation Intern American Red Cross - Mani-

towoc, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Univer-sities - Based upon the intern’s skills, the intern will have the op-portunity to take a direct role in community outreach, grant writ-ing, database management and

help with direct services in a va-riety of programs including health and wellness fairs presentations, participate in community parades and other special events.

Projects would include con-tacting community partners and updating Memorandum of Under-standing with them. Reviewing and updating shelter agreements. Also, the intern will be respon-sible for contacting potential new community partners and coordi-nating interest meetings amongst staff. The intern may also have the opportunity to participate in a di-saster recovery.

Wage/Salary: $1,500 stipend and $3,500 scholarship.

Employment Date: 10 weeks, Summer 2011.

Lakeland students will pres-ent verbal readings of their works of fiction at a pub-

lic event to be held in the Pub on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. Lakeland students, staff, and fac-ulty are invited, as are members of the general public.

The purpose of the reading will be to showcase the works of the six members of Professor Jeff Elzinga’s Advanced Fiction Writing class: Ben Endres, Alan

Fairchild, Michelle Fromm, Amy Kumrow, Ryan Kuntze, and Nick Nelson.

The student readings will be followed by an open mic for any poets, fictionists, and writers of non-fiction who would like to share their work.

The event is expected to last for approximately two hours.

For further information, con-tact Elzinga at ext. 1281, or email elzingaj@lakeland.edu.

Lakeland students to be featuredat public reading event

Fiction reading in Pub

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Congrats to Lakeland College's Graduates!Summer '10, Fall '10, and Spring '11

Ackerman, AlexAdams, JenniferAmes, JordanAnderson, ChristopherAnderson, TorreonAronstam, AndrewAshley, LouisBackhaus, StacyBaehnk, ThomasBarnard, RyanBechle, BenjaminBemis, PeterBerg, CrystalBhandari, PratikshyaBlanck-Grott, KellenBotana, JosephBradshaw, BeauBrooks, HeatherBrooks, RachelBrown, EricaBruggink, NicholasBubolz, BradleyCalhoun , IsiahCarter, StevenChart, MeganChen, MiaoCheng, YeChoi, Hae-MiCoenen, ChelseaConard, KellyConway, ChristinaCurry, TyreeDaniels, ElisabethDedering, JuliannaDennewitz, MaryDePagter, AnthonyDeRosier, RossDimmer, TassyDing, QinDunning , JessicaDworak, JacobEhlen, JordanEmory, StevenFernandez, MarthaFilipovic , Kristina

Firkus, DanielFlok, DerekFreerking, JayFukawa, YumiGac, JenessaGardner, NikeshiaGarvey, RyanGersmehl, JasonGiese, JamesGiese, JeannaGolden, JasmineGordon, JoshuaGrotegut, ChristopherGrube, BradleyGussert, KatelynHaupt, JodiHemauer, ChristopherHer, MaiHermann, MelodyHerr, RyanHerr, WilliamHiben, TerraHobmeier, MichaelaHoehne, AlyssaHoffman, SarahHolzer, ChristopherHornes, BlaineHorst, ChelseaHorstmeier, NicholasHoward, PamelaHumphrey, AntonioIizuka, HitomiIto, YosukeJachna, ChristineJackett, JocelynJairo, GraceJasutis, SpenserJesion, RobertJohnson, SeanJohnson, VictoriaJudkins, DanielJudon, JimmyJuliano, AnthonyKakoi, IkumiKalilombe, ElizerKamanga, Joyce

Kasper, KaylynKatzman, MatthewKelley, TiffanyKerscher, ChristopherKeum, Dong-HwanKilton, KatelynKirihara, ShihoKitchner, MeganKlauck, DeniseKnoener, AmandaKoenig, AmberKubacki, ChristopherKuehl, ThomasKusta, NicholasLaini, CharlesLao, MaiLawrence, RyanLee, AdamLee, Hye-YoungLee ,So-HeeLi, QianhongLiermann, CarleaLin, Si-siLin, TinLiteleko, FracksonLuckow, AlysaMallion, SaraMalo, RyanManz, TaviaMartin, JaredMaurer, NicoleMay, DavidMcherewatha, AriesMcKown, TrevorMeekins, KristinaMeier, JeremyMeyer, GaryMeyer, RebeccaMoon, Tai-JuneMuckerheide, ToddNeta, GarrettNeuman, SarahNovak, DavidNovak, DouglasOduor, Regina

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Division musical chairsNew election process; more rotation of positionsBy Mike knaakCopy Editorknaakm@lakeland.edu

Assistant Professor of Art Denise Presnell-Weidner has been selected as the

successor to Associate Professor of German and Music Martin Ul-rich for the chair of the creative arts division, effective in August.

Additionally, Associate Pro-fessor of American Literature Peter Sattler will have his title changed from acting chair of the humanities division to chair of the humanities division. This change does not constitute any new re-sponsibilities for him.

Presnell-Weidner will begin her three-year term in the fall.

According to Presnell-Weidner, Ulrich had always been supportive of the other depart-ments within the creative arts di-vision, and this is something she wants to continue to build upon as she takes the reins.

“Personally, I’ve been involved in visual arts, but now I’ll have to also spend more time with other areas too,” she said.

Presnell-Weidner said the level of quality within the arts division is very high. “I think we have a top-notch writing program. Not only in terms of teaching, but the professors themselves are pro-

fessionals,” she said.She and her husband have

been at Lakeland for 22 years, and she said the two of them have watched the music program grow and thrive. Aside from Presnell-Weidner’s praises for Professor of Music and Director of the Col-lege Choirs and Handbells Janet Herrick and Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands Russell Pettitt, she spoke highly of Assistant Professor of Theatre and Speech Charlie Krebs’ revival of the college’s theatre program.

The communications major that may be added in the fall of 2012 was a topic of excitement for Presnell-Weidner as well. “It’s go-ing to be great,” she said. “I think the program is going to have a re-ally great start.”

She hopes to continue to im-prove the division’s day-to-day functions and to promote the arts within Lakeland’s community along with Sheboygan County. “We really are a strong division and I think that will help with recruitment,” Presnell-Weidner said. “That’s the main goal. No matter how good you are, you can always be better at that.”

According to Vice President of Academic Affairs Meg Albrinck, the selection process for division chairs changed in 2010. Up until

last year, division chairs were ap-pointed solely by the president.

“Now, we have division chairs serving three-year terms. They can be renewed for one term for a to-tal of two consecutive terms, and then they have to step out and somebody else gets a turn,” Albrinck said. “That’s going to create some diversity among the academic council.” She explained it will also open up oppor-tunities for faculty to have administrative posts throughout their careers.

She said the selec-tion process requires divisions to nominate candidates they be-lieve are most suitable for the role. The faculty must be either tenured (associate professor) or non-tenure track faculty with terminal degrees who have held their full-time teach-ing position for at least six years. “I meet with every member of the division to talk about the nominees, and meet the two nomi-

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nees myself,” she said. “I talk with the president about the division’s opinions, and then the president makes the decision.

“[The process] promotes the

development of leadership skills throughout the faculty in a way that I think will be ultimately positive.”

Left: Denise Presnell-Weidner with one of her student's artwork. Above: Peter Satter; picture from lakeland.edu.

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Silence is goldenExcessive noise pollutes the dormsBy Hyun Dong yeoStaff Reporteryeoh@lakeland.edu

You may have at least one ex-perience of suffering because of the various noises that

other students make in Lakeland’s dormitories. These noises may cre-ate many different problems.

For instance, if a student plays loud music after midnight, it may bother students who have morning classes. The next morn-ing, it may be more difficult to get to class if you couldn’t get to sleep at your usual time.

One female student who lives in a campus apartment insists she cannot sleep well on weekends be-cause of noise from her neighbors.

“I usually fall asleep at 4 a.m. Friday to Sunday because they [my neighbors] have parties. The noises get louder after 12 a.m.,” she said. “They not only play music loud but also sing loud like they sing at karaoke. That affects my whole week. One day, I noticed that I became a night person.”

The student said she called Lakeland Security, who came and told the neighbors to be quiet. As soon as security left the building, the noise began again. She hopes that Lakeland will tighten the

control of making noise.A male student who lives off

campus said the reason he decided to move out of the school dormi-tory was that he could not stand a student who lived next door.

“I always wanted to rest after school when I lived in Muehlmeier Hall, but I couldn’t because of a student living next door,” the stu-dent said. “He always played hip hop music with his huge stereo, even in the afternoon.”

A resident assistant (RA) in

charge of a campus apartment in-sists that many students don’t un-derstand the problems excessive noise can cause.

“One day, students who lived upstairs were talking loud, so I went upstairs and told them to be quiet. What they said to me was that talking could not be noise,” the RA said. “I told them that all kinds of sounds that bother peo-ple are noises.”

RAs have the right to give warnings to students who make

noise—even during the day.As Lakeland students, we

have a right to enjoy our dormi-tory lives, but we need to think of others when we have fun. For instance, if we want to listen to music, we could use headphones during quiet hours; if we want to talk to our friends, we should talk in reasonably soft voices during quiet hours. There are many ways to go about your normal routine without disrupting the routines of others.

Most students need their sleep to perform up to their optimum level in class, and boom boxes like the one pictured above keep me awake, man.

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Issue 6, April 14, 2011Features

Student organization new to campus this semesterAITP helps Lakeland students get connected with businesses in the community

The Association of Informa-tion Technology Profes-sionals, or AITP, is a club

that started in January here on Lakeland’s campus. AITP was founded to help students connect with local business leaders and learn more about technology. It is open to all students, for a small one-time fee of $25. You can join now or wait until the membership drive this fall.

Computer Science Professor Cynthia Lindstrom worked hard to get this chapter organized be-

cause she thought it would help students in their careers. “I want-ed students to be able to network with area professionals to help them get jobs and internships. It’s also a great place for speakers to come to campus and talk about new technology.”

AITP is not just a student organization. It is a local chapter of a national organization, and is chartered through the Sheboygan chapter. “Once a month we go to the Sheboygan chapter’s meetings. It is a formal networking affair,” Lindstrom said “We also have our own meetings, and talk to other local chapters.”

Schott retiring after nineteen years at LakelandWill stay involved on campus through the sesquicentennial, May term, and more

By Julia WilliamsStaff Reporterwilliamsj2@lakeland.edu

AITP members from bottom row to top row left to right: Justin Ruka, Manying Szetu, Jake Flesch, Bryce Lancour, Casey Danhoff, Meng Thao, Cindy Lindstrom, Mai Her, Jeremy Green, Jim Matzen, and Brad Grube.

The United States can shrug off the effects of its econom-ic slowdown and return to

a robust economy, provided the country is willing to adopt some changes in policy and philosophy.

That was the central message from Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Media and editor of Forbes magazine, who delivered Lakeland College’s tenth annual Charlotte and Walter Kohler Distin-guished Business Lecture on Mon-day, April 4, in the Bradley Building.

This lecture series, made pos-sible by a $1.5 million gift to the col-lege from The Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust, annually

brings a nationally-known busi-ness or economic figure to campus to speak with Lakeland students and the general public.

Forbes was a Republican nom-inee for United States president in 1996 and 2000, and he echoed many of the themes that have been central to his core: a flat tax, medi-cal savings accounts, a new So-cial Security system for working Americans, and parental choice of schools for their children.

He said the current U.S. eco-nomic downturn is highly un-usual, but it’s fueled with what he called the “most pitiful recovery in American history.” The key to

recharging the economy, Forbes said, is re-linking the U.S. dollar to the stability of gold and reforming what he feels is an onerous federal income tax code.

The Federal Reserve must find a consistent balance in the production of money, and he lik-ened it to an automobile with too little or too much fuel.

“You can have a magnificent ve-hicle, but if you don’t give it enough fuel, you’ll stall the engine, and if you give it too much fuel, you’ll flood it,” Forbes said. “The Federal Reserve has been on a bender and it is print-ing too much money. A weak dollar means a weak recovery.”

Forbes brings conservative message to Lakeland

The organization also hopes to send some students to a nation-al meeting next year.

There are a lot of things planned for AITP’s future. “We have all kinds of ideas to raise money for next year,” said Club President Jacob Flesch. “We are hoping to have a used computer drive next year.” As for this year’s activities, he talked about listen-ing to speakers talk about things such as Windows 7, computing, and Internet security.

What are the benefits of the club?

“It’s great for networking,” said Flesch. “You get to meet

Forbes said government needs to understand that taxes, while they do generate revenue, also create tremendous burdens. He renewed his call for a flat tax, and said the federal income tax code, a massive 9.5-million word docu-ment, needs to be shelved forever.

“No one knows what’s in there,” Forbes said. “It’s out of control. We need to take the 9.5-million word monster and kill the beast and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.”

He chided the federal stimulus plan, saying it doesn’t work. “Mon-ey comes from people,” Forbes said. “The stimulus is taking resources

people from lots of big companies from around Wisconsin, including Kohler, Sargento, and Rockline. It looks very good on resumes.”

For more information about AITP, contact Lindstrom at lind-stromc@lakeland.edu or Flesch at fleschj@lakeland.edu.

By Brittney sandBergEditor-in-Chiefsandbergb@lakeland.edu

on the history of Lakeland Col-lege. That opened the door for me to prove myself in another way at Lakeland,” said Martha.

Martha had the opportunity to take over as advisor of the Mir-ror in ’94. Her first issue is framed and hanging in her office. “That’s when I came into my own here at the college, because that’s my heart and soul, the Mirror and the Mirror staff.”

Even though Martha was an English major during her under-graduate studies at Lawrence Uni-versity, she can still do math. She figured out that she advised 206 issues of the Mirror (17 years times 12 issues per year plus two special issues) and helped guide 19 student editors (two years had separate ed-itors for fall and spring) during her 17 years as the Mirror’s advisor.

“I’m still in touch with all of them [the editors],” said Martha. “If they haven’t come back to one of the annual Mirror Christmas par-ties, or haven’t brought their ba-bies to see me, or haven’t dropped in to have dinner with us [Mar-tha, her husband John, and their golden doodle Murphy], they’re at least my Facebook friends.”

As someone with a communi-cations background, and someone who has regularly taught commu-nications courses such as news writing, advertising and public relations copy writing, and InDe-

sign Computer Layout, Martha is very excited that Lakeland is mov-ing ahead with the communica-tions major. “Our first comm. mi-nor graduates graduated in 2000, and fall 2005 is when I and our division first proposed a commu-nications major. But it was not the right time for Lakeland.

“I’m so glad to be leaving at a time when Lakeland is going for-ward with the major because it makes me feel like my time was well spent. It’s going to provide an avenue of growth for the college and some really great opportuni-ties for students,” said Martha.

“My family connections to Lakeland go back as far as I can re-member. We used to have students from Lakeland at our Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas family holidays. We had Mission House seminary

While pursuing her master’s degree in c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

from Marquette University, Mar-tha Schott, instructor of writing and director of student publica-tions, worked as a writer in the marketing department at St. Ni-colas Hospital for five years. One of her responsibilities was to train college interns to write for and lay out the employee newsletter.

“I loved what I was doing; I liked reporting; I liked gathering information and putting together the publication. I remember sit-ting next to an intern, teaching her PageMaker. I remember feeling like I was having a lot of fun and really accomplishing something by seeing an eager, young, future professional get her first crack at seeing her sto-ry in print and seeing her byline,” said Martha. “I loved writing for publications, but what I loved even more was seeing someone else start to love it.”

Martha taught two sections of expository writing at Lakeland as an adjunct professor in fall of ‘92, and she became a full-time faculty member the next spring. “Part of that was thanks to the mentorship of Lucretia Crawford. She asked me if I would like to teach a “winterm” course with her

students at our house for years. My dad was involved with the board; he served as chairman of the board, and the John Esch Li-brary was named after him.

“I spent 19 years here kind of worrying that if anyone knew that my dad was such a key player in Lakeland’s history, they would think that was why I was hired,” she said with a laugh. “But my dad was gone by the time I started teaching. I’m really proud of my dad’s connection with the college. I wish he knew I taught here”

Now, Martha even playfully tells all of her persuasive writing students to say “Hello” to her dad as they leave the library.

Martha’s past connections to Lakeland don’t stop with her fa-ther. “I found out my grandpa was actually involved with the college,

and my father-in-law, Ed Schott, was on the board, too. They had to hire me,” she joked.

However, anyone who has ever been a student in one of Mar-tha’s classes knows that she earned this job through skill, not through connections. She received the Underkofler Excellence in Under-graduate Teaching Award in 2001. “Those kinds of things always blew me away. When stuednts told me that I was nominated for the Un-derkofler again, I thought, ‘Maybe it’s not a fluke; maybe it’s not be-cause of my dad.’”

As for plans after retirement, Martha said, “It will probably be the same stuff that I do while I’m working at Lakeland because I want to continue to be connected with the school and to play some sort of role in friendship with Lakeland students.

“I want to spend more time with our three daughters, sons-in-law and grandkids [Ethan age 5, Noah age 3, and another due on June 9]; I want to travel some more with John [who travels for work]; I’m hoping to do some free-lance work.”

“It strikes me as quite unusual that I’ve been lucky enough to find a job that is so aligned with who I am,” said Martha. “It’s so rewarding to see so many students experience the same growth and achievement I saw in those first interns.”

from people and spreading it out.”While Forbes was critical

of Washington’s politics, he said economic reforms don’t have to be a traditional Republicans ver-sus Democrats battle. Twice he used New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as an exam-ple, applauding him for cutting taxes on the state’s top earners and putting before his state leg-islature a budget smaller than the previous year.

When asked if he would con-sider a third run for president, Forbes said, “My role now is agita-tor, and perhaps, for some of these candidates, educator.”

Magazine editor speaks on Americas economy

Provided by Justin Ruka

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Martha holds the special edition from May 1998 announcing Steve Gould’s presidency and the most re-cent issue of The Mirror. She advised students for 206 issues.

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Summer is almost here, that means the amusement park season will be upon us once

again. Despite the still struggling economy, parks across the nation are continuing to add new expe-riences, shows, and attractions for the pleasure of the millions of guests who visit each year.

The following is a list of the four most prominent amusement parks and waterparks closest to Lakeland. Whether you travel north, south, east, or west, you’ll run into one of these fine estab-lishments.

So what are you waiting for? It’s time to plan your summer va-cation destination—and I can’t think of a better way to spend your time than visiting a theme park!

Noah’s ark Waterpark (Wisconsin Dells, Wisc.) - “The Scorpion Tail” was

last year’s thrilling addition to Noah’s Ark, but the park seems to be taking a bit of a breather this year from adding permanent new additions. Instead, they’ve chosen to change out the film playing in Noah’s 4D Dive-In Theater.

After opening in 2007 with “SpongeBob SquarePants 4D,” the new film set to debut this season is entitled “Pirates 4D.” The film, produced in 1999, stars Leslie Nielsen and Eric Idle as they go off in search for buried treasure. Again, these shows are branded “4D” because of the added in-the-ater effects. In this case, you can be on the lookout for water (of course), bee stings, and various smells.

Noah’s Ark Waterpark opens May 28. Visit noahsarkwaterpark.com for more details, including park hours and admission prices.

Bay Beach amusement park (Green Bay, Wisc.) - If you’ve never been to Bay

Beach, don’t go expecting an ex-perience similar to a Six Flags or a Cedar Fair chain park. Bay Beach

instead needs to be looked at as more of a historical landmark than a contemporary theme park. Even so, Bay Beach has its own assort-ment of unique attractions. Al-though most of these are geared towards younger children, older guests may still find some rides to enjoy.

Rightfully keeping to its his-torical roots, Bay Beach is adding a new roller coaster this season entitled the “Zippin Pippin.” This coaster is “new” in the sense that it is being constructed of all new materials, but the origins of this

coaster date much farther back.In essence, Bay Beach bought

the rights to the “Zippin Pip-pin,” which included the coaster’s name, design, and any historical materials that belonged to the 1920s’ original located in Mem-phis, Tenn.

In the ‘20s, “Pippin” was a word used to describe a greatly admired girl or car. The coaster kept that name until it was bought

Summer vacation destinationsCheck out what’s new at our local amusement parks for 2011By Justin RukaStaff Reporterrukaj@lakeland.edu

by the Libertyland Amusement Park, also located in Memphis, in 1976. When bought, Libertyland changed the name to “Zippin Pip-pin.” Unfortunately, Libertyland closed its gates for the final time in 2005, and a few years later, the “Zippin Pippin” was dismantled.

Unlike a typical gated entry park, Bay Beach still sticks to the old fashioned roots of free entry with ticketed attractions. Tickets cost 25 cents each, with the “Zip-pin Pippin” taking four tickets. A dollar to ride a classic new roller coaster is the cheapest deal by far compared to any other park op-tions described in this article.

If you’re looking for the ulti-mate thrill, however, this coaster may not be for you. The highest drop is only 70 feet, but it should still be a very fun ride nonethe-less.

Bay Beach Amusement Park opens May 7. For more informa-tion, including operating hours,

visit ci.green-bay.wi.us/baybeach.

CeDar point (sanDusky, ohio) - While Wiscon-sin Dells might be the

“waterpark capital of the world,” the “coaster capital of the world” is currently Cedar Point, located east of us in Sandusky, Ohio on beautiful Lake Erie. Yes, this park is a bit more of a drive than any of the others listed, but it is well worth it if you are a coaster fan.

Cedar Point is home to many classics, including the most iconic coaster to come out of the “Coast-er Wars” in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, “Millennium Force.”

New in 2011 at Cedar Point (along with multiple other Cedar Fair parks nation-wide) is the “Wind Seeker.” The best way to explain this new flat-ride would be to take the classic spinning swings attraction and put it at the top of a 300-foot pole. This, combined with the fact that you are right on Lake Erie, ensures you will have one heck of a view.

Cedar Point officially de-scribes it, “Seated in two-person swings that will allow their feet to dangle, riders will slowly begin rotating in a circular motion as the swings ascend the tower. At the top, the swings will be reaching speeds between 25-30 mph, flar-ing out almost 45 degrees.”

Cedar Point opens May 14. Visit cedarpoint.com for more de-tails including park hours and ad-

mission prices.

Six FlaGs Great america (Gurnee, ill.) - For 2011, Six Flags Great America is

adding an entire expansion pad to their Hurricane Harbor wa-terpark, which is included with Great America’s admission.

The new expansion, entitled “Riptide Bay,” will feature four main attractions: “Dive Bomber,” “Mega Wedgie,” “Surf Rider,” and “Wipeout.”

“Dive Bomber” is a dueling speed slide complete with a he-lix, while “Mega Wedgie” is an 80 degree vertical drop speed slide. Both are located on the same tower complex and reach a height of five stories while approaching speeds of 40 mph.

A unique feature fairly new to the industry is that all four slides in this complex have “standing starts.” So instead of sitting down and pushing off to start your jour-ney down the slide, you stand in a small enclosed capsule. The floor then drops out from under you, and that’s how you begin your trip.

“Surf Rider” is a double-sided surf simulator. Here you are able to “surf” on a five foot wave, with the water traveling at a speed of 30 mph.

Finally, “Wipe Out” is “a high-intensity water slide that takes groups of two to four swirl-ing on a raft through tight turns, two funnels, and a 35 foot drop,” according to the park’s website.

These four new attractions will be greatly appreciated at Hur-ricane Harbor, as the waterpark has been relatively small since its opening in 2005.

Six Flags Great America opens May 7, and Hurricane Harbor opens May 28. For more information, visit sixflags.com/greatamerica to view park hours and ticket prices.wisconsin-dells-attractions.com

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Under the spell of “Godspell”A theatrical Lakeland masterpiece delights the audience through song and danceBy aBigail ORtegaStaff Reporterortegaal@lakeland.edu

April 1 to 4, Lakeland Col-lege put on the musical “Godspell.” The great cast

included 18 on-stage actors and 21 other students who worked as grips and built scaffolding and created lighting all as part of the staging of the performance.

The cast and crew did a beau-tiful job bringing this story to life. Lakeland’s student rendition of “Godspell,” the musical based on the ospel of Matthew, could chal-lenge in spirit and talent any larger production.

The creativity invested and evident in this performance ignit-ed excitement, joy, and even love for the story.

I found myself filled with pride, admiration, love, and care for every one of my Lakeland peers involved in the performance.

The brightly colored costumes were accented with tutus, feath-ers, glitter, plaid, capes, and even duct tape. Props included umbrel-las, hula hoops, and pinwheels.

One or two main singers who were supported by the rest of the company performed a majority of the pieces sung throughout the night. All of the performances were worthy of mention, but here is a brief rundown of the most magnificent ones.

“Prepare Ye the Way for the Lord” was performed by senior Aaron Kraemer (John the Baptist). Kraemer’s booming voice set the tone for the powerful performanc-es to come.

The intermission also deliv-ered a fun show. The curtain re-mained open and the grips literally took a break and enjoyed lunch on the scaffolding.

Some of the highlights from act two included the following.

“By My Side,” performed by Diedrich and sophomore Patricia Lutze, was a sentimentally packed number that eased the excite-ment and pulled on the emotional strings of compassion for some.

“On the Willows,” performed by the company, was the most emotional number. This number was an abstract number as the lyrics expressed the magic of song and of lyres. This number nearly brought me to tears brought forth by the inspiration and resounding passion that the Lakeland cast de-livered.

The finale performance by Linder and company was the story’s climactic end. It involved Jesus’ crucifixion and the passion of the Christ story. The elaborate scaffold prop was an effective symbol of a cross.

“It was an amazing experi-ence for me. We created a family and each and every cast member

taught me something in some way or another,” said Wiverstad, ju-nior art major.

“We really grew as a family, going from a group of people that might have known each other before the show, and then becom-ing a support group for each other no matter if it was related to the show or on a personal level. I am so proud of all of the people that were involved with the show,” said Helmer, music educa-tion major.

“My favorite part of the show was the cast. We were always full of fun and energy and weren’t afraid to show it and everyday get-ting ready for the show was more of treat than anything else,” said Troyer, music ed-ucation major.

Overall, it was a per-

Top: part of the cast of “Godspell” — ‘shhh, it’s a secret’Bottom: Crucifixion of Senior Cody Linder (Jesus)Photos by Abigail Ortega

formance that I would have been sorry to have missed.

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Around the world in two hours

Student Art Reception

International Night invites us to take a look at cultures of twelve different countriesBy Christine DeitteStaff Reporterdeittec@lakeland.edu

Pratikshya Bhandari, co-co-ordinator with Grace Jairo, was right in her prediction

that this year’s International Night would be the best yet. On April 7 people lined the walls of the Brad-ley Theater that was packed full of students, faculty, family, and community members eager to see what the group of students had put together.

Students from 12 different countries danced, sang, and played music that was used to show the audience the cultures in each of the 12 countries.

According to Bhandari and Jairo, this event first started being planned last fall and practicing started early this semester.

This is Bhandaris’ third year in Global Student Association (GSA) as the special events coor-dinator and Jairo’s fourth year in GSA.

Four students—Bhandari, Margarita Barraza Diaz, Shqipron Qunaj, and Akniet RysbekKyzy from Nepal, Colombia, Kosova, and Kyrgyzstan, respectively—performed a combination dance because each of them is the only student at Lakeland from their country. The four of them learned three other dances that were not of their own country and taught his or her dance to the other three students.

This part of the performance was very unique because multiple countries were involved in the same dance. The music was rich, and the fact that each student learned other dances from other cultures was inspiring; it showed a lot of dedication on each stu-dent’s part.

Female students from China, garbed in elegant gowns, per-formed a piece entitled “Palace” that was traditionally performed by Chinese women to entertain the emperor.

In this portion of the show, the audience was encouraged to imagine themselves as the emper-

or as the girls danced to entertain them.

“Get Up for Haiti” was an-other unique performance. This song was dedicated to the people of Haiti and the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.

The reason this song stood out was that it wasn’t so much about Haiti’s history, but about helping after the trag-edy they faced last year. Sing-ing this song was James Tra-zile, who wrote this song last year after the d e v a s t a t i o n that happened in his country.

DK (Do-Kyeong Won), junior psychol-ogy major, said, “I like music and thought that is was pro-fessional.”

The last, but certainly not least, was our “trip to Japan.” “Soual of Japan” was a great performance because it con-tained traditional dance from the “Yocchore” from the Kochi prefec-ture.

The Japanese students did an incredible job. They had, by far, the largest amount of people on stage at once. And the dance wasn’t an easy one. There were a lot of pre-cise movements and every single student was in unison or at least close enough that it wasn’t notice-able.

The power and enthusiasm that was brought forth by some of these students was a full transfor-mation from what some of them were like every day. I saw students that were really shy and quiet in classes burst with so much inten-sity, pride, and confidence that it really blew me away.

A lot of people in the audi-

ence were in agreement that Ja-pan’s performance was—beyond doubt—a great one.

Alex Karns, sophomore re-ligion and sociology major, said, “This [Japan’s] part of the perfor-mance was cool because it remind-

ed me of old fashioned samurai.”Becca Kubetz, freshman psy-

chology major, said, “All of the performers in the Japan dance did an awesome job.”

Wendy Pongratz, sophomore resort management major, also enjoyed the Japanese stu-dents’ part of the perfor-mance. She said, “I liked the out-fits and the dancing was really amaz-ing.”

Overall, the show was a huge suc-cess. All of the students did a great job, from the

emcees to each performer.Bhandari, senior internation-

al business major, said, “This was the best performance that we ever had, and the performers gave it their best.”

Jairo, senior biochemistry

major, said, “It was a good perfor-mance, and a lot of people put in a lot of hard work.”

As well as the performance went, the two said they faced some challenges along the way.

Bhandari, along with Jairo,

said they need a bigger room for practicing. They also said that finding a rehearsal venue was hard with a large group. “Getting every-body’s schedules to work with the times that Bradley was available was hard,” said Jairo.

Some chang-es that the orga-nization wants to make is finding a bigger venue to practice in, and if the crowd contin-ues to get bigger, having a bigger place for the per-formance would be nice, said Bhan-dari and Jairo.

The two said they will miss planning for the next International Night.

Jairo said, “I will miss working with people from different places, dancing with my friends, organiz-ing GSA activities, and I will miss the

friends that I made at Lakeland.”

Both Bhandari and Jairo would like to thank everyone who came to International Night, and hope that everyone will continue to support GSA.

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Tomorrow, April 15 at 4:30 p.m., the Bradley Building will host the open-ing and awards ceremony of the Stu-

dent Art Exhibit. Students in attendance will receive one convocation credit for this event.

The student exhibit this year will be different than previous years. In the past, entries amounted to between 600 and 700 entries, filling the walls and ceilings. For this show, the number of entries will be un-der 200.

In addition to having much less art-work, fewer awards will be given out with only eleven awards total, down from 41 in 2010. The top prize, best in show, was only worth $60.

This year’s awards will be best of show, second place, third place, seven honorable mentions, and one people’s choice award, awarding $200, $125, $75, $50 (each), and $75, respectively, totaling $825 to be used

towards art supplies.The people’s choice award will be

determined through a ballot vote. Each person in attendance will receive a slip of paper that can be used to vote. All pieces of artwork will be numbered; each person will then be given 15 to 20 minutes to pick his or her favorite piece of artwork. Wil-liam Weidner, assistant professor of art, and Denise Presnell-Weidner, assistant professor of art, will judge the other ten awards.

Students, faculty, staff, family mem-bers, and community members are all en-couraged to attend the ceremony, enjoy the artwork, and, of course, vote!

With the new restrictions on entries, there are high hopes that this will be one of the best shows of its kind. The idea be-hind the restrictions is to weed out all but the best pieces.

Photos by Jenni Heinrich/ heinrichj@lakeland.edu

Convocation tomorrow in the Bradley

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Lakeland’s Resident Assistants all come from diverse back-grounds. Here is a quick rundown on the most vital infor-mation of the RA you may have this coming fall.

Matt Baness, junior busi-ness management and marketing major, will be

an RA in Grosshuesch Hall next year. He wants to be an RA so he can directly improve the campus. A random talent Baness has is that he used to calf-rope. When he was younger, he wanted to be a lawman and own his own business.

Amy Borntrager, freshman psy-chology major, enjoys help-ing others. When she was

younger, she wanted to be a doctor. She wants to be an RA because she enjoys working with other people and being there when someone needs to talk or has questions. Borntrager is excellent at, and thoroughly en-joys, sneaking up on people and scar-ing them So beware to those living on the third floor in Brotz Hall next year.

Kimberly DeJong, freshman psy-chology major, will be an RA in Krueger Hall and has amazing

coloring book skills. She wanted to be an RA to help freshmen transition to col-lege. Her RA had a great positive influ-ence on her when she started college, and she wants to help provide that support for other students. When DeJong was younger, she wanted to be a doctor.

Kelsey Fulmer, freshman educa-tion and broad field social stud-ies major, will be an RA on the

third floor of Krueger Hall next year. She said she wants to be an RA “to make her dad and momma proud.” She is good at playing four square, and when Fulmer was younger, she wanted to be a fire-fighter and a Power Ranger.

Alex Piekarski, sophomore ed-ucation major, always knew he wanted to be a teacher.

He will be an RA on the first floor of Brotz Hall this coming school year. Piekarski wants to be an RA because he wants to help people. A random talent that Piekarski possesses is that he plays FIFA.

Get to know next year’s Resident Assistants

Swe Swe Htay, senior education major, will be an RA in South Hall. She wants to be an RA be-

cause Lakeland has become like a sec-ond home to her, and she would like to be a student leader to help create a comfortable environment for other students. She can perform a few mag-ic tricks. When she was younger, she wanted to be a surgeon because she grew up in a hospital compound.

Who are they, and why does each person want to be an RA?

By AmAndA dillmAnStaff Reporterdillmana@lakeland.edu

Ben Koepsell, junior psychology and sociology major, will be an RA in Morland Hall next year. He wants

to be an RA to gain more leadership expe-rience and receive the benefits from being an RA. He’s a slightly above-average soc-cer player, and when he was younger he wanted to be an astronaut, a professional athlete, and a policeman.

Joey Lehto, sophomore exercise science major, will be an RA in the

Suites next year. He wants to be an RA because the RAs he had during his freshman year had a huge im-pact on him as a person. He plays on the football team, and when he was younger he wanted to be a profes-sional football player.

Erik Malach, junior sports studies major, will be an RA on the first floor of Muehlmeier Hall. He wants

to be an RA because he likes meeting new people and having a lasting impression on their lives. A random talent Malach pos-sesses is that he can pick up an orange with his feet. When he was younger, he wanted to be like his hero, Randy Macho Man Savage, a professional wrestler.

Rachel Nieman, senior education major, wants to be an RA because it will allow her to help residents in

a variety of ways. It will also help prepare her for when she becomes a teacher with problem-solving situations and commu-nicating with others. She knows all of the words and songs from “Grease” and “Find-ing Nemo,” and when she was younger, she wanted to be a veterinarian.

Matt Peroutky, junior crimi-nal justice major, will be an RA on the second floor of

Grossheusch Hall. He wants to be an RA because he wants to help make a difference in the lives of other students and to help make their adjustments to the college lifestyle as easy as possible. Peroutky used to be able to walk on his hands, and when he was younger he wanted to be a firefighter.

Ryan Renon, junior exercise science major, will be an RA in Muehlmeier Hall

next year. He wants to be an RA to be a positive influence on new students and to help guide them in the right direction. Renon can’t catch a football to save his life, but he can catch cheese curds. When he was younger, he wanted to be Rambo.

Aimee Thrune, freshman educa-tion major, will be an RA in Mue-hlmeier Hall. She wants to be an

RA to gain experience working with her peers and to be there to help students with their studies and their transition to college. A random talent Thrune has is that she can tap dance, and when she was younger she wanted to be a WNBA player.

One change being made next year will be the absence of Academic Programming Assistants in dorm halls. According to Academic Resource Center Director Paul White, “In the [Residence Life] surveys that were handed out, 96 percent of students found them [APAs] useful, but only 2 percent interacted with them in the dorm halls. It isn’t necessary to have them living in a residence hall and compensate them in the same way RAs are compensated.” White said the college will be able to use the money in different ways to benefit students.

RAs who are returning next year are Tarra Bourgeois (South), Craig Clark (Grossheusch), Jessie Eichner (Brotz), SarahAnn Es-kridge (Morland), Jeremy Hardy (Grossheusch), Jake Montie (Suites), Kaylin Olson (Brotz), Sam Schnell (Krueger), Dan Sheets-Poling (Kurtz), and Lizzy Van Oss (Muehlmeier).

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Issue 6, April 14, 2011

When it comes to on campus versus off campus living, how

much is your freedom worth?Director of Residence Life Jim

Bajczyk spends a lot of time re-searching the price of gas as well as the costs of groceries, dining out, auto repairs, renting apartments, and—well, all sorts of things that Lakeland’s commuter students encounter living off campus.

He needs to be familiar with those things so the school’s room-and-board costs for dormitory and apartment living remain competi-tive with the costs in both the sur-rounding communities and other schools.

“If you look at Lakeland com-pared to other schools in the WA-ICU (Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Univer-sities) area,” said Bajczyk, “we are usually at or near the bottom when it comes to cost-per-student.

“We’re pretty constant in our costs,” he continued. “At the most we’re going to go up around 3 percent annually. And that’s only

some years. Other years we might not go up hardly at all.”

Bajczyk went on to explain that Lakeland tries to balance changes in the costs of both room and board to limit increases to that 3-percent figure.

“If we’re going to realize an increase in food prices,” he said, “then in order to keep the total costs down, we won’t raise the cost of rooms as much.”

There are many other costs, both obvious and hidden, to take into account when considering moving off campus.

“When students try to decide between living on campus or mov-ing off,” said Bajczyk, “generally they only look at food and rent. Generally, we’re pretty compa-rable in rent with the surrounding communities, but students some-times underestimate how much they’ll eat.”

Some start out thinking they’ll be able to eat macaroni and cheese all the time, “…but the first couple of times they order out for pizzas,” he said, “that budget can be blown. Also, there are snacks

and beverages involved, which we cover through our meal plans, with the Muskie Mart and such.

“What they [students] seem to forget the most is the cost of utilities,” Bajczyk continued. “The cable, internet access, telephone, laundry, and the transportation costs—going back and forth with gas increases and wear-and-tear on the car.”

That last part—the cost of transportation—is becoming more significant as gas prices push towards $4 per gallon, with seri-ous speculation by the major news outlets that it may top $5 before finally reaching its peak.

With costs like that looming, Lakeland’s shuttle service to and from the surrounding communi-ties in Sheboygan County may become increasingly attractive to those affected.

“The service is free,” Bajczyk stressed, “and while, no, it’s not as convenient as having your own car, generally by the time you’re into your first or second semester, you’re going to find friends with cars you can make arrangements

with.”Bajczyk estimates that about

half of the students living on cam-pus own their own cars.

While the cost of room and board is obviously important, there are less tangible consider-ations, too.

Icy roads? Not a problem for on campus residents who can simply walk to class. Studying for classes, though, can be quite a hassle as you’re tempted to get involved in the variety of activities that occur within such communal living spaces.

The independence offered by off campus living can offset many disadvantages.

Consider the story of Cuiq-ian Chen, an international student from China known around cam-pus simply as “C.J.”

C.J. began his Lakeland ex-perience living on campus, which was a good way to assure maxi-mum support from the college while he became accustomed to his new surroundings.

After a while, though, C.J. decided to move off campus for a number of reasons. Being from another country, he wished to get to know the local residents of the area—not simply as a visitor, but as a neighbor as well. He wanted to experience what it was like to live as a traditional American.

Some of what he found sur-prised him. He found that the topic of studying offered some contradictions.

“Studying at school is more [convenient] with the library and tutoring center nearby,” he said, “but it is easier at home [his apart-ment], with more comfort and space to relax and do homework.”

He finds his social life to be somewhat stifled now that he lives in town, because the move has disconnected him from many of his friends. “When you live off campus,” C.J. said, “you need to go home and clean the house and study—sometimes while your friends stay and talk and party.

“I’m not saying you don’t meet people across the hall or around the area in Sheboygan,” he contin-ued, “but it’s not like at school.”

C.J. said that in many ways, he’d rather be living at school, but has found himself having to weigh the pros and cons. “With the meal plan, you are more restricted in the kinds of foods you can eat,” he said. “Then you find yourself going to places like Wal-Mart to pick up what you like.” This can greatly in-crease a student’s expenditure for food since meal plans are paid for in a lump sum (whether the plan is used or not).

While the rising price of gas-oline is touted as a good reason to live on campus, circumstances can sometimes make the opposite true, especially at a college like Lake-land, with its isolated campus.

“It depends on your person-ality,” C.J. said. “Now, I can walk

to places like Piggly Wiggly, or to church or a restaurant. Before, just a few 20 minute trips from the campus to Sheboygan or Plym-outh cost more than commuting to classes.”

When asked if he’d had any problems with landlords, C.J. re-sponded that he had, but that they weren’t serious as they were more like misunderstandings. “Right at first,” he said, “there was confu-sion about who should do things like care for the environment and mow the lawn.”

Bajczyk noted that problems with landlords are not as bad at Lakeland as at many other institu-tions, particularly those in large cities. He stressed that students who live off campus should be re-alistic, and they should remember that landlords don’t always have their best interests in mind.

“To be honest,” Bajczyk said, “there are some landlords who are just in it for the money and don’t keep up their apartments very well.” Trying to get back security deposits can sometimes be a battle in those situations.

“Another tough thing a stu-dent can run into is having to sign a 12-month lease,” he said. “They have to include that in the cost, too, unless they can find some-one to sublet the place during the summer—which can be hard around here.” Students staying at the same location year-round will obviously not be affected.

The bottom line seems to be that Lakeland doesn’t discourage qualified students (21 years old, married, ex-military, family in the area, et cetera) from living inde-pendently, but wants to be sure students closely consider the pros and cons and are aware of the pit-falls.

The way the school ap-proaches that goal is to make on campus living as appealing and cost-competitive as possible; add the advantages of close proximity to campus functions and free ser-vices like in-house laundries, paid utilities, free TV, Internet service, and Lakeland’s shuttle service to the package all make living within the campus community something most students will desire.

“Our general philosophy,” said Bajczyk, “is that we don’t re-ally want to force people to live in the dorms who don’t want to be there, so we try to be gener-ous about granting permission for them to live independently.”

Both Bajczyk and C.J. agreed that the college has done much to make living on campus appealing, but both also realize there are le-gitimate reasons for living apart from it.

Bajczyk wants to be sure that all students, whether they live on or off campus, have the fullest pos-sible support of Lakeland behind them.

Lakeland students have many housing optionsTake advantage of the opportunities of on-campus livingBy Al FAirchildStaff Reporterfairchilda@lakeland.edu

Time for Spring CleaningGet your room smelling and looking great

The weather is finally start-ing to warm up, and the school year is winding

down, so now is the perfect time to start some spring cleaning. Not sure where to start? Here are a few tips.

1. OPeN THe WIN-DOWS- extremely simple, but effective.

Opening the windows is a great way to make the whole room seem fresh.

2.WASH yOUR BeDDING- Sheets, pillow cases, blan-

kets, and anything else you have on your bed are things that are often forgotten, so this is a good time to have them laundered.

3.DUST eVeRyTHING- It may be basic, but it’s pretty obvious if you have

been slacking off when it comes to dusting. A rag and some multi-purpose spray can get everything shiny and clean fairly quickly, and it makes the room smell clean.

4.VACUUM- It's surpris-ing how much of a differ-ence this can make in how

clean your room seems. This is es-pecially important if you or your friends want to sit on the floor.

5.SHAke OUT RUGS (es-pecially the shag ones)- Doing this, you can get rid

of the dirt and shag rugs will be more fluffy again. Be sure to shake it outside, or be willing to vacuum and dust after you’re done.

6.GO THROUGH yOUR DRAWeRS AND CLOS-eT- With summer com-

ing up, this is the perfect time to send home some winter clothes

you don't want to wear anymore. you can also donate items you no longer wear to a charity.

7.Re-ORGANIze yOUR DeSk- You might find all kinds of things that you

never knew you had in your desk. If you sort everything into piles while you take it out, it makes re-organizing it a lot easier. Be sure to set out things you don't need any more to send home or donate.

8.MUSk UP- Buy a flame-less candle, Febreze, or any other air freshener

By JuliA WilliAmsStaff Reporterwilliamsj2@lakeland.edu

Clean out all the clutter in your room.Photo by Brittney Sandberg

that will help make your room smell amazing.

9.MOVe THINGS AROUND- If you’re up to it, this is a costless

way to make a drastic change to your room. If you have a room-mate, ask if he or she wants any of their stuff moved so that the two of you can work together to move larger objects.

10.S T A R T A DeCO-R A T I O N

BOx- Tired of the dec-orations you have up? Instead of shoving new things next to the old, put the old ones away in your decoration box. keeping everything in one place ensures that your decorations will make the move back to school with you next year—so they will be

right where you need them. And since you’ll have a place to keep them, you can even buy off season holiday decorations on clearance to use in the future.

11.R e D e C O R A T e - you'd be surprised at how much of a dif-

ference it can make to update just one thing in your room. A simple lamp, rug, plant, or post-er can make a room feel freshly upgraded. If you don't want to buy a poster, make some art-work on your own.

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Issue 6, April 14, 201112Fun House

Thumbs up

Going green: everyday should be considered earth day!

Summer vacation: three months of no school!

Warm weather: let the sun shine!

Thumbs Down

Biting your tongue: boy does that hurt!

Final exams: they create too much stress!

Having to pull all-nighters: though it can be fun, not so much when it’s forced.

Pretty soon finals week will be upon us once again; the long-dreaded finale to yet

another year of school. But study-ing can become monotonous at times. It helps to do something different to alleviate the intense boredom. Here are some helpful tips for you when it comes time to buckle down and study.

Play a game - I like to play a fun game called “procrastina-

tion,” waiting until the very last minute to start studying for finals. Even better is pulling an all-night-er. The best way to do this is to play video games until 1 a.m. and then quickly chug several cans of Mountain Dew and some Red Bull to keep you awake.

After you have consumed at least several dozen ounces of caf-feine, attempt to find your notes. (You did take notes, right?) Study for the next seven hours and don’t even bother sleeping.

Sleeping before finals is only for the weak. Another thing that aids in procrastination is spending countless hours on Facebook.

While poking friends and creeping on your ex may be enter-taining, nothing is more beneficial than playing FarmVille. Water those turnips, people!

EaTing habiTs - For the week leading up to finals,

eat nothing but junk food. Junk food has many nutrients and will help your brain to function at its optimum level. So get over to the Muskie Grill and order yourself a double bacon cheeseburger with fries.

Another benefit of eating noth-ing but junk food is that—thanks to the ensuing constipation—you won’t need to use the bathroom in the middle of your exam, ensuring that you are able to concentrate on the task at hand.

Exercise - Don’t exercise. When you exercise, blood

flows to every part of your body. This is bad. By exercising, you are sucking vital amounts of blood away from your brain, rendering your brain useless at assembling any form of a coherent thought.

STuDy habiTs - If you want to go nuts, don’t even study in

the first place. Go out and drink as much as you can. And then drink some more. Taking tests is most amusing when you are hung-over from a night of binge-drinking. Better yet, after getting totally plastered, smoke a pack or two of cigarettes. Not only does the nicotine give you a boost of en-dorphins, it helps you to relax and makes you smell like a fresh gar-

den of roses.If it’s too late and you already

started studying for finals, the best thing you can do is to lock yourself in your room, close the windows, close the shades, and don’t leave the room. For anything. I find that by keeping myself locked in my room, the air becomes thicker. Also, by not getting any sunlight, your eyes can focus on nothing but the page in front of you, allowing the caffeine you ingested to do the work it was intended to do.

Hopefully these tips will help you succeed at scoring perfect scores on all of your finals. I per-sonally guarantee that if you fol-low each and every step, you will be the valedictorian of your gradu-ating class. Good luck!

To-don’ts for finals weekTips to increase stress before the semester endsBy Josh GraminskeStaff Reportergraminskej@lakeland.edu

What is a tree hugger? By Jenni heinrichFun House Editorheinrichj@lakeland.edu

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Issue 6, April 14, 2011 SportsButler shoots itself out of the gym in finalUConn wins battle of the dogsBy GreG HeinenAdvertising Managerheineng@lakeland.edu

The madness is over. It was a surprising NCAA basket-ball tournament, in which

an eight seed and eleven seed went to the Final Four. There were zero No. 1 or No. 2 ranked teams in the Final Four.

The tournament was expand-ed from 65 to 68 teams. There were four play-in games compared to one.

Eleventh ranked Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) partici-pated in one of the play-in games and made it all the way to the Fi-nal Four. They took on Butler (No. 8). Butler couldn’t be considered a Cinderella this year because they had Duke on the ropes in last year’s title game. VCU, however, were a Cinderella team indeed.

Following is the road Con-necticut and Butler took to make the championship.

U C o n n The University of Connecticut started by beat-ing down No. 13 Bucknell 81-52 in the second round.

After that, they knocked out No. 6 Cincinnati 69-58 in round three. Next, they edged No. 2 San Diego State 74-67 in the Sweet 16. They clipped No. 5 Arizona by a very slim margin of 65-63 in the Elite Eight. Finally, they squeezed by Kentucky 56-55 in the Final Four.

Butler - The Bulldogs kicked-off the tournament with a 60-58 win over No. 9 Old Do-minion. Then, they beat No. 1

Pittsburg in a controversial game; Pittsburg fouled Butler on a des-peration heave with time expiring. The Bulldogs survived 71-70. They

beat Bo Ryan’s No. 4 Badgers in the Sweet 16 with a 61-54 margin. The Bulldogs outlasted the No. 2 Florida Gators 74-71. Finally, they beat VCU 70-62.

So in terms of rankings, But-ler had the tougher road to get to

the Final Four. However, that all went out the door when the dog fight began (pun intended). And if you’re wondering, Michael Vick was not in attendance.

It was surprising that the hungry Butler Bulldogs put up

Men’s volleyball finishes National Tourney 1-3By nicole GeurtsFeatures Editorgeurtsn@lakeland.edu

Below-par year ends in Houston; All-WVC awarded to Maier, Cheever

The Lakeland men’s volley-ball team continued their struggles as they went 1-4

in their closing matches at the WVC tournament April 1-2.

Friday, April 1, the Muskies would win their first pool match, defeating UW-Platteville 2-0 (25-23, 25-17). However, in their sec-ond match of the tournament, they would lose to host UW-Oshkosh 2-1 (25-15, 23-25, 15-3).

On Saturday Lakeland lost their final pool play match to Marquette University 2-1 (23-25, 25-13, 15-13). The Muskies would lose in the quarterfinals to UW-LaCrosse 2-0 (25-18, 25-18). They would then get knocked out of the tournament in the consolation semi-finals by UW-Stout 2-0 (25-23, 25-22).

Sophomore outside hitter Dane Maier led the Muskies with 47 kills and 13 digs on defense throughout the weekend. Senior setter Chris Kubacki had 117 as-

sists and nine blocks on the week-end to lead Lakeland.

Junior Andrew Cheever, WVC libero of the Year, led the team with 29 digs on the week-end.

Maier, who is the statisti-cal leader in kills-per-game, and Cheever, who is the statistical leader in digs-per-game, were each named to the WVC All-Conference team. Freshman outside hitter Glenn Frost was named to the WVC All-Fresh-man team.

Senior middle hitter Beau Bradshaw was named to the scholar athlete team for his hard work in the classroom.

The Muskies returned to ac-tion last week as they headed to Houston, Tex. to participate in the 2011 NCVF Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships.

On Thursday the Muskies took on UC-Berkley and lost their

first match 2-0 (33-35, 22-25).Maier led the Muskies with

ten kills. Kubacki led the Musk-ies in assists, with 24 on the night, and Cheever led Lakeland with eleven digs.

Later that day Lakeland faced eighth seed UC-San Diego. They defeated them 2-1 (25-9, 12-25, 15-12). Maier would lead the Musk-ies again, cracking ten kills, two blocks, and four digs. Kubacki also contributed, with 17 assists.

In their final pool match ,Lakeland fell to the 25th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 2-1 (22-25, 31-29, 12-15).

Maier led the team and had 15 digs while junior middle hitter Jared Sparrey led the team with five blocks. Kubacki had 27 assists and senior Andre Glass chipped in eleven digs.

The team ended their season

on Saturday. They took on Boston College and lost 2-1 (22-25, 25-19, 15-13) in the first round of the Bronze bracket.

Sophomore outside hitter Josh Tucek led the Muskies with eight kills. Freshman outside hit-ter Gilbert Mclean would add six kills to the stats sheet.

Kubacki led the team with 18 assists and six blocks. Cheever led Lakeland with eight digs.

Maier had 35 kills throughout the tournament and Sparrey add-ed 27 kills and 21 blocks. Tucek added 21 kills on the week.

Kubacki finished the tourna-ment with 115 assists and had a team high of 22 blocks. Cheever finished with 42 digs.

The Muskies finished the season with an overall record of 18-27 and a conference record of 8-10.

such a lackluster effort in the title game. A majority of their players had championship experience, and Connecticut played numer-ous freshmen in their lineup.

Butler shot a dismal 18 per-cent. That is unheard of. A pack of real Bulldogs could shoot a better percentage. No, I am not talking about “Air Bud.”

The Huskies nipped the con-fused Bulldogs 53-41. In my opin-ion, the game had the worst offen-sive showing of any recent NCAA Championship. Matt Howard, Bulldogs forward, shot a mindbog-gling 1 for 13. Once again, Kemba Walker led the way for the Hus-kies with a 16-point effort. Shelvin Mack was the lead scorer for the Bulldogs with 13 points.

This year’s tournament did not disappoint. There were nu-merous upsets and down-to-the-wire battles. The big letdown of the tournament was the shooting woes in the championship.

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All Kemba Walker (left) and UConn had to do was show up against an ice cold Howard (right) and Butler.

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Softball opens conference play .500Team gains confidence with first wins of the seasonBy Nicole GeurtsFeatures Editorgeurtsn@lakeland.edu

Going two weeks with-out playing outside, the Muskies pounded out

two much-needed wins against Edgewood at home April 2 to boost their confidence after go-ing 0-10 at the Tucson Invitational over spring break.

In the first game, Lakeland had trailed the Eagles 4-0 after the first inning. They would go onto score in the second, fourth, and sixth innings to come out on top winning 6-4. They had six runs on six hits and didn’t commit a single error.

Freshman Sam Janc led the Muskies, going 1-for-2 from the plate including a home run in the second inning. Sophomore McK-enna Wenzel also posted an awe-some performance, going 2-for-3 from the plate including a home run in the sixth inning. She would end the day with two RBIs and tallied four hits.

Sophomore pitcher Erin Henk pitched seven innings and earned her first win of the season, record-ing three strikeouts and giving up only seven hits and one walk.

Softball Coach Chad Buch-mann was ready for the team to be back in action after its Arizona trip and recent bad weather.

“We got two important wins today,” Buchmann said. “We haven’t seen any action for two weeks, and it’s nice to be 2-0 in the NAC. We gain a lot of confidence with these two wins, especially on the road.”

In game two, the Muskies would hold onto a 5-4 lead to se-cure the sweep against Edgewood. Lakeland recorded five runs in ten hits while again committing no er-rors.

Janc earned her first col-lege victory and pitched all seven innings. She also would prove her strength at the plate going 2-for-4.

Freshman Chelsea Gile had a solid performance at the plate going 2-for-4 and recording two

RBIs. Sophomore Heather Hae-flinger went 1-for-3 from the plate and also had two RBIs and a walk. Freshman Brittany Jurek went 1-for-3 and had a run score.

After having their game against Marian postponed on April 1, the game was rescheduled and played on April 7, marking the Muskies home opener. Lakeland would sweep the Sabres, winning 11-2 in the first game and 9-4 in the second.

In the first game the Muskies recorded five runs in the bottom of the third to beat Marian in five innings.

Haeflinger led the Muskies at the plate, going 4-for-4 with three runs, an RBI, and had two stolen bases. Gile went 3-for-3, recording a double and two runs.

Freshman Sammy Rieder had a double and went 2-for-4 from the plate. She also had two RBIs. Sophomore Jenny LaLuzerne scored two runs and also had an RBI and went 3-for-4 from the plate. Janc would round out Lake-land’s scorecard with four RBIs and going 2-for-2 from the plate.

Janc also played well on the mound, recording two strikeouts and giving up only three hits. Henk would take over posting one

strikeout and allowing zero runs in the two innings she pitched.

In game two, Lakeland kept their bats just as busy, ripping 15 hits and scoring nine runs. Rie-der, Gile, and LaLuzerne each had doubles to secure a sweep against the Sabres.

LaLuzerne went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, while Gile recorded two RBIs as well and went 1-for-1 at the plate. Rieder went 2-for-3 that game.

“It’s always nice to beat Mar-ian,” Buchmann said. The wins against Marian put Buchmann at 199 wins heading into Saturday’s games.

Lakeland recorded 20 runs and 32 hits for the entire double-header against Marian.

Starting the season 4-0, Lakeland took on Concordia University-Wisconsin (CUW), also undefeated, Saturday at home. The Muskies would suf-fer their first two losses of the season with early errors costing them the game.

In game one, CUW had an early lead of 2-0 in the first inning and would score another two runs in the sixth. Those runs would secure the first win of the dou-bleheader giving Lakeland their

first lose in NAC play. Lakeland wouldn’t answer until the fourth inning when freshman Brittni Pe-terson scored on junior Leah Shea-han’s single.

The Muskies would go quiet at the plate for the remainder of the game, scoring only one run on six hits. Haeflinger would lead the Muskies going 2-for-3 from the plate.

On the mound, Henk re-corded three strikeouts, but would give up two runs on seven hits in the six innings that she pitched.

In game two, the Falcons’ bats were on fire, scoring 12 runs on 12 hits with one error from the Muskies.

Being tied in the first inning, the Muskies just couldn’t seem to make the defensive plays needed. They gave up four runs in the fourth and the sixth innings.

Sheahan went 2-for-2 from the plate with one run scored. Sophomore Megan Olson went 1-for-1 from the plate and recorded an RBI.

After losing two to Concor-dia, the Muskies traveled to Rock-ford to take on the Regents. They would fall, losing two more on Sunday afternoon.

The Muskies couldn’t seem to wake up the bats as they scored only one run on seven hits in the doubleheader. Lakeland had no of-fensive or defensive answers allow-ing the Regents to score 16 runs on 19 hits between both games.

In game one, LaLuzerne hit a triple in the first inning giving the Muskies hope. She would sit on base as Lakeland struggled to score the run.

Sheahan and Haeflinger each went 1-for-2 from the plate. The Muskies would go onto to lose the game 10-0.

In game two, Lakeland hit better, but had several fly outs and wouldn’t score until the top of the seventh. By then it was too late for the Muskies to come back and would go onto to lose 6-1.

Sheahan went 1-for-3 with a run scored, and Henk also went 1-for-3 recording an RBI.

On Tuesday, April 12, the Muskies lost two more as they took on St. Norbert College in a nonconference doubleheader.

Lakeland was defeated in five innings in both games as they struggled at the plate and couldn’t seem to score runs. The Green Knights would win the first game 14-3 and the second 11-1.

The Muskies struggled on defense in game one, giving up five runs which included a grand slam in the first inning. Rieder went 2-for-3 from the plate with a double and a run scored. Peterson scored one run on one hit. Hae-flinger tallied one RBI.

In game two, the Muskies bats went quiet. They managed only three hits and scored only once. Peterson went 1-for-2 with a run scored to lead Lakeland.

The Knights had an early 3-0 lead in the second inning and scored seven runs in the fourth. St. Norbert scored eleven runs on eight hits.

With these losses in the book, Buchmann is hoping for a win to secure his 200th victory of his ca-reer. Over the weekend the Musk-ies will take on Dominican Uni-versity April 16 for a doubleheader starting at noon.

Men’s tennis ties UW-SheboyganRoster fills up as volleyball players return to team By DaNNy spatchekManaging Editorspatchekd@lakeland.edu

Kazuya Hosokawa and Kodai Miyamoto each picked up singles wins

and then teamed up for a win at No. 2 doubles for Lakeland’s three wins on the day as Lakeland tied UW-Sheboygan 3-3 at the Kohler Sports Core.

Senior No. 1 singles player Tom Kuehl and junior No. 2 Yu Sasaki lost both at No. 1 doubles and in their singles matches.

Hosokawa, a junior, won both his matches easily—6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 and 8-3 with Miyamoto at No. 2 doubles—but Miyamoto’s three set win at No. 4 singles was more competitive, 7-5, 4-6, 7-2.

“That was the longest and best match of the day. From an ob-server’s perspective, it was just a good match,” Men’s Tennis Coach Casey Carr said.

Carr said the matches gave Hosokawa and Miyamoto—players who have only been play-ing competitive tennis for a few months—valuable experience.

“Their opponents were inex-perienced. But that means they had just as much experience as our guys do. Kazuya and Kodai haven’t played any competitive tennis. The fact that Kazuya and Kodai dominated their doubles and singles matches, I’m very pleased with that,” Carr said.

Kuehl, Lakeland’s captain, fell 6-2, 6-0, never looking com-

fortable on a day when singles matches were played before dou-bles instead of the usual doubles-then-singles format.

“Tom likes doubles first be-cause when he plays with Yu he’s more relaxed and kind of has fun and doesn’t stress out,” Carr said. “I think that if we would have had the doubles’ matches first he would have played better in the singles match. He was frustrated early and I think as the year goes on Tom’s going to learn to not worry about what happened the last couple games and what hap-pened in the last point. But he did good. It’s another match and it’s experience before the confer-ence season starts. So whether the scores were what he and I would

have liked them to be, it’s a match to get him going to be the top player on our team.”

Sasaki dropped his final two sets in his 3-6, 6-2, 7-1 loss.

“He let his opponent get a lit-tle bit of confidence in that second set,” Carr said. “They’ll learn even-tually how to keep their opponent down and not let their opponent back in the match. Yu played well. Even though he lost both the singles and doubles match, I was happy with the way he played.”

Dane Maier, Andy Cheever, and Brandon Robinson began playing with the team this week following the conclusion of their volleyball team’s season.

Carr said the team will hold inter-squad matches to determine

a new lineup for its upcoming matches.

He said his team has to limit unforced errors and double faults to be competitive in upcoming matches.

“I’m just ready for the flow of the season to start,” Carr said. We’ve played a couple of very good programs and I’m just ready to see what kind of tennis our conference has as of right now. Seeing what our conference has and where these kids are from will give me a great idea of what I need to do to get our program up to the top. That’s why I’m excited for this season to start. It’ll give me a good vision for what I need to do, where I need to go with these kids here.”

Sophomore catcher Jessie Eichner giving the signal.

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MVP of the Issue: Isiah CalhounLakeland senior’s indomitable spirit in adversity has him near his pro football dreamBy Danny SpatchekManaging Editorspatchekd@lakeland.edu

When Isiah Calhoun an-nounced in one of his freshman classes that

he wanted to play professional football, the teacher laughed.

“The instructor kind of gig-gled, like it was a joke,” he said in the Campus Center, his big eyes narrowed like he’s being offended all over again. “It’s just more fuel to the fire. I’ll never forget that day.”

Now that Calhoun has ad-vanced to a national tryout, the teacher might want to.

Calhoun, a senior sociology major and a first team all-confer-ence cornerback for Lakeland’s football team last season, was one of 14 players to advance from an area regional combine in March to the NFL National ELITE Combine this weekend in Detroit.

For Calhoun, who found out he advanced in an email, being se-lected from a crop including many division one players represents his first step toward validating his pursuit to play in the NFL.

“I was in the computer lab and my eyes watered up because it was the first time you actually see all your hard work begin to pay off. I’ve always said, ‘Tears of joy I have never felt before,’ but I almost did that time. I didn’t cry, but my eyes did water,” he said.

It’s no wonder. Since arriving on campus in 2006, Calhoun has worked single-mindedly toward a goal like few others have.

People who spend a lot of time in Lakeland’s weight room, people who spend a little time there, have probably seen Cal-houn, and have probably stopped their own workouts to watch his. There’s something different about the way he lifts weights. It’s not just the big weights he throws around. It’s the way he bounces around from machine to machine, in rhythm with the music playing

in his huge headphones, the way he stares at his 6-3, 200-pound frame reflected in the mirror. He’s here for a reason.

“Some people say it’s not good but my goal is, ‘I work out until it hurts,’” shrugs Calhoun, oblivious to how he should feel about pain. “Every single rep that I push out should be a mental chal-lenge. I’m doing as much as I can, as many times as I can, for as long as I can. A lot of people see me in the weight room, and they come 30 minutes after I get there and they leave 40 minutes before I’m even done. When I leave, I want to know that I was the person work-ing the hardest.”

But as scary as he sometimes appears in the weight room, he’s really kind of a softy, people who

know him say. He plays with kids at the Sheboygan YMCA, where he works. Admits to being a mom-ma’s boy. And he’s humble, too.

“I just want to make sure everyone knows this is all God’s work,” he says. “I put in some work as far as going to work out and things like that, but God gave me the opportunity and God gave me the gift.”

But soft or scary, he’s pretty shrewd.

Realizing pro football scouts would be more likely to notice a player of his size and athleticism on defense rather than offense, he switched positions after his soph-omore year, moving from wide re-ceiver to defensive back, and as a senior to cornerback.

Playing his third position

in three years, Calhoun knew he needed to learn fast and did by observing techniques veteran cor-ners used—from Lakeland’s other senior corner Keith Woodson in practice to NFL players on You-Tube.

“A lot of people watch foot-ball games for excitement, but I learn from games,” says Calhoun, who had six interceptions in ten games in his final college season. “It’s almost like a film session. You can catch me out there in the com-puter lab watching Darelle Revis, watching Nnamdi Asomughu, some of the best cornerbacks in the game, just trying to pick up on every little thing.”

Woodson, a second team all-conference selection last season who’s played in the Arena 2 foot-ball league, said, compared to most cornerbacks, Calhoun’s “a beast.”

“He’s a very strong person,” Woodson said. “It’s not like he’s out there getting bullied. He’s the bully, and you can’t say that about too many corners in a league or conference. He can react real quick on things, too. If he makes a mistake, he can always pick up speed and recover.”

Calhoun will look to show-case some of that speed and strength at this weekend’s com-bine, from which players could theoretically be noticed and draft-ed or given an individual workout by NFL teams.

But Calhoun admits he wouldn’t even be in a position to get noticed if not for a knock on his door from someone he didn’t even know.

A few months ago, David Si-mon Jr., Lakeland’s assistant di-rector of security, was intrigued when he heard someone on campus wanted to play in the NFL. Simon played offensive line for Lakeland from ‘94 to ’98, before making it to the third round of cuts in a tryout

Above: Isiah Calhoun (8) celebrates in a Lakeland game. Below: Calhoun runs with the ball.

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with the Detroit Lions and even-tually injuring himself in a later tryout with the Chicago Bears.

“I heard that he wanted to go to the NFL, but he didn’t know how, didn’t know what to do to put himself in a position to try out,” Simon said. “I overheard these conversations, and, once I found out who he was, I went to [Calhoun’s place in] the Suites and approached him, and I talked to him for a minute, and he was open about it. I started speaking to him to see where his head was at. Was it something that he was just talk-ing about, or was it a dream that he wanted to fulfill? The conversa-tion clicked from there. We have a little bit in common because he’s from Pontiac, which is in the De-troit area, where I’m from.”

Since then, Simon, who works nights, has used three to four of his lunch breaks each week to work with Calhoun, putting him through many of the same con-ditioning drills he did as a player and as a police officer in the De-troit Sheriff’s Department.

“He helps me out with every-thing—getting me in touch with the right people, calling places seeing if I can get a pro day. He’s doing everything in his power to help me get to the next level,” Cal-houn says.

Simon said he was excited for a chance to help a person as passionate as Calhoun get to the NFL, and, with all he’s overcome chasing his dream at Lakeland, it’s hard to deny Calhoun’s passion.

There were the people like the teacher who doubted that Calhoun, a player at a division three college, was really talented enough for the NFL, or, even if he was, would ever be discovered in the middle of a cornfield. There were the bad grades in his fresh-man year that he needed to quick-ly improve to stay eligible. And, perhaps most trying for Calhoun, there was the position switch from wide receiver to defensive back in his junior year that felt like a land-slide success, that looked like one because of the five interceptions he had, that seemed like he had finally found his niche—until he found out he’d done it all on a torn ACL and would have to sit out the next season.

Calhoun felt lost in his year without football.

“It hurt because that’s my identity,” he said. “I’m a football player. That’s what everyone ac-tually knows me as. I don’t go out and party. People don’t really see me out. I stay in my room, and I play football. That’s what I do. Having all that free time and not being able to play football—it was almost like, ‘What am I supposed to do now? Who am I for this year?’”

But really, Calhoun’s always known who he is.

Friday, he’ll take a train to De-troit. It’s a long ride. With all he’s been through to get there, he’ll have more than a few concerns on his mind.

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Baseball team under .500 at midway pointTeam at 7-11 after splits versus Benedictine, MSOE

The Lakeland College base-ball team split their dou-ble-header against North-

ern Athletic Conference (NAC) foe Benedictine College Saturday afternoon. Their win in game two snapped the Muskies nine-game losing streak.

The Muskies suffered a tough 10-9 loss in an 11 inning game one.

The Muskies took the lead in the first inning after a Mike Ruzek RBI single scored Andrew “Woody” Schartner and junior Erik Kozey hit the team’s first home run of the year, a two-run shot that scored Ruzek and gave Lakeland an early 3-0 lead.

Benedictine got two runs back in the third, but the Musk-ies scored three times in their half of the third as well, with Ruzek, Ryan Boettcher, and Tim Kuchen-becker each recording an RBI.

After reaching on an error in the fourth inning, Schartner scored on a passed ball, giving the Muskies a 7-2 lead. It was short-lived though, as the Eagles scored six runs on four hits in the sixth in-ning, to take an 8-7 lead. Boettcher beat out a potential double play in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.

The Muskies failed to turn a double play in the 11th that even-tually led to the winning run.

Ruzek went 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs on ten hits, walking three and striking out eleven. Kozey pitched 2 2/3 in-nings, allowing two runs, one earned on two hits, two walks, and one strikeout. Schartner took the loss, going three innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits, one walk, and two strikeouts.

Schartner, Ruzek and Boettcher each had three hits and at least one RBI. Kozey and Andy Chitwood each had two hits and scored at least one run.

In game two, the Muskies finally had the ball bounce their way and were able to break their nine-game losing streak.

The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning before senior Matt Katzman settled in and allowed only seven hits and one run over the next eight innings.

Meanwhile, the Muskie of-fense backed up their pitcher as Kozey knocked in Ruzek in the fourth and later scored on a Jess Nickel double. Ruzek scored Chitwood with an RBI single in the fifth inning, and giving Katzman all the support he needed.

Katzman went 8 2/3 innings for the win, allowing two runs on ten hits, while walking one and striking out two. Senior catcher David Novak recorded his first save, striking out the only batter he faced.

Ruzek and Kozey led the way at the plate again in game two, each going 2-4 with one run and one RBI each.

The team split their double-header with MSOE Sunday, losing game one 7-6 and winning game

two 8-5.The Muskies, now 7-11 overall

and 2-6 in the NAC, sent junior right-hander Garrett Morris to the hill to start in game one. He did his job and kept Lakeland in the game, pitching eight innings while allowing five runs on 12 hits with two walks and two strike-outs. Schartner came on in relief in the ninth but couldn’t close the door, allowing two runs on four hits in a third of an inning.

The Muskies trailed 5-4 en-

tering the seventh inning, but Schartner singled to right and came around to score on a Ruzek single, tying the game. The Musk-ies took the lead in the eighth when freshman center-fielder Charlie Sparrow scored on an er-ror by the shortstop that allowed Schartner to reach base.

The 6-5 lead was short lived, as the Raiders of MSOE would score two runs on four consecu-tive hits to take the 7-5 win.

Ruzek and Boettcher each

went 2-4, had an RBI, and one run scored. Sparrow had a big game in just his fourth start, going 2-4 with one RBI and two runs scored.

In game two, the Muskies sent freshman right-hander Andrew Mueller to the hill. Mueller pitched well, throwing seven innings while allowing five runs on eight hits with three walks and one strike-out. Freshman right-hander Matt Weller got his first save of the sea-son, as he pitched two scoreless in-nings, allowing one hit, one walk, and striking out three.

Lakeland trailed 3-1 enter-ing the sixth inning, but the bats came to life as the Muskies scored five runs on three hits to take a 6-3 lead. A Schartner single scored Anthony Lutz to start the rally. Sophomore second baseman Andy Chitwood smacked a three-RBI double that scored Schartner, Sparrow, and Boettcher.

Novak rounded out the game with a RBI single that scored Chitwood and gave the Muskies a 6-3 lead.

Senior left-fielder Jeremy Meier and Novak each had three hits. Meier went 3-3 with an RBI while Novak went 3-5 with two RBI’s and one run scored. Chit-wood finished the game going 1-4 with three RBI’s and two runs scored.

The Muskies played a non-conference doubleheader against Ripon yesterday and will face Rockford in another twin bill Sat-urday at home.

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