County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus forgot to save a database on election night. As a result the city of Brookfi eld was not included in reported vote totals.
Brookfi eld goes missing in high court raceProsser takes substantial lead after votes are recovered
Arrival of Pi Lam to expand
Greek LifeCarroll’s fi rst national fra-ternity to colonize this fall
Arthur W. ThomasEditorial Staff
Sarah GrannisEditorial Staff
After years of having a small Greek system on campus, Car-roll University has opened its doors to the expansion process by allowing Pi Lambda Phi Fra-ternity to colonize next fall.
Pi Lam (as it typically re-ferred to) will be the school’s fi rst national fraternity. Founded at Yale University in 1895, Pi Lam was the fi rst non-secretarian fra-ternity in the United States. Al-lowing all men to join, regard-less of religion (a radical choice at the time when most fraterni-ties were secular organizations), it still embraces those values to-day and lists its philanthropy as “The Elimination of Preju-dice” which promotes the orga-nization’s principles of equality amongst all people.
There are currently 40 active chapters of Pi Lam. The Car-roll University colony will be Pi Lam’s second Wisconsin chapter, once it completes the coloniza-tion process. Pi Lam also boasts a total of over 40,000 initiated members nationwide (current-ly 1,000 active members), in-cluding famous alumni such as Senator Herb Kohl, comedians Lewis Black and Kevin James, businessman Mark Cuban and current Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig.
Amongst the Greek com-munity, excitement is growing over the addition of this latest chapter.
“I think it’s great, the ex-pansion of Greek life is extreme-ly benefi cial to our campus, and it will be a nice addition to have a nationally-based fraternity, in addition to two current locally-based ones,” senior and mem-ber of Delta Rho Upsilon Zach Staszewski said.
Assistant Director of Stu-dent Activities and Supervisor of Greek Life Christine Gravelle said the university opened up its expansion process for a third fraternity earlier this year and found itself choosing amongst eight potential organizations – ultimately deciding on Pi Lam.
“A committee was devel-oped, made up of myself, the Alum Relations representative, the Director of Residence Life, the then-president of Delta Rho Upsilon, a student senator, the
On Thursday April 7, “Waukesha County” was trend-ing worldwide on Twitter. Worldwide. Why, because the county clerk forgot to hit the save button.
As a result of the mistake by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, roughly 14,000 votes from the City of Brook-fi eld had not been counted in to-tals reported on election night. The mistake turned what was a slim 204 vote lead for challeng-er JoAnne Kloppenburg into a substantial lead for Justice David Prosser in the race for Wiscon-sin’s State Supreme Court.
Nickolaus realized the mis-take on April 6, as she and the Board of Canvassers were rec-onciling the unoffi cial results of Tuesday’s election with the tape of the actual votes cast. Accord-ing to Nickolaus, a spreadsheet with the votes from the City of Brookfi eld was imported into a database created by the Gov-ernment Accountability Board. However, the database was not saved. As a result, Brookfi eld not included in the initial tallies. Once the votes were included, there was a net gain of around 7,500 votes for Prosser.
“I’m thankful that this error was caught early in the process and during the canvass,” Nick-olaus said in a press conference on April 7. “The purpose of the canvass is to catch these types of errors.”
Nickolaus stressed it was not a case of votes being found.
“This is human error, which I apologize for,” said Nickolaus.
She noted that mistakes by humans in entering the data are common. For example, else-where in Waukesha Co., specifi -cally the City of New Berlin, the reported vote total for one ward was initially 37 for Prosser, when in fact it was 237.
“[Human error] is common in this process, which is why that state requires us to conduct a canvass,” said Nickolaus. “Ev-ery person in Waukesha County that voted on April 5, their votes counted.”
To those who would sug-gest she was attempting to help Justice Prosser win the election, Nickolaus said there was an open and transparent process with representatives from both par-ties present. Democrat Ramona Kitzinger agreed with Nickolaus at the press conference.
“I’m the Democratic vice chair of Waukesha County, so I’m not going to stand here and tell you something that’s not
true,” Kitzinger said. “We went over everything and made sure the numbers jibed up, and they did.”
However, Kitzinger has changed her position since the press conference. Citing the number of people who quoted her as an authority on the mat-ter, she expressed reservations about the process, saying it was not as open and trans-parent as the pub-lic was made to believe. Accord-ing to Kitzing-er’s statement on the website of the Waukesha County Democratic Party, she was not made aware of the error until April 7.
“Kathy told us she thought she had saved the Brookfi eld vot-er information Tuesday night, but then on Wednesday she said she noticed she had not hit save,” said Kitzinger’s statement. “Kathy didn’t offer an explana-tion about why she didn’t men-tion anything prior to Thursday afternoon’s canvass completion, but showed us different tapes
where numbers seemed to add up, though I have no idea where the numbers were coming from.”
Part of Nickolaus’ explana-tion for why she did not catch her error initially was the high turnout level in the race. She said spring elections usually see about 30 percent turnout in Waukesha Co. but even without
Brookfi eld’s votes, turnout was at 42 percent.
“That was an amazing amount of votes so I had no reason to believe I was miss-ing any,” said Nickolaus. “With this change…our turnout vote in Waukesha County was 47 percent, that’s something to be proud of for Waukesha County residents.”
Spring elections usually do
not bring people to the polls in large numbers. However, there has been nothing usual about Wisconsin politics this year.
“It was a really unusual en-vironment,” noted Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jeff Stone in his concession speech.
The state has become po-larized over Governor Scott
Walker’s budget repair bill and at-tempts to end col-lective bargaining for public unions. The result was an energized elector-ate as over 1.5 mil-lion people came to the polls. The Government Ac-countability Board predicted a turn-
out of around 20 percent of vot-ing age adults for the election that included just one statewide race. They were off by 14 per-cent, as historic numbers of peo-ple came to the polls on April 5. If the GAB prediction had been correct, roughly 880,000 votes would have been cast.
“I’m thankful that this er-ror was caught early in the process...the purpose of the
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ripples, inc. donates $1 million to Carroll
5K Toga RunSunday, April 10, 2011
Funds to be allotted for scholar-ship and master plan projects
John HarbeckSpecial Contribution
2/28/11 - 2:00 p.m.Took a report of a battery that had occurred near the inter-section of Grand and Williams Streets on 2/27/11 at approxi-mately 1:30 a.m. Suspects were reported to be 6 males who hit the victim as they ran by him and does not appear to be related the in incidents on the bike trail.
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Members of Delta Rho Upsilon gather the ball room after their annual Toga Run.Photos by Ben Greer
Participants embark on the walk to benefi t the Women’s Center , Inc. of Waukesha.
Evihn Vaszily and Emily Schmitt are pumped for this year’s benefi t.
3/1/11 - 8:20 p.m. Assisted Residence Life with a policy violation in New Hall.
3/2/11 - 8:34 a.m. Responded to a medical emer-gency at Rankin Hall.3/4/11 - 11:00 a.m. Took a report of damage to the exterior mirror of a vehi-cle parked in lot 5. Damage oc-curred between 2/28 and 3/4.
3/6/11 - 9:25 p.m. Took a report of harassing text messages received by a student.
3/9/11 - 12:57 a.m. Responded to a medical emer-gency in New Hall.
3/9/11 - 2:00 a.m. Found damage to the fence line in lot 5 caused by a vehicle that had struck it.
Panhellenic Council president, and a Resident Assistant,” Grav-elle said. “The committee chose to go with Pi Lambda Phi be-cause it seemed to be the best fi t with Carroll University.”
Students are also excited for the possibilities that come with adding a new organization.
“I’m not familiar with Greek life on this campus because I never really got involved but I think it’s cool that it’s now equal numbers of sororities and frater-nities,” junior Maggie Schaffer said. “My brother is in a frater-nity and he really likes the broth-erhood there.”
“I think it’s cool and will offer new opportunities to stu-
3/9/11 - 9:54 a.m.Took a report of a fall in lot 9.
3/12/11 - 10:30 p.m. Took a report of damage to a ve-hicle from another vehicle in lot 5.
3/13/11 - 9:20 p.m. Responded to a medical emer-gency near College and East.
As Carroll moves forward with the developments of the master plan initiative, generous donations have been made dur-ing the past academic year to help move the plan forward.
One of the most substantial donations was from ripples, inc. The private organization donat-ed $1 million to Carroll to sup-port scholarships to students and to help fund new science facili-ties.
“We deeply appreciate our relationship with ripples, inc. and its principles,” said Dr. Douglas Hastad in a March 16th press release. “We certain-ly agree that this gift will have a long-term impact on our stu-dents and the quality of science education at Carroll.”
ripples, inc. has a long standing history with the univer-sity. In 1994, ripples, inc. estab-lished the Gabriel Fund, an en-dowed scholarship that provided fi nancial assistance to students in
dents,” said junior Tessa Boush-ley.
Possibilities do exist for fu-ture Greek organizations to come to campus; however, Grav-elle said the university would like to see how Pi Lam’s coloni-zation goes fi rst.
Any gentlemen interested in joining Pi Lambda Phi can speak with a national represen-tative who will be on campus this week visiting – to schedule an appointment (or if you have further questions), email Chris-tine Gravelle at [email protected]. Recruitment for the new fraternity will begin in the fall, with more information to follow as the process is developed.
need of fi nancial support. Half of the $1 million donation will be added to this fund.
The other half of the dona-tion will be applied to the sci-ence facilities projects that are projected in the master plan.
“New science facilities will expand student.faculty research opportunities and exhance the core educational experience for all students…” said Hastad. “This very generous gift will help provide the very best facili-ties for our students and faculty.”
“Very generous donors like ripples, inc. appreciate the role they can play by helping to set the pace that others can fol-low and that are equally capa-ble and interested,” said Steve Kuhn, Vice President of Institu-tional Advancement. “Howev-er, all gifts of all sizes are critical to our success. Leadership shows up in all shapes, but equally im-portant, it also shows up in con-tinuity of giving, regardless how big or small a donor’s gift will be. It’s people that shape Car-roll’s future.”
Luke BennewitzEditorial Staff
Assembly may combine committees, decision possible in MayArthur W. ThomasEditorial Staff
There has been a pro-posal in the Carroll Assembly to combine four committees into two. The International
and Multi-Cultural commit-tee would be combined with the General Education Com-mittee. The Assessment and Academic Steering committees would also be combined.
The idea is to combine committees that have roles that are connected in order to streamline the process and lighten the load for faculty. The proposal was brought up at the
April 11 Assembly meeting, al-though no vote was taken. The matter will likely be brought up at the next meeting in May.
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Volume 34 Issue 13 | The New Perspective
What the localsare doin’
Josh DeGrasse-BaumannEditorial Staff
Have you read an interesting local news story? Share the link with us on our facebook page!
Waukesha police officer involved in crash
A Waukesha police officer was involved in a crash April 1 while responding to a call.
The officer’s car and two other cars crashed at West Main and Barstow streets around 6:50 a.m.
The officer sustained minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
The crash will be investigated.
–Waukesha Freeman
Man charged with pharmacy robberies
Rollie Tappa, 24, was charged with three counts of armed rob-bery and one count of attempted armed robbery.
The robberies started Feb. 22 with the latest being Mar. 31. Tappa was arrested by police who located his car after receiving a description of it from an employee at Value Care Pharmacy.
If convicted, Tappa could face up to 128 years in jail and $325,000 in fines.
– Waukesha Patch
People’s Park plans to reopen July 1
People’s Park owners Dan and Jim Taylor are aiming to reopen the restaurant July 1. The restaurant has been closed since Feb. 8 due to a fire.
The Taylors hope to com-bine 811/813 Clinton St. with the building at 337 W. Main St. and add rooftop dining.
The Waukesha Plan Com-mission will review the expan-sion plans April 13.
– Waukesha Patch
Waukesha bakery wins Milwaukee Cake Boss com-petition
Rachel Patterson, a bak-er at Sweet Perfections Bake Shoppe, won the March 26 Milwaukee Cake Boss Com-petition at the Frontier Air-lines Center in Milwaukee, Wis.
Patterson’s winning cake combined elements of the Mitchell Park Conservato-ry, the Milwaukee Country Zoo, the Milwaukee Art Mu-seum and Miller Park into one frosted cover spectacle.
Patterson and Ken Heil, owner of Sweet Perfections, took home a $500 grand prize. They plan to use the money to fund future 2D and 3D cake sculptures.
– Erik Endres
Police Reports: Do you want a drink?
Waukesha Police Department calls from April 9 and April 10
A student was arrested after it was reported the student appeared to be intoxicated while in class at 8:55 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of East Broadway.
In other Waukesha Police Department calls:
• A 16-year-old was cited for being in possession of tobacco at 11:57 p.m. Saturday at South Grand and Estberg avenues.
• A person was cited for a loud noise violation at 12:33 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of South Street.
• A person was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving after it was reported the person asked an-other person if they wanted a drink at a stop light at 1:19 a.m. Sunday at East Sunset Drive and Highway 164.
• A person was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving during a traffic stop at 2:05 a.m. Sunday at Delafield Street and Summit Avenue.
• A car accident that occurred when one car was chas-ing another at 2:40 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Motor Avenue
– Waukesha Patch
Century Magazine is proud to present the
Release Party of this year’s collection
•Come join us for the celebration of this year’s publishing of Century Magazine- An amazing collection of student art ranging from photography to prose writing.
•At the Sneeden House, April 26th, 7-10 pm
CATERING and OPEN MIC will be included!
Come join the fun!
No spring show due to lack of dough
Something is going to be different on Carroll University’s campus this spring. There will be no big name concert rocking Van Male. There will be no big speaker, no large performance, nothing.
“Time was not on our side,” said Kent Krause, Finance Chair of Student Senate.
Senate is the group respon-sible for putting on the large spring performance. In the past, headlining bands have been Cake, Switchfoot and Death Cab for Cutie. This year, Sen-ate not only ran into the prob-lem of time, but also money.
“We could only guarantee around $30,000 to contribute to a concert,” said Senator Katie Kujawski. “Bands and music artists cost anywhere from $80-90,000 and up. And of course, the more popular or recognizable the art-ist is, the more expensive they get. It was really just impossible to arrange something this year.”
Not everyone on Senate sup-ported the decision. Evihn Vaszi-ly, who has been a contributor to The New Perspective, lamented the decision not to bring a major concert to campus.
“I believe a major concert is not only an exciting thing to look forward to towards the end
Arthur W. ThomasEditorial Staff
of the year as any student, but also a great way of attracting at-tention to Carroll University in general,” said Vaszily. “It is an important exhibition of the arts and a cheap way for students to be able to attend an actual con-cert. I was very disappointed.”
Kujawski, who served on the Food Theme Committee with Dean of Student There-sa Barry, said Senate looked into ways to bridge the funding gap. One idea was to tie the perfor-mance into the food theme so extra funding could come from Academics. Another option was to bring a comedian to campus, potentially Bo Burnham.
“By the time we had reached a deci-sion, it would have been too late to put on a worthwhile event for the students,” said Kujawski. “[W]e did not have time to try to
fundraise for something better, and we did not want to put forth a less than satisfactory event if we did not have to.”
The current plan is to save the money that would have gone towards this year›s show and put it towards a large show next year.
“At this time, we are an-ticipating hosting some kind of event or performance next school year,” said Kujawski. “What it will be specifically is undetermined yet.”
Even though turnout was high, the difference in the vote totals as of election night was just 204. While the Associated Press did not call the election for either side, Kloppenburg de-clared victory on April 6.
“Wisconsin voters have spoken and I am grateful for, and humbled by, their confi-dence and trust,” Kloppenburg said.
After the February primary, Prosser and Kloppenburg were the two candidates left on the ballot for the state’s high court. Prosser received 55 percent of the primary vote and Kloppen-burg received 25 percent. There just over 400,000 votes cast, ac-cording to the GAB.
While both Prosser and Kloppenburg accepted pub-lic financing for the race, out-side groups have spent large amounts of money on the race.
According to the non-par-tisan Brennan Center for Jus-tice, over $3.5 million had been spent by outside groups as of April 5.
The Greater Wisconsin Committee led all spenders with $1.3 million, the group ran adds suggesting “Prosser = Walker.”
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The pro-business Issues Mobilization Council of Wis-consin Manufacturers and Commerce was in second, hav-ing spent over $910,970.
Other top spenders were the Citizens for a Strong Ameri-ca, Wisconsin Club for Growth, and State Tea Party Express. Citizens for a Strong America ran advertisements asking Klop-penburg to condemn false TV ads by other groups. Wisconsin Club for Growth ran a radio ad
discussing Kloppenburg’s “re-cord of suing farmers and oth-er employers.”
While Prosser continues to hold a strong lead now that the Brookfield votes have been in-cluded, other counties such as Milwaukee are still in the pro-cess of canvassing. As a result, the official results have yet to be fully determined. Even once that happens, a recount is possi-ble, particularly for the Brook-field votes.
Minds.Of course they are lost.Make sure to take study breaks and get enough sleep in the weeks before finals.
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Point Counter-Point: In light of the WI elections, does your vote count?
Every vote counts Every vote forgotten
What are you most worried about for the
housing draw?
“I don’t know how online housing is going to work! I go in a few days and don’t know what I am doing. Stress-ful!.”-- Ashley Joers, Sophomore
“The likelihood on any and all data being lost, just like every other on-line idea Carroll tries to do. Like reg-istering for classes.”--Daniel Robinson, Sophomore
“I have no faith left in this system. Doing it online avoids confrontation between disgruntled students and the housing department staff, which is smart.”--Nathaniel Schwarzbach, Junior
“That I won’t get the building I want or that the system will crash and my room-mate selection will get messed up.”--Erin Strigenz, Sophomore
Leigh EmmettEditorial Staff
“Oh, I know it’s going to crash for sure.”--Stephanie Berg, Junior
Letter to the editor: Teach us how to DougieDear President Hastad,Over the course of the past five years,
your term as president of Carroll Uni-versity has proven that it will be remem-bered for several years. You have brought a unique vibe to campus, something that cannot be exemplified in simple phras-es but by simply witnessing the positive changes. Because of your leadership, you have brought a strong connection be-tween the students and the administra-tion, something that has not had such a strong presence in the past.
Because of this, I feel it is appropriate to offer this simple request to you. As sev-eral students are aware, there is currently a quite popular dance called the “Dougie” that goes with a song called “Teach Me
How to Dougie.” As the song suggests, the people singing do not know how to “Dougie.” My suggestion is that you, President Hastad, take some time dur-ing an afternoon and teach the students of Carroll how to “Dougie.”
Teaching students how to “Dougie” correctly will lead to so many social bene-fits for our generation. You will be teach-ing the students a valuable dance to those that do not necessarily know it yet and when we are out dancing and that song comes on, we will be able to break it down on the dance floor. Additionally, teaching people how to “Dougie” will provide eco-nomic benefits because students will sub-sequently buy the song off of iTunes, pro-viding the music supplier with revenue to
help stimulate the music industry.Finally, since so many students will
be performing and perfecting the “Dou-gie,” other staff and faculty members will be interested in learning how to “Dou-gie,” which could lead to “Dougie” dance parties and “Dougie” social nights, with everything revolving around the “Dou-gie” that you taught us.
It seems as if the benefits significant-ly outweigh the setbacks of teaching stu-dents how to “Dougie.” In order to help make Carroll a more prosperous campus and community, you should really teach students how to “Dougie.”
Sincerely yours,Dancing Dougie
From federal government to the local arena, we are taught from little up that every vote counts. I’m not so sure anymore.
On Thursday, the close race for State Supreme Court was called to a near close as Waukesha County recovered thousands of untallied votes. Let’s rephrase that. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus lost and then found 14,000 votes when she realized she never tallied votes from the city of Brookfield. This gives an unofficial lead to conservative leaning Justice David Prosser.
And the questions on everyone’s mind: How do you find 14,000 votes? How do you forget about an entire city?
Several conflicts of interest may have shoved Nickolaus into public scrutiny here. I only wish she had been under scru-tiny when she applied for the position to begin with. Maybe someone could have pointed out that Nickolaus had worked in the Assembly Republican caucus during the time that Prosser,
a former Republican lawmaker, served as the assembly speaker. Another cause for scrutiny comes from Nickolaus’s elec-
tion system, which was audited last year after complaints were cast that she was not cooperative with information technology specialists. The audit showed the system as outdated but over-all okay – they urged Nicolaus to improve security and back-up procedures.
Finally, Nickolaus does not post separate municipal elec-tion results online, as many clerks do. She also never showed the running totals throughout election night or what propor-tion of the voting units were included in the tallies. I’m certain that a public voter breakdown could have prevented such a bi-zarre turn of events.
As a matter of fact, I really wonder if voters are ever receiv-ing the proper amount of information and accountability nec-essary to ensure fair elections. The WI State Supreme Court election shows how little voters can trust Waukesha County clerks, but what keeps me up at night is a far greater issue: Is this little mishap a blip on the radar or is every voting cycle rid-dled with scandals that are simply never caught red-handed? If so, does my vote really matter or could mine have been forgot-ten just as easily as the city of Brookfield?
Is this little mishap a blip on the radar or is every voting cycle riddled with scandals that are simply never caught
red-handed?
While the result may not always be one we agree with, the point
of voting is to participate in American self-governace.
Friends with benefits.It’s a controversial debate among
many students, particularly those on this campus. Just hearing the phrase brings up many reactions: “Best thing ever” or “Don’t even bother, it never works out”.
Sure it may seem like a good idea – you obviously like spending time with your friend, and hey, maybe you even find them a little bit attractive. What’s the harm in occasionally indulging in a little extra fun (if you know what I mean) now and then?
For starters, before you decide to take a romp in the sack with your formerly platonic BFF – keep a couple things in mind: there’s a reason these situations rarely work out.
The first reason: communication. Be
upfront about what you both expect and why, and don’t be afraid to let loose any feelings you have. If you have ANY ro-mantic feelings towards the other person – come clean right away. A major reason the “friends with benefits” arrangement blows is along the way, one party starts to gain (or lose) attachment, and doesn’t tell the other person. Is it awkward to have “the Talk”? Of course. But you can’t ex-pect to be able to see your buddy naked and not have any awkward situations – life doesn’t work that way.
Another reason: one person meets someone else, and jealousy/dramatic con-frontation ensues.
Trust me, we’ve all witnessed this at a party somewhere. Sometimes it’s a girl screaming and crying at a guy that she “thought she meant more to,” only to wit-
ness him making out with another girl.If you, or the other person, find some-
one else you’re even kind of attracted to and interested in pursuing – stop hooking up immediately. I really can’t make it any simpler than that; you don’t want your life to become an episode of “Jersey Shore” so prevent the drama before it happens.
Does this still sound appealing to you? If you’re willing to deal with the risks (ie: losing the friendship), by all means, go for it. But there is one final issue to consider: why don’t you want to date your friend? Is it the “boyfriend” or “girlfriend” label that you are afraid of, or do you just not see relationship potential in them? Think long and hard before you choose to embark on this unique and potential-ly messy situation, for both of your sakes.
Relationship Column: Friends with benefitsSarah GrannisEditorial Board
If every vote does not count, then what does? What is determining the winners and losers of elections? There were around 1.5 million votes cast in the State Supreme Court race between Justice David Prosser and Joanne Kloppenburg. That means 1.5 million people went to the polls and checked a box, completed an arrow or voted in some manner, indicating their support for a particular candidate. Prior to the appear-ance of the City of Brookfield’s votes, this election was sepa-rated by just 204 votes.
Consider if Brookfield had been included in the process at that point. Say Kloppenburg had won a ten year term on the state’s highest court by a difference of 204. Without a doubt, when that was thought to be the case, there were more than 204 people in Wisconsin who would have preferred Prosser but did not make it to the polls. If just 52 Prosser sup-porters had gotten four friends together and gone to the polls the result would have been different. This is why the parties put so much effort into “get out the vote” campaigns right be-fore elections. It is entirely possible for a little effort to go a long way.
While the result may not always be one we agree with, the point of voting is to participate in American self-gov-ernance. Again, ensuring that votes from Brookfield were counted means those people are being counted. We can de-cry the amount of money being spent on elections, we can de-cry the political nature of a race for State Supreme Court, and
we can decry the tactics used in campaigns. However, there is no more fundamental right in America than voting; as a re-sult those 14,000 votes in Brookfield must be counted. Those 14,000 votes made up roughly 11 percent of all of those cast in Waukesha Co.
If we accept the idea that every vote does not count, then why does any one vote? We vote because we believe in the system. We vote because we are a democracy. In theory, that means if it comes down to a difference of one vote, we go with the majority. For a time on April 5 and 6, we were just 203 votes away from one vote making that big of a difference. Don’t tell me every vote doesn’t count.
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The most beloved pocket monster franchise is back with the fifth gen-eration of all new battle monsters. In “Pokémon: Black & White,» you will visit the new land of Unova with amaz-ing new Pokémon, trainers and places. But it’s not just the Pokémon that are different.
The game play and mechanics are the same as they have always been since you first sat down with your Game Boy playing Red and Blue. And the ba-sic plot is relatively the same too. But Nintendo has thrown in some awe-some new twists and updates to make it different. For instance, instead of an evil group trying to steal Pokémon, there is now a Pokémon Rights Activ-ist Group.
But that’s not the only thing that’s different. As soon as you turn on the game, you immediately notice the graphics upgrade. Now the series has certainly improved from the 8-bit graphics, but in Black & White, they enhance it to an almost 3-D look to the game.
The game itself is certainly chal-lenging, you will proudly lose days try-ing “beating the game”. And yes, I use that term loosely, because the best part of the Pokémon franchise is that there is always something else to accomplish. New areas open up after the Elite Four and the trainers gain an immense pow-er boost.
Overall, «Pokémon: Black & White» is a must play for any Pokéfan or anyone who wants to see how the game has progressed from the “good ole days.”
Britney’s back, bitch.The 29 year old pop sensation
returns with a bang with her latest release, “Femme Fatale”. With her seventh studio album, Britney Spears proves why she is a pop icon with 12 tracks full of heavy dance beats and club-thumping music.
The first single “Hold It Against Me” made waves quickly, and the second “Till The World Ends” has caught on quickly as well. While both singles are very good (this al-bum is a definite departure from her early releases and even the most re-cent “Circus” and “Blackout”), the real standouts are “I Wanna Go”, “How I Roll”, and “Big Fat Bass (feat. Will.I.Am)”. A special deluxe edition is also available and features another great track – the part-ballad, part-club music “He About to Lose Me”.
Love it or hate it, Spears is ad-mittedly not the most amazing sing-er in the world. However she uses this to her advantage on the album and manipulates her voice over the dance beats, creating a whole new sound. She knows she’s never go-ing have the voice range of Christi-na Aguilera, but what differentiates Spears is that she is a true perform-er and knows how to entertain her audience. Spears is not afraid to take risks on this record and experiments with so many different melodies and sounds, it truly is unique, catchy, and instantly one of (if not her) best releases.
Should you buy it? If you’re looking for a fun album to play in your room before heading out for a night on the town with your friends, go for it. As an entertainer who’s never afraid to push the envelope, Spears proves once again why she is the once again the reigning Queen of Pop.
It is no small task to compile the biography of Malcolm X, possibly the most controversial figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Arguably, the most controversial figure of the twentieth century in America.
Manning Marable, director or Columbia’s Center for Contemporary Black History, recently passed away on April 1. He was the author of fif-teen books including How Capital-ism Underdeveloped Black America (1983), Black Liberation in Conser-vative America (1997), and The Great Wells of Democracy (2003).
Marable is known for his out-spoken ideals and forceful discourses on issues of race and economic injus-tice. He wrote, “In retrospect many of Malcolm’s most outrageous statements about the necessity of extremism in the achievement of political freedom and liberty were not unlike Barry Goldwater, who declared that ‘extrem-ism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of jus-tice is no virtue.’”
While Marable’s book is often criticized for justifying or rationalizing Malcolm X’s more extreme rhetoric, it is obvious that any deconstruction of Malcolm X is no easy task. The New York Times describes Malcolm X as a country bumpkin turned zoot-suit en-tertainer who became a petty criminal, self-taught intellectual, white-hating nationalist and follower of orthodox Islam who was central toward the Civ-il Rights movement.
Marable’s research is impressive, drawing from diaries, letters, FBI files, web resources, and interviews with Malcolm’s inner circle but his highest praise comes from his ability to place it in history. Malcolm X: A Life of Re-invention is lauded for its ability to situate his subject within the tumult of 20th Century racial politics with-out losing focus on Malcolm himself.
It’s an interesting read for any his-tory buff or anyone attuned to social change.
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Sucker Punch, a movie from the di-rector of 300 and Watchmen, packs per-fect casting, music, and an action-filled storyline into two mesmerizing hours.
The storyline begins with the main character Babydoll, played by Emily Browning of A Series of Unfortunate Events fame, looking to escape from a house for the mentally insane where her stepfather has wrongly sent her and requested her to have a lobotomy. She teams up with four women—named Amber, Blondie, Rocket, and Sweet Pea—and they plan their escape.
Definitely not targeted towards the Reese Witherspoon crowd, Sucker Punch chooses instead to market itself towards the superhero and video game movies audience. Since my three clos-est friends are all video-gaming guys, I have been dragged to every action-packed gore-fest for years while only recently beginning to like the genre. If I wasn’t a fan before, Sucker Punch definitely would have changed my mind—and the minds of any guys as well. My friend Dan, who I saw the movie with, commented for an hour after the movie ended about how hot the actresses were. While this may not be a good movie to bring your girl-friend to, it is certainly a great mov-ie to see.
The soundtrack plays as the per-fect backdrop to the movie. Emily Browning even sings two songs on the soundtrack--the first being a slowed-down version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” that perfectly captures the eerie feel of the opening scenes and the forthcoming epic battles. The re-mix of Bjork’s “Army of Me” exem-plifies Sucker Punch’s battle scenes in song form perfectly, and will have you picturing the scenes long after the movie ends.
While the plot is largely simplis-tic, the stunning visual effects, perfect music, and amazing casting will keep you well-entertained. Unlike so many movies today, Sucker Punch is defi-nitely worth the $10 ticket price.
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Many have learned about the mur-der of the 16th President of the Unit-ed States, Abraham Lincoln, at some point in life. Chances are, those peo-ple would say that John Wilkes Booth committed the murder. However, not many could tell you about the sto-ry behind the murder—a story which involved a woman named Mary Sur-ratt. Director Robert Redford’s latest fi lm, “The Conspirator,” is based on her story.
“It was a story that was unknown, connected to a story everybody knew,” said Redford.
James D. Solomon, a former jour-nalist, began his research for the script in 1993, but nothing came of it until 2009, after Redford had signed on as the director. Solomon used his knowl-edge of researching and reporting to gather as much information as possible about the historical event, including the transcripts for Surratt’s actual trial.
“You only have so much evidence in the archives. Very little was re-corded,” said Redford. d everything to a T.”
Redford, who acted in “All the President’s Men” and produced “The Motorcycle Diaries” and “A Civil Ac-
tion,” was instantly captivated by the script and was eager to begin fi lming.
The fi lm delves into a conspiracy theory surrounding the murder of Lin-coln. Mary Surratt, played by Robin Wright, owned a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and other alleged conspirators were said to have met reg-ularly. Among these men, was Sur-ratt’s son, John.
James McAvoy plays Frederick Ai-ken, the young Union soldier who be-comes a lawyer after his return from the war. Aiken is forced to defend Surratt in her trial. Because of his loyalty to the Union, this trial was diffi cult for him to care much about. However, as the relationship between lawyer and defendant gradually builds, Aiken becomes determined to prove Surratt’s innocence.
The lack of abundant knowl-edge of the lives of Surratt and Aiken forced Redford and others involved in the fi lm to improvise and fi ll in the missing pieces about the characters.
“You have to bring in actors that can bring their own embellishment to it,” said Redford. “I had McAvoy and Robin in mind.”
The chemistry between McAvoy and Wright added to the emotional el-ement of the fi lm, as well as the trust
that is built between the characters. It is easy for the viewer to see the shift from Aiken’s disinterest to his determination to fi nd the truth.
Surratt wanted to protect her son, played by Johnny Simmons, who may have been more in-volved with the conspira-cy than she was and ran away immediately after the events took place to protect himself.
“She didn’t expect a fair trial,” said Redford. “The one thing she could do was protect her son.”
Other members of the cast include Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson Colm Mean-ly, Justin Long, Danny Houston, Alexis Bledel and James Badge Dale.
“The Conspirator” opens in theaters na-tionwide April 15. For more information about the movie and to watch the theatrical trailer, visit www.conspiratorthemovie.com.
Redford’s Conspirator delivers suspense, intrigue
Kristina LjujicStaff Writer
The New Perspective attended a screening and press conference for Robert Redford’s newest fi lm
Photo courtesy of Lionsgate
Food for thought
Tofu, tomatoes & NutellaHow the Carroll vegetarian makes do on a meal planAmanda PalczynskiEditorial Staff
One thing that everyone has in common is food, making it the best choice for this year’s theme. This has been Carroll University’s first use of a theme and it has been a success. The theme idea started when Student Sen-ate suggested having a series of speakers, but a student mentioned trying to make an overall theme to build around.
“Food was decided on in our meeting when Alex said she was starving so let’s do food,” Theresa Barry, the dean of students, said
Other theme options included oil, earth, water and energy. Water has been decided as next year’s theme and there is a hope to continue on with energy related themes in the future.
The food theme this year has been very popular not only with students, but also faculty, staff and the community.
“We have had an overwhelming positive response. The community gar-den will be our biggest event to unveil,” Barry said.
The theme’s activities were divided into three categories: community,
education and social. Some events and activities through the food theme in-cluded Jam the Van, chocolate tastings and a trip to see Buddy Valastro of Cake Boss.
Katie Kujawski was one of the students who helped organize the Cake Boss trip.
“It was my favorite activity and had a fantastic turnout,” Kujawski said.Each of the food theme activities and events has been highly attended
and it is going to hopefully continue with the future themes. Brainstorming for next year’s water theme has already begun.“Some water related ideas that have been mentioned include a sum-
mer reading and author visit, distribution of reusable metal water bottles and a possible contest that encourages water conservation,” Barry said.”We also got the idea to have students walk down to the Fox River wearing water pales and then bring back the water to help show students how some peo-ple have to get water.”
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Maintaining a vegetarian cuisine at Carroll isn’t as hard as you think. Freshman and Public Relations ma-jor Stephanie Cline was kind enough to meet me for lunch in the MDR and share how she tailors her dining options to her liking.
“I just love tomatoes,” Cline mentioned when I inquired what her favorite food was and what her dai-ly meal typically looks like. Hum-mus, fruit, and vegetables are among her staples, a few of which she keeps handy in her room.
Cline claims to not be a huge fan of the MDR offerings; however, she will request tofu in her stir fry. When all else fails, she resorts to the salad bar. She tends to avoid not only meat, but any offering that con-
tains gelatin, such as yogurt or pud-ding.
Cline also enjoys milk and cheese, having sprinkled some on a spinach salad alongside some french fries dur-ing our lunch. When she’s not get-ting lunch in the MDR, Cline’s fa-vorite snack is rice cakes smothered with Nutella spread, which she also keeps in her room.
With not too much trouble ad-justing to college dining offerings, Cline has been able to sculpt her dish-
es to her liking fairly easily, but not without monotony. She is, howev-er, eager to move into the Hartwell apartments next year, and she is al-ready planning to do a lot of cook-ing for herself, shifting away from a heavy meal plan.
“As lame as it sounds, I can’t wait to make Kraft Mac & Cheese,” com-mented Cline. “The MDR’s is dis-gusting.”
Although it isn’t typical to meet a vegetarian on campus,
Cline doesn’t
ever experience feeling like the odd one out, since a lot of her friends choose to not eat a lot of meat on their own. At home, she is the only one in her household who is a true vegetarian, although; her moth-er opts for eating only a little meat, while her brother will only eat organ-ic meat.
She also has a soft spot for an-imals, even insects. Earlier that day, she explained how she tried to con-vince her co-workers to take a pesky bug outside, but to no avail. Cline’s voluntary diet also reflects her com-passion for all animals, even the lit-tle guys most of would never dream
of eating.
All hail the Popcorn KingFreshman Physics major shares his recipe for success
Amanda PalczynskiEditorial Staff
Maybe you never knew this person in your early col-lege years, but there is at least one crafty freshman on your floor who has figured out the economics of college dining. I was lucky enough to meet the “Popcorn King” of first floor South Bergstrom.
Freshman Erich Norenberg ex-plained how his eating habits changed during this school year, from relatively scheduled eating patterns at home to eating when-ever he pleases at college, maxi-mizing the utility of each meal swipe.
“I eat a lot,” said Noren-berg, “my roommates are dis-gusted at how much I can eat.”
Norenberg’s typical meal from the MDR consists of one or two plates of the main entree, including a dessert. Most of what he eats is dependent on what is available to him through Carroll din-ing. Outside spending is kept to a minimum, but Erich keeps a few snacks on hand, in-cluding a 36-pack of Ramen, granola bars and his favorite beverage, choc-olate milk.
Norenberg has kept from go-ing thirsty this year, having devised a creative solution. When he gets a meal from the MDR, Erich might bring his 50-ounce canteen and fill up with milk, juice or whatever he is in the mood for that day. Having done the math on the meals, Noren-berg is not afraid to take all he can get.
But why is Erich Norenberg the “Popcorn King?” When he hollered down the hall to a neighbor for the air popper, at least two others peered out of their room asking if he was mak-ing the popcorn.
Erich’s specialty is making phenomenal batches of homemade popcorn, using a mix of butter, vegetable oil and flavorful seasonings; among them, buttery jalapeno and creamy ranch. I was able to try some, and this was no ordinary popcorn. Norenberg claims that he is very attentive in the popcorn-making pro-cess, flipping the batch around carefully to get
an even distribution of all the ingredients and seasonings.
As comical as it seems that the Popcorn King is such a big deal, the young men of first floor South Berg have made this tradition of eating together a social gathering. This goes
beyond a great bowl of popcorn; their evenings are often spent amongst each other watching TV and playing video games. Having to cut corners may not be so stressful when the re-sources at hand build the foundation of college social circles.
Being busy and eating healthy: it’s possibleArthur W. ThomasEditorial Staff
Rupinder Kaur is always busy. The Carroll University se-nior is a Business Administration major with a psychology minor. She is also a RA in Pioneer Hall, Webmaster for the Outdoor Ad-venture Club, member of the Spiritual Life Advisory Board, and a Marketing Intern for Dorm Digs.
Just because she is busy, does not mean Kaur allows convenience to take precedence over finding healthy options for dining. Usually her lunch comes from the MDR. She likes the deli bar because it is healthier than other options.
“I look for convenience and the timing around my schedule so I just grab whatever if it would take less time,” said Kaur.
It should be noted that as an RA, Kaur gets meals as part of her compensation. In part that
plays in to where she eats. “I had meal plans my fresh-
men and sophomore year be-cause I didn’t want to travel ev-eryday just for food,” she said. “[N]ow for the past two years I [have been] a RA so we get meal plans so I just eat on cam-p u s f o r
convenience and sometimes I eat outside while coming back from work or if I feel like it.”
Kaur admits that when she first came to Carroll, her dining habits were not the best. She said she often ate junk food from the PIT. However, over the years she has returned to healthy eating habits because of the impact it can have. She has made it a point to eat more fruits and vegetables even with her busy schedule.
“Now I do care about what I eat because it af-
f e c t s m y
health and productivity through-out the day,” said Kaur. “In addi-tion, I don’t have much time to sit for an hour and do lunch or din-ner because I have busy schedule so I eat quick and healthy food.”
Kaur said that when she first came to campus, many of the food options presented as a cul-ture shock to her. Now her favor-ites include chicken tenders in the MDR and the broccoli and corn tortilla soup and the chick-en caesar wrap from the PIT.
“First I used to think that there are no healthy options
but once you start eating then you can find your way to get a different healthy meal every day.”
She feels her campus dining experience has been a good one. Kaur said she would like to see vegetarian options other
than pizza or the deli bar. She added that she would like to
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Beyond the app: the Angry Birds crazeHow a simple slingshot game has become endemic to our lives
With the weather getting warmer and the days getting sunni-er, one thing is on the minds of many young ladies on this cam-pus: it’s time for new clothes! As the season changes and we get closer and closer to summer, you may find its time to update your wardrobe with some fresh, fun pieces for the next few months.
Bright neon colors have been a hit recently and show no signs of slowing down. With this trend, it’s best not to over-do it; ac-cent your outfit with only one (two at the most) bright neon col-ored items, or you may run the risk of looking like a traffic cone.
Platform wedge heels are another new trend and showed up first on the runway in recent seasons. Luckily, there are surprising-ly pretty easy to walk in – and come in many different styles (es-padrilles, clogs, wooden heels, wedges, and so on) and price rang-es (check out Forever 21 and Payless for some affordable, cute styles!).
The maxi-dress (those long, hippie-like dresses popular last summer) has evolved into the maxi-skirt, so expect to see many longer, printed skirts in stores this spring. This trend is an easy one – it can easily be dressed up or down, so it is appropriate for either a date or just a simple trip to the grocery store.
Those big, chunky bohemian accessories are still hot too, so hang on to any you may have purchased earlier. If you don’t al-ready have some, it’s easy to get in on the look by layering a cou-ple of necklaces or bracelets (don’t worry if they don’t match, that’s the whole point!). Also think big earrings – the more of a state-ment they make, the better.
Finally, nautical stripes are another hot item that’s fairly easy to wear. Many stores are carrying striped tank tops or accesso-ries, and they pair well with most outfits and evoke a very “sum-mer” feel.
Fresh in fashionMaxi-skirts, wedge heels and nautical stripes on the riseSarah GrannisEditorial Staff
The IPhone and An-droid phones have a one up on everyone. “Angry Birds.”
What started as a simple game has grown to be one of the most p o p u l a r games of all time. “Angry Birds” is a game designed to launch different birds using a slingshot at structures, pigs and other creatures. Since its launch, there have even been two spe-cial editions including “Angry Birds: Rio” in honor of the animated film “Rio” and a Halloween themed version. “Angry Birds” has even gone to the PC and stuffed ani-mal worlds. Anyone now can go buy their own stuffed bird from the game.
What game could honestly be better than a game with red, blue, white and yellow birds that launch across the screen? The game is simply addicting. Once you start playing, there is no turn-ing back. Often, the phone or device with “Angry Birds” travels from per-son to person because they want to play too. Many peo- ple start at level one and be-come determined to play through the entire game. It is quite amaz-ing to see the number of people who will re-play the game and con-tinue to do so even after they have beat all the levels.
If we are launching birds what will
be next? The craziness surrounding “An-gry Birds” has y et to cease and is like-ly to not. People love the game so why not keep them happy with more versions?
People want more “Angry Birds” and will not be satisfied till the newest
version is released.Since “Angry Bird” keeps
on selling, it is clear that apps for devices are becom-ing more and more popu-lar. Apps are available for just about everything for getting news to messaging
Most websites now have the app equivalent available.
Apps have been very popular since there first usage but have grown
even more because more and more people are getting smart phones. Since apps are available for almost everything, it is now easier to get things with a simple click or touch of the screen.
Apps make smart phones more ap-pealing also. They offer the consumer more options. Apps are free or sometimes have a fee. Most people download the free version to see if it is worth the money to buy the premium version. In cases of “An-gry Birds”, people definitely pay to up-grade because it is an addiction and their
guilty pleasure.What would people do with-
out their applications? Let us hope we never have to see that day be-cause people may freak out and wreck havoc. Some individuals live and die by their application usage.
Those sporting their togas were entered into a raffle. A member of Delta Rho jovially walks past the Women’s Center in his tie-dye toga.
Photo by Ben Greer
Three years runningStudents support Women’s Center of Waukesha, benefit hosted by DRU
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Fans familiar with Rise Against know exactly what to expect from “Endgame,” the band’s sixth studio album.
Staying true to the band’s roots, “Endgame” focuses on political and so-cial issues.
“Help is on the Way,” which was re-leased as a single Jan. 25, focuses primarily on Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but can be seen as a critique on govern-ment response to disaster in general.
Socially, Rise Against debuts their stance on homophobia with “Make It Stop (September’s Children),” the third track on the album. The song details the suicides of various members of the LGBT community, naming several in the final verse.
Rise Against’s traditionally anti-elitist stance can be seen in “Disparity by Des-gin.”
“Is this an over-reaching arm/or is this compassion?/Is this a handout unde-served/or a just reparation,” Tim McIl-rath sings in the chorus.
The band reinforces their stance on war with “Survivor Guilt,” detailing a sol-dier’s death for a cause he doesn’t believe
Rise Against releases sixth albumBand stays true to their roots
Josh DeGrasse-BaumannEditorial Staff
in and the inevitability of destruction for a nation bent on war.
“A Gentlemen’s Coup,” is the first song to truly hit on the album’s title.
“We seized the throne/subjugate/we should have burned it to the ground,” McIlrath sings.
Leading up to the official release, there was speculation that “Endgame” would be a concept album, but McIlrath said it was not. Instead, the album has a focus: “the end of humanity as we know it.”
“Endgame” ends with the title track, a song about, literally, the end of life as we know it. Still, the song ends with optimis-tic overtones.
“What if this is a good thing? What if this grotesque world we created doesn’t deserve to go on? What if the place on the other of this transition is place we’d all rather be living in,” McIlrath said in an interview with Spin.
The album led to band’s most suc-cessful commercial debut, charting num-ber two on Billboard 200 and selling 85,000 copies in its first week.
The album was released on March 11 and is available in most traditional mu-sic stores.
Members of Anime Club enjoyed free games at a Southeastern Wisconsin arcade.Photo by of Bob Peterson
Anime Club Arcade Lock-in
Photo courtesy of EA Sports.
Augusta National, it’s in the game, finallyTiger 2012: Great graphics, great gameplay, good timesArthur W. Thomas Editorial Staff
Carl Spackler, Bill Murray’s Cad-dyshack character can now live his Cin-derella story.
Finally, EA Sports did it. They put August National in this year’s edition of the Tiger Wood’s franchise. That’s right. Now every 30 handicapper in the world gets to play Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie’s masterpiece. It feels great to try to pass the Master’s moment chal-lenges, whether it is Arnie’s eagle at 13 in 1958 or Tiger’s Nike Commercial chip at 16 from 2005. They even included Phil’s shot off the pine straw last year at 13. The game came out during the run up to this year’s Masters. Perhaps next year’s version will ask you to hold on to the lead Rory McIlroy couldn’t. Or perhaps the challenge will be to birdie the clos-ing four holes like Charl did on Sunday.
Overall, the game controls remain the same as they always have. Left stick back, left stick forward and you have hit the ball. The power boost and spin con-trols remain if you want to have play in a more fantasy world. For those who want to grind it out, upping the difficulty pro-vides a serious challenge. This is espe-cially true if you have no touch when it comes to putting. Also on the high-er difficulty levels, you lose the ability to control spin and add power boost. Your game is all you got, so hit the range.
Also featured in this year’s release is Whistling Straits, located in the great state of Wisconsin. Play it from the ladies tees and see if you can break par with your created golfer early on. It’s doubt-ful, that course is an absolute beast. If you watched Dustin Johnson ground his club last year and wondered what he was thinking. Well there are bunkers every-where, literally, you could take two steps and be in one pretty much anywhere in the rough.
The one drawback is having to pur-chase some courses that have been sta-ples of the game for years. However, I would venture to say that at least for this year’s release, having Augusta is worth the $60 sticker price, plus having to buy the add-ons. It’s Augusta, it’s bigger than the Catalina Wine Mixer. Just ask Rory how big the pressure of Sunday is.
EA Sports treated Augusta well too. The graphics are amazing, verging on out of this world. You can practically see individual pieces of pine straw, ok may-be that’s an exaggeration. The graphics are solid though.
The characters in the game are great too. Popular young stars Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler make an appearance. And of course the game’s star is there with his Sunday red shirt.
If one wants to play on easier modes, the career mode provides a bump in the road on your way to the PGA Tour. It is easy to cruise through the Amateur Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Q-School, it just takes a little bit of time. However, if you want to grind it out, go the hard route right from the start, cut your teeth and your character and your skill set will be quite impressive when you finally get to the tour.
One feature that is hit or miss is the caddie mode. On the one hand, when you have a tough shot or nasty putt it is nice to have guidance from the game. However, the caddie can be a bit flakey. If the putt is too hard he suggests just two-putting. That’s weak. Former Car-roll University golfer Nick Niergarth would have to take issue with that ap-proach. You have to go for the win. If you don’t then you...well those who knew Nick would know.
Tiger 2012 deserves a nine out of 10. On a par 72 course it, that would about a 63. Or as Bill Murray would say, “He’s gonna hit about a nine iron.”
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Men’s tennis sets new record for season winsJosh DeGrasse-BaumannEditorial Staff
The men’s tennis team enjoyed a trip to St. Louis, Mo., over spring break.Photo courtesy of Chris Mours
Twelve.That is how many wins Car-
roll University’s men’s tennis team has this season. Twelve is significant because it is now the most games the Pioneers have won in a season since joining the Midwest Conference.
Going into spring break, the Pioneers were 6-3 and confident having just snapped a two-game losing streak.
Their first stop was a March 18 stop at Monmouth College, but the trip did not start well. Carroll fell 7-2 to the Fighting Scots.
Carroll’s only win in singles play came from John Silseth who dropped the first set 0-6, but took set two 6-4. He claimed the third set 10-3.
Frankie Giuffre and Cody Porter combined to take the No. 3 doubles flight 8-2 to earn the second match win of the day.
The Pioneers traveled to St. Louis next for a two-day, two-game trip.
March 19 saw the Pioneers take on Missouri Baptist Univer-sity.
Carroll claimed five of the six singles competitions, led by Kevin Rasmussen who took the No. 1 flight 8-0.
The Pioneers claimed all three of the doubles matches.
Carroll would be sobered the following day when the Tri-tons of the University of Mis-souri – St. Louis took all nine
matches.Rasmussen fell in straight
sets in the No. 1 flight. Silseth was the closest Pioneer to win a set, going 6-2 against Tim Bry-ant before falling 6-0 in the sec-ond set.
With one day left in their spring break trip, the Pioneers travelled to Eureka, Ill., for a match against Eureka College followed by Ashford Universi-ty, but it wouldn’t turn out that way.
“Eureka forfeited be-cause they could not field a big enough team which was frus-trating,” said Seth Pamperin. “Our coach had been in con-tact with their coach numerous times and it sounded it was go-ing to be a great match.”
Carroll was credited with a 9-0 win, bringing them to 8-5 on the season.
Still completely fresh for their match against Ashford, the Pioneers took a 7-2 win before heading back home.
Pamperin and Ashford’s Luis Castillo both fought hard for the No. 3 flight, but Pam-perin emerged victorious.
Returning home for the first time since Feb. 27, Car-roll took on the University of Dubuque.
The only loss on the day came at the hands of Nick Gar-cia who claimed the No. 1 flight from Rasmussen.
The Pioneers responded with wins in the next five flights and sweeping doubles competi-tion.
For the first time since 2008, the Lady Pioneer softball team started the season off with a win.
Allison Stanke was the first pitcher on the mound for Car-roll this season. Through four innings against Wisconsin Lu-theran, she surrendered no runs allowing only two hits and two walks.
Runs in the second and third inning gave Stanke a 5-0 before Kristy Johnson relieved her at the start of the fifth inning.
Johnson struggled ear-ly, walking the first two batters she faced. Coupled with some defensive miscues, she gave up three runs, though two were un-earned.
Carroll would escape the fifth inning with a 5-3 lead. Johnson would hold Wisconsin Lutheran scoreless for the rest of the game and, with the addition of three Carroll runs, save an 8-3 game.
The Lady Pioneers would claim one more win during their stay in Clermont, Fla.
Christine Roggeman threw a complete game against Plym-outh State University, giving up one run on five hits. She struck out six batters.
The second Plymouth State batter of the game hit a home run to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. It was the only extra base hit Roggeman would give up on the day.
Carroll would tie the game up in the third inning. A four-run sixth inning gave Carroll a lead and, ultimately, a win.
After a 2-8 start in Florida, the Lady Pioneers took on #11 UW-Whitewater.
Carroll held strong through the first three innings of game one, but gave up seven runs in innings four through six, ending in a 7-0 shutout.
Game two saw a near upset as the Lady Pioneers took a two run lead after two innings.
The Warhawks cut the lead in half in the third inning, but Roggeman kept them scoreless until the seventh inning.
Six hits led to four runs lat-er, Carroll found themselves down 5-2. Three consecutive strikeouts ended any hopes of a comeback.
Carroll dropped game one of their home opener to defend-ing Midwest Conference cham-pion St. Norbert College, falling 12-5.
In game two, the Lady Pi-oneers jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but the Green Knights quickly answered back with
three runs in the second inning. Both teams would add two more by the sixth inning.
St. Norbert scored two runs in their half of the sixth to take a temporary lead, but the Lady Pi-oneers tied it at seven runs in the bottom of the inning.
Defensive miscues in the seventh led to six Green Knight runs. Carroll rallied for three runs in their half of the inning, but was unable to get any closer.
Carroll rebounded with an April 7 doubleheader against Cardinal Stritch University.
Both teams traded leads for the first three innings, but Carroll’s four-run third inning proved to be the difference as the Lady Pioneers went on to a 9-4 victory led both on offense and on the mound by Roggeman.
At the plate, Roggeman went two for five, batting in three runs. On the mound, she threw six innings four strikeouts en route to her second win of the season.
In the nightcap, Carroll took a three run lead in the first inning, and, while they came close, never lost the lead.
Cardinal Stritch scored four runs in the third inning to get within one run, but Car-roll quickly added a run in the fourth inning and another in the seventh inning.
Down 7-4, Cardinal Stritch scratched out two runs, but ulti-mately stranded the bases loaded to end the game.
Carroll returned to Midwest Conference opponents for the Midwest Conference Classic.
During their five-game, two-day trip to Janesville, Wis., Carroll outscored their oppo-nents 38-36, securing a 3-2 re-cord for the event.
Game one matched Car-roll up with Illinois College for a slugfest.
The teams combined for 27 runs on 30 hits, but Carroll came out on top, taking a 14-13 win despite the Lady Blues hit-ting three home runs.
Carroll would drop their next two games to Lake Forest College and Monmouth Col-lege, falling 12-5 and 4-3 respec-tively.
Knox College forced an eighth inning, but the Lady Pi-oneers managed to squeak out a 6-5 win to enter their final MWC Classic game with a 2-2 record.
The Lady Pioneers secured a winning MWC Classic record dominating Grinnell College 10-2 in a five-inning game
Carroll will take on Alverno College April 13.
Softball takes three of five games in high scoring MWC ClassicSoftball starts on the right foot, but struggles through the rest of spring break and non-conference games
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With the win, Carroll tied its record high for wins since joining the Midwest Confer-ence. The mark was set last year.
They would go for the re-cord-breaking win later that day against Aurora University.
The doubles squads start-ed Carroll off on the right foot, claiming a 3-0 lead with little trouble.
Carroll also took the rest of the meet with relative ease with the exception of the No. 4 sin-gles flight.
Cody Porter experienced the only real difficulty being forced into a third set with John Dud-ley, but eventually secured the sweep for Carroll’s record-break-ing win.
UW-Whitewater snapped the Pioneer’s four-game win-ning streak by dominating sin-gles play in their April 9 match-up against Carroll.
Carroll responded later that day with an 8-1 win over Rock Valley College to improve their record number of wins to twelve.
The only Pioneer loss came in the No. 3 doubles flight.
Carroll will begin play against Midwest Conference North Division opponents April 16 when they host Lawrence University.
The Pioneers will host five of their last six games.
“I think it is a great oppor-tunity for family and friends to come to our matches,” said Pamperin. “Since we travel quite a bit it will be nice to end to end season on a home swing.”
A sixth inning comeback against Cornell College showed potential for a Pioneer baseball team coming off a 2-8 record.
“We really struggled in Flor-ida in all phases of the game,” said Head Coach Derek Has-sell. “Since we have returned, we
Lee Gough hit a single in the fifth inning against Ripon College scoring Tyler Warner from third for Carroll’s first run of the game.
Photo by Tiffany Peshek
Sam Mulkey pitching for the Pioneers against Ripon College.Photo by Tiffany Peshek
made some changes on defense, our pitchers have thrown more strikes and we had some clutch hitting at times.”
Jason Pattengale started for Carroll in the nightcap of a dou-bleheader against Cornell. Shaky control coupled with errors and passed balls led to four runs in the top of the first inning of
what proved to be a short out-ing for Pattengale. Sam Mulkey replaced him at the start of the second inning.
Carroll scored a run in the bottom of the first, but Cornell would respond with two in the second and another in the third.
The Pioneers entered their half of the sixth down 7-1.
Gendrich led off with a sin-gle and Jordan Stephans was hit by a pitch. Matt Busse singled to bring Gendrich home be-fore Joe Klobukowski and Dan O’Brien walked, eventually scor-ing Stephans.
Tyler Warner singled in the third run of the inning. Ty-ler Fitzsimmons pinch hit for Phil Giuffre and doubled home O’Brien and Klobukowski.
George Simons followed with a double of his own to bring home Fitzsimmons and Warner and give Carroll an 8-7 lead.
Gendrich got his second at bat of the inning, doubling in Simons. He would eventually be caught stealing third and Busse would fly out to end the inning.
Mulkey struck out the first batter of the seventh inning. He walked the second, but got a double play to end the game.
Prior to the comeback against Conrell, the Pioneers had, for the most part, struggled.
The annual spring break trip to Fort Myers, Fla. has tradition-ally been unkind to the Pioneer baseball team, and the 2011 trip proved to be no different.
Carroll dropped the first three games of the season by at least ten runs before being shut out in the fourth game. In the fifth game, the Pioneers would be blown out 23-8.
The last three games of the trip would be closer, but Carroll would ultimately leave Florida with a 0-8 record.
Carroll’s last winning trip to Fort Myers came in the 2009 season when the team went 6-2. They ultimately finished the sea-son 8-25, claiming only 1 win in the Midwest Conference.
This year’s team responded immediately to the losses with a 8-4 win over Dominican Uni-versity March 28 as soon as the trip was over.
The Stars struck first, thanks to an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, but the Pi-oneers took the lead in the top of the fourth. The lead proved short lived as Dominican scored two more runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead.
Carroll would regain the lead in the fifth before Domin-ican tied the score in the sixth.
Carroll would score four more runs in the final three innings to take their first win of the season.
The Pioneers played their first game at Frame Park, hosting the doubleheader against Cor-nell.
Drew Volkmann started the first game for the Pioneers, go-ing 4.1 innings before being re-lieved by Cale Ross. Together, they shut out Rams. Aaron Gen-drich’s three RBI led the Carroll offense to a 5-0 win.
With the momentum of a heroic comeback behind them, Carroll had to deal with virtu-ally all baseball teams deal with at one point or another: Bad weather.
The April 6 game against Cardinal Stritch University was postponed. Instead, the Pioneers would head to Ripon College with an extra day of rest.
The Pioneers fought to stay close after Ripon took a 3-2 lead in the second inning of game one, but ultimately fell 10-7.
Pattengale took the mound for game two, bouncing back from his one inning appearance against Cornell. Through sev-en innings, Pattengale surren-dered three runs on seven hits, but struck out five batters while keeping Carroll close.
The Pioneers struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the fifth, but Ripon tied it up in the sixth.
Ripon took a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning which ultimate-ly proved to be enough to earn the win.
Both teams traveled to Frame Park to finish the season series.
Carroll took game one 6-5 after a back and forth battle for seven innings.
Ripon took the final game of the series 17-8 after surrendering 14 runs in the last five innings.
Much of the remaing season will be conference games.
“We are excited about begin-ning conference play,” Hassell said. “The games always seem to be a little more intense. We will play it one game at a time and we will see if we can put a good run together in the conference. “
Carroll’s next match is against Division I opponent UW-Milwaukee.
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The New Perspective | Volume 34 Issue 1316SPORTS
Josh DeGrasse-BaumannEditorial Staff
‘Buso’ goes low, Pios shoot 293 on day two
Nikolai Miskov runs during the Pioneer Invite.Photo courtesy of Kathy Miskov
MEN’S GOLF
OUTDOOR TRACK
BASEBALL
Apr. 12 @ UW-Milwaukee4 p.m.Apr. 16 @ St. Norbert College1 p.m. & 4 p. m.Apr. 17 vs. St. Norbert College1 p.m. & 4 p.m.Apr. 20 @ Marian University1 p.m. & 4 p.m.Apr. 22 @ 1 PM Beloit College1 p.m. & 4 p.m.Apr. 23 vs. Beloit College1 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Apr. 16vs. Lawrence University10 a.m.Apr. 16vs. Illinos College4 p.m.Apr. 18vs. Lake Forest College3:30 p.m.Apr. 21@ WI Lutheran College4:30 p.m.
Apr. 16 @ Benedictine Invitational(Lisle, Ill.)
Overall: 4-11
Conference: 1-3
//SPORTS WIRE
Busalacchi finishes T-4 at Ripon
Students, alumnus look to reinstate wrestling programJosh DeGrasse-BaumannEditorial Staff
Eric Busalacchi was just six strokes from winning the Ri-pon College Spring Invitation-al, shooting 71 both days of the event.
Carthage College’s Donnie Langland shot a 71 and a 65 on respective days to take the indi-vidual title. Carthage also took the team title.
Busalacchi finished two un-der-par to lead the Pioneer golf team to a fourth of sixteen fin-ish.
Sam Luedtke and Taylor Alward finished with two-day
The Carroll University track teams expected to be in Osh-kosh, Wis., for their first meet of the season, but poor weather conditions forced the meet to be held elsewhere.
The Pioneers ultimately found themselves hosting a meet Aprul 2.
Amanda Trieloff wasted no time getting going in the out-door season, provisionally qual-ifying for Nationals in the jave-lin throw after a first place finish. Her throw of 43.71 meters is currently second best in the na-tion.
Evan Konetzke took second in the men’s triple jump with a distance of 12.92 meters. He also took second place in the
high jump with1.85 meters.A week later, the Pioneers
once again found themselves at home for the official Pioneer In-vitational.
Both squads claimed the 5,000-meter run. Joe Pliner clocked in at 16:01.88 for the men while Jess Laurin posted a time of 19:19.63 for the women.
Other notable finishes for the men included, Ryan Burke’s 35:38.92 in the 10,000-meter dash, fast enough for a second place finish. Daniel Tate clocked in at 57.61 for second in the 400-meter hurdles.
Lindsay Gruenke took sec-ond in the 200-meter dash, post-ing a time of 25.31.
The track teams will return to action April 16 when they participate in the Benedictine Invitational.
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Outdoor Track hosts back to back meetsSquads perform well early in the season
scores of 151 and 153 respective-ly. Blaine Lynch finished with 159, just inside the top 30.
Prior to the Ripon Invita-tional, the Pioneers took eighth of a twenty-two team field.
Luedtke and Busalacchi led Carroll, both shooting 79 and 76. Alward was eight strokes be-hind them, shooting a two-day score of 163.
The Pioneers will partici-pate in the Beloit Invitational April 16 before hosting the Pio-neer Invitational April 17.
The Midwest Conference Championships are set for April 28-30.
Carroll students practice at Waukesha MMA.Photo by Leigh Emmett
It was by chance that wres-tling returned to Carroll Univer-sity’s campus.
Tanner Flatland, a sopho-more, was looking for an open
mat near Waukesha in Octo-ber of 2010. His search brought him to a message board where he made his request.
As luck would have it, Ben Tomes, an alumnus of Carroll and former four-time letter win-
ner for the wrestling team, came across his post.
When President Hastad came to Carroll in 2007, he asked Tomes to draft a propos-al to reinstate wrestling, but in-terest seemed to be lacking at the time.
With Tanner’s post as a sign of new interest, the possibility of reviving wrestling at Carroll be-came clear.
Carroll’s wrestling team be-gan in 1946 as a student organi-zation. It eventually gained var-sity status and lasted until 1999 when it was cut. According to data collected by Tomes, several members of the wrestling team went on to have illustrious ca-reers as high-ranking military of-ficers, elected officials or compa-ny managers.
The program itself also ex-perience success, including a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin team title in 1961 and a total of 15 individual titles in the CCIW and the Midwest Conference.
Ultimately, Tomes and Flat-land want wrestling to regain the varsity status of the sport, but they realize that they need to take steps.
“We’re trying to do every-thing the right way,” Flatland said. “We’re trying not to step on anyone’s toes.”
Tomes suggested that Flat-land and other interested stu-dents pursue the National Col-legiate Wrestling Association, In order to find competition.
“The NCWA isn’t part of the NCAA, so we can compete without varsity status,” Flatland said.
Still, they would need rec-ognition from Carroll before the NCWA would accept them.
The first step in the process was to talk to Becca Saal, the di-rector of recreation. Saal provid-ed tentative approval provided that they could sustain prelimi-nary practices to gauge the inter-est on campus.
When they held their initial meeting in November, 14 people showed up.
“There were other people interested, too,” Flatland said.
With interest seeming high,
the informal team began practice at Waukesha MMA, just over a mile way from campus.
“[Tomes] coaches at Wauke-sha MMA,” Flatland said. “They offered to let us use their space if we paid a discounted member-ship fee.”
After a few months of con-sistent informal practice, the club had an open practice that
Saal attended.Convinced that they had
enough interest to sustain a club, Saal signed the club’s registration to join the NCWA.
Formally, Carroll will not of-ficially recognize the club until the 2011-2012 school year, but they can still do things in prepa-ration, like recruitment.
However, one of the reasons cited for cutting the team was a lack of finances. Tomes and Flat-land knew they would need to overcome this problem if they wanted their club to succeed.
Tomes, Flatland and several other members of the then unof-ficial wrestling club, approached Student Senate with a rather large budget request.
“We tried to request the min-imum we needed,” Flatland said.
Their initial request was $40,000, broken up into elev-en categories from coaching sti-pends, travel, headgear and heat lights.
Flatland said that while not all of the funding was granted, they were provided with a signifi-cant amount.
Tomes has actively been working to recruit members from areas where he’s been successful in coaching before.
Once the club gets going, they will need a few years of ac-tive participation before they will be considered for varsity status. Even then, there are no guaran-tees. Still, the members are hope-ful.
“We want people to be proud of our club,” Flatland said. “We’re proud of our club.”
