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STUDY ABROADSPECIAL

“Studying abroad in Italy was an amazing experiencefor me because this country is filled with beautiful archi-tecture, an impressive history and a rich culture. I wasable to interact with the Italians which helped me learnnew perspectives on life and living. An example wouldbe to take your time and not to rush. If the bus drivertakes a break in the middle of a route, stops the bus andbuys an espresso when you are late for class, don’tworry about it, you’ll get there when you get there.Overall, I had an experience of a lifetime and I am veryfortunate to be able to take advantage of this greatopportunity to see the world. Go travel!”

-Holly LindrothPre-physical TherapyStudied Abroad Fall 2007

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“I traveled and studied in London, England at St.Mary’s College in Twickenham. My time abroadwas amazing as I was able to tour castles through-out England and also tour the Tower of London.[At the Tower] we tried disturbing the guards bymaking them laugh and taking their pictures. Wewere also allowed to tour the chambers they usedto torture captured prisoners. My experienceabroad was irreplaceable.”

-Abbie Wiegel Social ScienceStudied Abroad Spring 2008

“Studying abroad was probably the best decision Iever made as far as my college education is con-cerned. This experience gave me an opportunity to notonly immerse myself in an entirely different culture,but gave me the opportunity to pick up a languagethat I never had before. I couldn’t have asked for abetter experience or host family than the one I wasgiven in Seville, Spain. Looking back, I realize thatstudying abroad taught me more about myself then Icould have ever realized in the U.S. It forced me out ofmy comfort zone and made me realize my strengthsthat I now have the opportunity to utilize in my futurecareer.”

-Toni BockhopBusiness Administration, AccountingStudied Abroad Spring 2008

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Location Cost Application DueSeville $9,995 May 15

Location Cost Application DueLondon $11,800 Nov. 15

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Location Cost Application DueRome $9,435 May 15

The minute you step off the plane youhave a feeling of breathing a different air.Smells are different, sounds are different, itfeels almost thick and heavy, yet rejuvenat-ing. The people are pushing, calling out,talking on cell phones, arguing with the cus-toms officer in languages you don’t under-stand or dialects with slang you aren’t usedto hearing. Everyone is pushing their waythrough the airport hurrying to their busi-ness meeting, rushing to make the next traininto the city, struggling to gather theirthings and their children; as all of this hap-pens around you, you can’t help but feel alittle naïve. Your excitement is runningwild, the people, the sites, the culturealmost immediately encompasses you andyou are feeling every emotion at the sametime creating an almost super-emotionalhigh like nothing you’ve ever experienced:Nervousness, excitement, fear, happiness.

When it’s all said and done, when yourexperience comes to end, you realize that allof the people, all of the experiences andplaces have made this place another hometo you and you’ll never be the same becauseof it. It’s that sense of enlightenment, offeeling like you’ve honestly accomplishedsomething and learned something on awhole new level from anything you’ve everdone before, that makes it all worth thestruggle and worth your while.

A study abroad experience can open newdoors and send a student down avenues theymay not have considered traveling before.UW-Platteville offers several programs to

its students that represent a variety of cul-tures around the world. Whether you want ataste of eastern culture and progress andchoose Nagasaki, Japan or Wuhan, China;or you want a taste of western history andchoose Rome, Italy or London, England,UW-P probably has a fit for you. Studyabroad programs at UW-P are open to anystudent of any major and the office for theInstitute for Study Abroad Programs nowoffers a peer advising option where studentscan speak with program alumni who havetaken advantage of the study abroad experi-ence. Financial aid is an option for thosewho apply and most students, regardless offinancial standing, find they can afford atrip abroad.

“Early planning for study abroad helpsyou make cost effective program decisions,and it also helps you prepare your financesthrough savings, scholarships and financialaid,” Donna Anderson, Director of ISA,said. “Financial aid applies to study abroadand, in some cases, your eligibility willincrease to cover additional expenses.”

Students should be aware of deadlines aswell as their path toward graduation whenchoosing to study abroad as both couldeither rush or deny them the opportunity.

“Students may be able to fulfill generaleducation requirements as well as require-ments within the major or minor with prop-er advance planning with their academicadviser,” Anderson said.

For more information on the programsand how to apply, please go touwplatt.edu/studyabroad/index.html forapplications and financial aid options.

Amy Bell Kwallek

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Your world, your experience

Program information compiled from uwplatt.edu/studyabroad/index.html

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“My advice to anyone thinking aboutstudying abroad in Nagasaki is this: Ifyou’ve come this far, you’re ready; justgo! I had no classroom experience in theJapanese language before I left forJapan, yet I came back from studying inJapan not only having made tons ofnew friends from around the world, butalso with a feeling that I can do any-thing. If I can do it, you can, too!”

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“The best memory I have was when we were invited to theschool principal’s daughter’s 16th birthday party. Thefood was amazing. We had steamed baby bok choy (avegetable), fried minnows, BBQ lamb, pork, beef, beansprouts and seaweed. It was all good, and it was nice toshare the night with so many people, and to be welcomedinto a city, culture and country so warmly.Now, I have a much better understanding of globaliza-tion, foreign affairs and international relations. China isdefinitely a place I could see myself spending some moretime.”

-Jeremy HachCommunication TechnologiesStudied Abroad Fall 2007

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“My experience in Fiji offered me a number of firsts. Forthe first time in my life I was a minority, I was one of avery few white specks among the mass population ofMelanesia. This aspect of the study abroad experiencewas particularly rewarding because it completelyremoved me from my American comfort zone I had beenaccustomed to my entire life. I was able to see thatdespite having only a small fraction of the income that atypical American family has, Fijian families were amongthe happiest, kindest and closest people out there.”

-Ben DingmanCriminal JusticeStudied Abroad Fall 2007

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“If there is one thing to say about studying abroad itwould be it will truly change your life. From here on Iwill think of myself in terms of ‘before studying abroad’and ‘after. ... This has been a great experience and Ireally wish more would get to enjoy it.”

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Location Cost Application DueNagasaki $7,200 Nov. 30

Location Cost Application DueSuva $7,900 Nov. 1

Location Cost Application DueNewcastle $11,000 Nov. 1

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UW-PÊ homeÊ toÊ GrammyÊ nominatedÊ recordingÊ artist

WisconsinÊ SpringÊ BreakÊ option:Ê BreweryÊ tours

Name: The Grumpy TrollCity: Mount HorebDistance from UWP: 50.43 miles 51 minutesNumber of Beers: 12Tours? No

6Name: Minhas BreweryCity: MonroeDistance from UWP: 53.15 miles 1 hr 9 minutesNumber of Beers: 10Tours? Friday - 1 p.m. Saturday - 1, 3 p.m. $10

5Name: Jacob Lienenkugel Brewing CompanyCity: Chippewa FallsDistance from UWP: 189.30 miles 3 hrs 45 minutesNumber of Beers: 7 year round 4 seasonalTours? 3 beer samples each Free

4Name: Sprechers Brewing Company Inc.City: MilwaukeeDistance from UWP: 156.86 miles 2 hrs 40 minutesNumber of Beers: 5 year round 5 seasonalTours? Friday - 4 p.m. Saturday - 1, 2 p.m. Sunday - 12, 2 p.m. $4 - 21+, $2 - minors

3Name: New Glarus Brewing CompanyCity: New GlarusDistance from UWP: 56.46 miles 1 hr 6 minutesNumber of Beers: 15Tours? Hard Hat Tours Friday - 1 p.m. 6 - 8 samples $20

2Name: Capitol BreweryCity: MiddletonDistance from UWP: 66.96 miles 1 hr 10 minutesNumber of Beers: 7 Annual beers 4 Seasonal beers 4 Limited releaseTours? Friday - 3:30 p.m. Saturday - 1:30, 3:30, 4:15 p.m. $3

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Stephen Shepherd is not only a profes-sor, but also a country music star.

Shepherd, 61, an English composi-tion teacher at UW-Platteville does more than just teach. He has been invited to the Grammy Awards for three years in a row and hopes to be invited for a fourth. His songs continue to land on top country charts among other artists such as Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift.

He has been teaching for over 25 years, six of them at UW-P. Shepherd said the only issue with teaching and making it big as a country star is balancing everything. Shepherd also does not do much travel-ing because he loves his house. He said his quality of music might diminish if he

does not have the same desk, yellow legal pad and red pen to put his ideas into lyrics. Shepherd said he has always taught and al-ways plans to.

Shepherd said he teaches because he gets ideas for his music in the creativity of his classes.

Ò Creativity is not work for me,Ó Shep-herd said. Ò Creativity is just who I am.Ó

Shepherd has been playing music since he was 11. His first instrument was the banjo, then the guitar. He started writing music in 1971, with his first song “Soul on Fire,Ó which was published in 1973, but his talents were not rewarded until 2004. Although it took him over 30 years to get to where he is, staying true to the art has proven to be successful for Shepherd. He has written and recorded four CDs, and has

been working on his fifth.Shepherd says he has always written

and recorded his own music and never in-tends to change the way he writes and per-forms his music.

Ò I donÕ t copy,Ó Shepherd said. Ò I stay true to the art.Ó

Music is not the only thing Shepherd has accomplished. He has served in the military; written poetry, fiction and non-fiction novels; and served as a copy writer and editor for text books. Shepherd wants to try writing a screen play.

Ò IÕ ve accomplished just about every-thing I want to do,Ó Shepherd said.

Over summer break, Shepherd plans to tour in Ireland, New Zealand and Austra-lia. He said that a good deal of his fame is because of the internet. About 24 coun-

tries listen to his music and his songs can be found on iTunes and other places on the internet.

Jamie FalkovitzExponEnt

College students may not have enough money to take a week-long vacation to Mexico, but by living in Wis-consin there is an opportunity to do something fun and inexpensive on Spring Break.

A brewery tour of Wisconsin is a great opportunity for you and your friends to experience all that goes into the making of handcrafted beers.

A brewery is known as a building that is designed for the making of beer. Some breweries now offer tours with many different taste samples of their beer. Brewery tours can range in price depending on the brewing company.

Jacob Lienenkugel Brewing Company, located in Chippewa Falls, was founded in 1867. This brewing com-pany offers a tour that allows you to experience how its award winning Lienenkugel beers are handcrafted. The Jacob Lienenkugel Brewing Company has been passed down through five generations and is currently owned by Thomas J. Leinenkugal in 1986.

Head to Capitol Brewery in Middleton where all its beers received 88 to 98 on taste by the Beverage Testing Institute. The Capitol Brewery was founded in 1984 and had its first brew in 1986. Most of the equipment used today in the brewery came from the Hoxter brewery lo-cated in Germany.

According to capital-brewery.com, Ò Capital Brewery is a publicly held company that currently produces ap-proximately 22,000 barrels annually and has distribution in three Midwestern states.Ó

Deborah Carey is the founder and current president of the New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus. She is considered the first woman in the U.S. to own and operate a brewery. The Brewery was named top brewery in the world in 2010 by Rate Beer in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The Minhas Craft Brewery was established in 1845 in Monroe. The brewery is currently owned by Ravin-der Minhas and Mountain Crest SRI since 2006. A scare to the brewery came in 1885 when a fire adjacent to the building started. The workers saved the brewery by put-ting it out with beer. see BREWERY page 7

Stephen Shepherd juggles teaching Eng-lish composition at UW-P and a music ca-reer. He has been invited to the GrammyÕ s for the last three years. Submitted photo

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Jessica Vretenar

EXPONENT

American Tony Award winner IdinaMenzel’s unique voice rang off the walls ofthe Center for the Arts Nov. 3 for a person-al performance for her devoted fans.Menzel is currently touring across theUnited States after the launch of her debutalbum, in which she penned nine of the 10songs.

“I’ve always dreamed of performing myown music since I was little,” Menzel said.“It’s a way of expressing myself, and mytake on the world.”

“I Stand,” released Jan. 29, saw Menzelteamed up with Glen Ballard, GrammyAward-winning producer. Menzel wasgiven creative freedom with Ballard, whoencouraged her during the writing process,Menzel said.

“I went in with a clean slate; Glenhelped guide me and I could sing openlyand write about whatever I was feeling,”Menzel said. Menzel took a five-monthbreak during writing for her album to tourwith Wicked, which helped her decidewhich songs she would ultimately pursuefor her album.

Menzel is best known for her perform-ances as Maureen in RENT, and the TonyAward-winning performance as Elphaba,“the green one” in Wicked. Menzel has alsoheld several acting jobs, most recently asNancy, a love interest for Patrick Dempsey.

“I love performing,” Menzel said.“Acting has given me a chance to expressmyself in a different way. I like the chal-lenge, and the different things I’ve discov-ered about myself.”

Her versatility as an actress/singer/song-writer has given Menzel a strong fan fol-lowing. Since her first professional job asthe outspoken Maureen, Menzel’s powerfulvoice has helped her make a name for her-self outside the characters she made known.

“She’s so unique, her voice is so power-ful,” Kortney Hannes, senior businessadministration major, said. “I’ve been a fansince before RENT, I saw her in RENT andshe blew me away.”

Menzel started working as a weddingsinger at the age of 15. Her parents encour-

No day but today:An evening with Tony Awardwinner Idina Menzel

Holly Ann Garey

EXPONENT

Students celebrated Halloween in costumesand masks at the Masquerade Ball on Oct. 31.The tradition of a Halloween masqueradeoriginated from the holiday All Hallows’ Eve,and has roots dating back to the ancient Celticfestival known as Samhain.

The festival of Samhain was celebrated atthe end of the harvest season in Gaelic cultureto take stock of supplies and slaughter live-stock for winter stores. The Gaels believedOct. 31 was when the dead became dangerousto the living by causing problems such as sick-ness or damaged crops.

Festivals were performed, such as bonfires,where the bones of the slaughtered livestockwere burned and costumes and masks wereworn at the festivals in the attempt to mimicthe evil spirits and to pacify them. Today cos-tumes are used to commemorate the ancienttradition in a fun way for children of all ages.

Costumes and masks were required atMasquerade Ball, but not to mimic the evilspirits. The ball provided an alternative togoing downtown for everyone willing to dressup and dance.

“I believe that it was important for theSwing Club to put this event on because it wasa healthy, safe alternative to some of the otherchoices students and families could have madeon Halloween,” Mandi Stephens, counselingeducation graduate student and Swing Clubco-adviser, said.

The Swing Club provided dance lessonsthroughout the night and gave certificates tothe top three costumes and masks.

“The teaching of the dances were kind ofslow,” Cassie Murdaugh, senior psychologymajor, said. “But I got to wear a costume anda mask.”

Third place went to a Togo’s; second placewas a human Twister game; first place was a

Eric Ross, freshman mechanical engineer-ing major, dances the night away withThea Van Asten, sophmore mechanicalengineering major.

Photo by: Kate Olsen

Masks, costumesrequired to danceStudents dress up for a night ofdancing at Masquerade Ball; lessons taught by Swing Club

see MASQUERADE page 8

Jessica Vretenar

EXPONENT

After an extensive remodeling, thegrand opening of the GreenwoodAvenue Market will be underway Nov.3-7. Prizes and samples will be handedout throughout the week.

“We wanted to have a place for thestudents to be able to socialize closer tothe residence halls,” Karen Bast, DiningServices Administrator for GlenviewCommons, said.

Prizes include gift cards, a cooler andcanopy, a portable DVD player, and anHDTV DVD recorder. WSUP will alsobe broadcasting out of Greenwood

Avenue Market Nov. 5 and 6.Tastings throughout the week will

include samples of various drinks andjuices; grill items such as pizza, panini,tri-tators, onion rings, and cheesecurds; and ice cream cones.

“In the small C-Store there was noroom, we needed the upgrade,” NoraBonin, food production manager, said.

“The market is stocked with localproducts from vendors like Cedar Crestand Shullsburg Cheese,” Bast said.With the renovations, as well as thefood and distribution products, theMarket’s staff are focused on reducingtheir carbon footprint by focusinglocally.

“Grab and go items are being dis-cussed; we want containers that arebiodegradable yet cost effective,”Bonin said.

“The food choices at the market aredesigned to be foods that students havegrown up with and enjoy,” Bast said.Surveys will also be conducted to fur-ther design the menu to students’ pref-erences.

Wii stations and pool tables arealready set up for students to enjoy,free of cost.

“They can check out their entertain-

Long-awaited grand opening offers entertainment

see MARKET page 8

see MENZEL page 8

Greenwood Avenue Market hosts grand opening Nov. 3-7 with prizes and tasting forstudents; entertainment includes Wii, pool tables, lounge area, more to be added

Photo Illustration by : Jessica Vretenar

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY

Public needs to distinguish soldiers from warThis country would be nothing without

the brave men and women who have riskedtheir safety and even their livesin the military throughout his-tory. The Iraq war, which hasstretched over the past sevenyears, has caused a lot of chaosregarding support for our sol-diers, and what exactly thephrase “support our troops”means.

The problem, of course, ismaking distinctions betweensupporting our troops and sup-porting the conflicts our gov-ernment has them engage in,with the problem really show-ing up in two forms. The firstproblem is that there are people who insistthat anyone who doesn’t support the Iraq

war doesn’t support the troops. This is agross misconception.

While many people, includingmyself, have not supported the Iraqwar, it’s unfair to say that peoplelike myself don’t support thetroops. I have nothing but theutmost respect for the people whooffer their time and put their liveson the line to keep this country safe.The people who enlist into thearmed services to keep our nationsafe and to protect it’s interests arenothing short of heroes, and whenpeople use political differences totry to create distortions of theseimages, it’s completely appalling.Most opponents of the nation’s

occupation of Iraq I’ve spoken too in thepast feel the same.

This is a two-way road. While most peo-ple who are against the Iraq war understandthe commitment our soldiers and veteranshave made, and how it is a great service toour country, there are people who use theIraq war as justification to demean the con-tributions our military has made to thisnation. The soldiers who are overseasweren’t the ones who decided to invade Iraq.They aren’t even all in support of the war,but they give their all regardless, becausethat is the commitment they’ve made toserve the nation.

It is important to keep the distinctionbetween the war and the men and womenwho fight that war clear, and It is importantthat we show our respect and gratitude notonly to those who fight overseas today, butall those who have served our nationthroughout its history.

StrictlyBusiness

Randall Stricklin

stricklinr@uwplatt.edu

Obama deserves a chanceAfter two years of partisan

campaigning, I can see why sup-porters of John McCain areupset about Barack Obama win-ning the presidential election,but I hope that we can cometogether in support ofour country and cele-brate the historicelection of ournation’s first blackpresident.

The last decadehas been dominatedby division. We havebeen given titles,been forced to takesides, and forgottenwhom we really are.We are Democrats,R e p u b l i c a n s ,L i b e r t a r i a n s ,Socialists and Independents. Weare blacks, whites, Hispanicsand Asians. We are Catholics,Protestants, Jews, Muslims,Buddhists, Agnostics andAtheists. We have forgotten weare all Americans. We have for-gotten how to trust, forgottenhow to come together.

The last time our countrycame together our trust wasabused. On Sept. 11, 2001 we allfelt vulnerable and we cametogether for support. Instead ofusing that unity to support anage of understanding, our gov-ernment used it to support near-ly a decade of international con-flict. We vowed never to let our-selves be blinded like that again,and we shouldn’t, but we mustunderstand that in order for ourcountry to heal, to move for-ward, to become its former self,

we must come together, we mustgive this new government achance.

If McCain had won would Ibe upset? Yes, but I would havegiven him a chance to bring this

country together, togo beyond the divi-siveness of yesterdayfor the prosperity ofthe future. I hope thatMcCain supporterswill give Obama thatsame chance.

If Obama abusesyour trust I encourageyou to be upset, toprotest, to electsomeone else in2012. I will be therewith you. It is thatprotest that broke the

paradigm and allowed this elec-tion to reshape our country.However, if we come together, ifall of us work together, I thinkwe can be that America that youread about in poems, that youhear about in song, and that youdreamt about as a child.

This may all be a dream, andI may be delusional and idealis-tic, but I have to hope that wecan be so much more than wehave been over the last decade. Ihave to hope that we can bringthis country together. I have tohope that we can end this divi-sion. We can’t do it alone. Weneed the conservatives, the liber-als and the independents. Onlythen can we move forward not asdivided ideologies struggling forpower, but as a country strug-gling for a better tomorrow.

Sorry IBlew Up

Andrew Brunner

brunnera@uwplatt.edu

Basketball worth a lookMy birthday is Thursday,

Nov. 13, and what I want is aseries of no-strings-attached ran-dom hookups. Just kidding; thatwas just to get your attention.What I actually want is Pioneermen’s basketballapparel because I’mfired up about thisseason. Are you? Ifnot, you should be.Here are five reasonsto go watch UW-Platteville men’s bas-ketball:

1. There’s a spe-cial air of determina-tion and destiny tothis season. UW-Pjust beat Bradley 84-79 on Sunday. To fillyou in, Bradley is aDivision I school that went tothe Sweet 16 in the NCAA tour-nament two years ago, so it’s notan unheralded program. AndUW-P didn’t just squeak by witha victory, either. They held thelead from the middle of the sec-ond half and didn’t look back orlet Bradley’s home crowd intim-idate them. This team is for real,returning a year older and a yearwiser with pre-season All-American, center Jeff Skemp.

2. You can get that bottled-upanger from midterms out byyelling with the best student sec-tion in the WIAC, the O-Zone.Contrary to popular belief, D-IIIhoops are a big deal, even atUW-P. The Pioneers are current-ly ranked seventh overall innational D-III polls. We havestudents who wear body paintfor every home game, road tripto rivalry games and who look atrankings and box scores just likethey were following UW-

Madison or Marquette. There areentire Web sites and blogs devot-ed to it too, like d3hoops.comand wiacbasketball.com.

3. Watching live basketball isway better than homework. A

short diversion to thehardwood of BoRyan Court can be agreat idea for a studybreak. Here’s a funfact: Announcers oftelevised Badgermen’s basketballgames will generallymention Platteville atleast once because ofBo Ryan’s teams whowon four nationaltitles. Pioneer men’sbasketball is one ofthe things that made

UW-P regionally and nationallyknown. Pioneer fans got a tasteof what those years were likefrom the NCAA playoff gamewe hosted last year, but wouldn’tyou like UW-P to be synony-mous with championship basket-ball programs again? We can getthere with more student support.

4. You don’t have to watchfrom freezing cold bleachers butinstead from a nice cozy basket-ball court with new scoreboards,shot clocks, sound system and1,000 of your closest friends. Itmay be cold outside or in yourroom, but it’s warm inside theWilliam’s Fieldhouse on gamenights.

5. It’s free entertainmentthat’s better than watching yourroommate play Fable 2 or do sta-tistics homework.

Enough reasons? The firsthome game is at 7 p.m. Saturday,Nov. 15. I’ll be there, and youshould be too.

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Dan Klein

kleindan@uwplatt.edu

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