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Nov. 9-15, 2004

NEWS

Waukesha marine killed in Iraq
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/nov04/273920.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 11, 2004
Robert "Bobby" Warns II, 23, a business student in his senior year at UWM, was killed Monday in an explosion near Baghdad, along with two other Marines from a Madison-based Reserve company.

Some to stop effort to remove Belling
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov04/274771.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 13, 2004
Enrique Figueroa, director of UWM’s Roberto Hernandez Center, said differences of opinion on whether to push for the complete removal of talk show host Mark Belling are bound to emerge. Figueroa, a spokesman for the ad hoc committee formed to protest Belling’s use of an ethnic slur, also told the Milwaukee Business Journal that the success of the protest will empower the local Hispanic community. See also:
Belling slur galvanizes Hispanics
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2004/11/15/newscolumn1.html
Milwaukee Business Journal, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
Push to remove Belling from air to continue
http://www.jsonline.com/enter/tvradio/nov04/274448.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 12, 2004

Is slur’s ugliness worth giving way to censorship?
http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/nov04/274672.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 14, 2004
“Many members of the Latino community saw it (the racial slur) as demeaning to the Latinos’ right to vote,” Figuero said in a column about the incident.

Innovation: UWM students train on high-tech virtual patients
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2004/11/15/story7.html
Milwaukee Business Journal, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
The College of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee started using high-tech virtual patients this fall, allowing students to learn by treating simulated medical conditions.

Miller Brewing
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Advertising Age – Nov. 1, 2004
Todd Brachman, adjunct professor of marketing at UWM, was quoted in an article about Miller Brewing.

Long-term change: Nursing homes look at new ways to care for the elderly
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2004/11/15/focus2.html?page=1
Milwaukee Business Journal, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
UWM’s upcoming launch of a national educational outreach program to change the long-term care industry is mentioned in this article on culture change in nursing homes.

Comfort in the familiar
http://www.jsonline.com/lifestyle/people/nov04/274589.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 13, 2004
Josie Osborne, who was living on the East Side while studying art and art history UWM and working at the Union Art Gallery, is profiled in this story on women who’ve returned to Milwaukee after seeking new lives elsewhere.

World News Now - Election coverage
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ABC News- Oct. 29, 2004
UWM students were filmed as part of a round-up story on college students preparing to vote in the November election.

Morning Edition
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National Public Radio - Oct. 26, 2004
Mordacai Lee, associate professor of governmental affairs at UWM, said Republicans didn't do as well as they normally do in southwest Wisconsin in 2000 in this pre-election report.

To get big jobs, contractors must clear hurdle of bonding
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/biz2biz/nov04/273671.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 10, 2004
Bonding quickly emerged as a top priority for the new Minority Contractors Capacity Initiative, formed by UWM, the Minority Business Opportunity Committee, the Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Small Business Administration.

High-tech nurses at MSOE
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2004/11/15/focus4.html?page=1
Milwaukee Business Journal, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
Sally Lundeen, dean of UWM’s College of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, discussed the emerging nursing program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Regional news briefs: UWM employee convicted of stealing supplies
http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/nov04/275241.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
A former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee print shop worker has been convicted of stealing thousands of dollars of paper and other supplies to sell on the black market.

Regional news briefs: Former UWM employee sentenced for forging
http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/nov04/275241.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 13, 2004
A former financial specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was sentenced Thursday to seven months in the county House of Correction and five years of probation for a check-forging scheme that netted thousands of dollars.

R .A. Smith & Associates Celebrates GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week at UWM
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=10582&trv=1&PRSID=e799b3518a884ac6bdee688e03345bd3
Directions Magazine, WI – November, 2004
R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc. — civil engineering, planning, surveying and technical services consultants — Brookfield, Wisconsin, will celebrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on Wednesday, November 17, and Geography Awareness Week, November 15-19, with several planned activities at UWM.

Back to nature: Planting trees to build preserve
jsonline.com/news/ozwash/nov04/273440.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 9, 2004
A handful of volunteers, including Jim Reinartz of UWM’s Field Station in Saukville, began the transformation of what once was farmland into forest with the planting of 1,200 pounds of tree seeds at the Mequon Nature Preserve Monday.

ARTS

Shining example
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/nov04/274251.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 14, 2004
William Robert Bucker, dean of the UWM’s Peck School of the Arts, and Robert Greenstrett, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, are quoted in this story on the Museum of Modern Art.

Nohl fellowships honor, nurture artists
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/nov04/274541.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Nov. 15, 2004
This year’s choices for Nohl fellowships show the influence UWM’s film department has on area artists. The first round of Nohl fellows, announced last year, have their work currently on view at inova, or the Institute of Visual Arts at UWM, through Dec. 12.

Children’s reaction to art is contagious
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/nov04/273602.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 10, 2004
"Children's Art in the Garden," the second in an innovative series of pairings of youngsters and the traditions of European gardening at Villa Terrace, is the brainchild of artist and educator Leon Travanti, UWM professor of art emeritus.

Students to compete Nov. 27 for civic music group’s scholarships
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/nov04/273360.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 9, 2004
Rebecca Davies, a student of William Lavonis at UWM; Koichiro Suzuki; a senior student of Dan Anderson at UWM; and Jorge Luis Uzcategui, a senior student of Jeffry Peterson at UWM; are among the six instrumentalists and two vocalists who will compete for $5,000 in scholarship prizes on Nov. 27 at the Civic Music Association's annual Collegiate Music Competition.

Iranian film fest features stories of desperation
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/nov04/274203.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 12, 2004
A festival of Iranian films, including several by director Abbas Kiarostami, will be held today through Sunday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theatre, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.

SPORTS

Panthers restrain Detroit to retain title
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/nov04/275284.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 15, 2004
The UWM men’s soccer team seized its 10th straight victory and advanced to the NCAA tournament for a record fourth consecutive season, thanks to a tension-filled, 3-2 decision over Detroit in the Horizon League tournament final. See also:

Panthers come out fighting
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/nov04/274811.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 13, 2004
Injuries and the coach’s illness couldn’t deter the UWM Panthers men’s soccer team from their appointed round in the Horizon League soccer tournament final, as they knocked out Wright State, 3-0, on a cool, sunny Friday afternoon at Engelmann Field.

UWM too much for Lawrence
http://www.sportsline.com/general/story/7877905
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 11, 2004
T he UWM Panthers men’s basketball team earned an 89-55 victory over the Division III Lawrence University ’s Vikings, the fifth-ranked team in the D3Hoops.com pre-season poll.

McCants, Tucker will lead up-tempo attack
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/nov04/273535.asp
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI – Nov. 9, 2004
UWM will have “ a different team this year without Dylan Page, no question," Coach Bruce Pearl said in a story about the team’s prospects.