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SPORTS Student VoiceSeptember 26, 2014 7
The UW-River Falls women’s volleyball team may have got
off to a slow start to open the 2014 season, but they are now
on a hot streak, winning four of its last six matches.
The Falcons (5-7) are not only winning matches, you might
say that they are destroying the competition. Over the last six
matches the Falcons have swept its opponents three times.
Some fans are starting to notice the Falcons recent dominance.
“I was at the game against St. Kate’s and we were doing
great,” said junior student Dalton Miller. “It was a lot of fun
to watch. I’m excited to see more games.”
The Falcons are a very tight-knit group and the players work
well together. Head coach Patricia Ford describes what she
sees in this team.
“Chemistry is our number one strength,” Ford said. “I think
that we are all focused on the same goal, and that’s to get bet-
ter every day.”
Normally a team will look for leadership from its seniors,
but this year the Falcons are forced to turn to the juniors for
leadership because there are no seniors on the team.
“Our junior class is doing a really good job with leadership; I
think we just blend really well as a team,” Ford said.
Ford went on to say that juniors Brianna Muetzel, Rebecca
Gasper and Lexi Pingel have been great leaders so far.
With a lack of upperclassmen and only 16 players on the
roster, some room has been left for underclassmen to step up
and make an impact on the court this season. Ford mentioned
Raven Klein, Katie Duff and Tayler Fertig as solid contribu-
tors as sophomores, as well as freshman Amara Meyer.
The team’s success is showing up in the statistics book as
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per is fourth in the conference in hitting percentage, while
Lexi Pingel is third in digs and sixth in service aces. As a
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ponent assists.
It looks like it’s going to be a competitive season in the
WIAC as UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater,
UW-Stout, UW-Lacrosse and UW-Eau Claire all boast non-
conference records over .500. UW-Oshkosh is leading the
way with an undefeated season to this point, with Stevens
Point not far behind with a 12-3 record. Ford knows the dif-
victory.
The team will open up WIAC play and look to build off of
its recent success as they host Lacrosse at 7 p.m. on Friday,
Sept. 26, and UW-Platteville at noon on Saturday, Sept. 27, in
the Karges Center.
The Falcons have 20 more matches until the conference tour-
nament rolls around, and with the recent string of success the
the season.
UWRF women’s volleyball heats up after 1-5 start to season
Cooper Nelson
cooper.nelson@my.uwrf.edu
Often sports teams face chal-
assistant UW-River Falls Falcons
coach and his family are facing a
challenge much bigger than just a
game.
For nine years Mike Babler has
been apart of the Women’s basket-
ball team as an assistant coach un-
der Cindy Holbrook.
Last season, the team had to
overcome some challenges such as
losing players to injuries and the
majority underclassmen. By the end
of the season, the team started to get
in rhythm with each other but it was
too late, as the team did not make
the WIAC tournament. This season
Babler and his family have another
challenge to overcome.
Babler’s grandson, Leo Rus-
sell, was born to Ryan and Le-
wann (Ihrke) Babler, both of whom
are UWRF graduates. After Leo
was born, the family was shocked
-
melic Chondrodysplasia Punctata
(RCPC), which is an extremely rare
genetic disorder. The disorder car-
ries distinct characteristics such as
cataracts, shortness of limbs, some
important organs aren’t fully devel-
oped, seizures, and joint stiffness.
that about 60 children around the
world have been reported with hav-
Because of the high medical
costs that are required in order
for Leo to maintain a healthy life,
Babler and his family created a Go
Fund Me page and named it the
Lionhearted Fund, telling people
about his grandson’s disorder and
how people who are interested
could get involved.
“This has really given me a pas-
sion to do anything I can for my
grandson,” Babler said about his
grandson’s disorder.
Coach Babler credits the social
media site Facebook as being a very
instrumental part in sharing Leo’s
story with people from all over,
saying he has received donations
from “across the ocean and dona-
tions from Hawaii.”
Babler has also created red t-
shirts which say Lionhearted Fund
on the front and Leo with the num-
ber nine on the back. He showed
these shirts to the players on his
team asking them to wear them to
help spread the word about Leo to
people around campus. The bas-
ketball team took this idea and ran
with it by coming up with the idea
for a fundraiser selling the t-shirts
for 15 dollars a piece with all pro-
ceeds going to the fund.
“It’s something that we take for
granted that we wanted to help
give back to him,” said junior cap-
tain guard Richell Mehus. “Coach
Babler has done so much for our
basketball team that we want to
give back to him as much as we
can.”
Not only has the women’s bas-
ketball team become involved, the
volleyball team is also doing its
part in helping Babler’s grandson.
Coach Patti Ford has taken it upon
herself to get her team involved in
whatever way they can. After talk-
ing with Babler about his grandson
and the t-shirts that he created, she
decided to get the volleyball team
involved in an effort to get the
UWRF community involved but
also getting the city of River Falls
involved.
When asked what she has done
for the fundraiser she said, “the idea
kind of came along the same lines
of the ALS Ice Bucket Challege,”
referring to the viral Facebook
videos of people pouring ice water
over their heads to raise awareness
of ALS. Ford continued by saying,
“Mike’s son-in-law and daughter
are both graduates of UW-River
Falls and Mike’s been apart of the
athletic program and I just thought
this would be a really good gift
back to one of our own.”
The Lionhearted game is set for
7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, in the
Karges Center. The women’s bas-
ketball team will be in attendance
selling t-shirts for the Lionhearted
fund and the volleyball team will
wear the red shirts to show their
support for Leo and the fund. For
more information about this event
visit the UWRF sports page at this
link: http://bit.ly/1vasDbD. If you
cannot attend the game and would
like to make a donation or learn
more about Leo and his condition,
you can visit the Go Fund Me link:
http://gofundme.com/cfgmts.
UW-River Falls athletes battle for baby Leo on and off court
Bryan Tester
bryan.tester@my.uwrf.edu
Photo courtesy of Lionhearted Fund
Leo Russell Babler sleeping soundly at home. The Lionhearted game will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in the Karges Center. The
The past two spring intramural seasons have been rough
as weather has not cooperated, leading Recreation and Sport
Facilities to make some adjustments this year.
The biggest change to this year’s intramural schedule is the
slow pitch softball season, which has been moved to the fall.
In years past, softball and ultimate Frisbee have always been
played in the spring. Frisbee can be played indoors if need be,
as well as soccer, which has been moved from fall to spring
this year. However, softball cannot be played outside, which
is why the change was made.
Broomball is another intramural sport taking on a little dif-
ferent look this year. In years past there has been a women’s
broomball season in the fall semester and men’s broomball
season in the spring. This year there will be both men’s and
women’s offered both semesters.
Tiffany Gaulke, assistant director of recreation, said if a
team wanted to compete in both semesters that they are work-
ing on giving a discounted price for the second season.
“It would kind of be like a buy one season of broomball, get
the other half off,” Gaulke said.
Broomball games have historically always been played late
at UW-River Falls and still will be this season, but Gaulke
said they are making sure that no games will go past midnight
this year.
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ball seasons have started is numbers. Typically campus recre-
ation has seen a minimum of 30 percent of students enrolled
in their leagues. They will be looking to get back up to that
number as the year goes on.
“We did not get the numbers we expected right away but
are hoping once students settle in and look to get involved on
campus that we will see those numbers go up,” Gaulke said.
Intramurals have seen higher numbers in upperclassmen
than the incoming freshmen, according to Gaulke. One way
intramurals is hoping to get freshmen involved is by putting
on the hall cup challenge. The idea of the challenge is to get
students in the same dorm to team up together and compete
against other dorms for points. Gaulke said they did not mar-
ket the idea as much as they would have liked last year and
hope to get it going strong this year.
When students do get started in intramurals they often stay
throughout their time at UWRF. Nathan Reckard, a senior at
UWRF, is a testament to that. He has played intramurals all
four years and has tried almost every sport that is offered.
“Intramurals is a great way to have fun with friends and be
competitive,” Reckard said. “That is one thing that I really
miss from my high school days is competitive sports.”
Shirts are given away to the top team in each league. There
are co-recreation leagues, recreational leagues and competi-
tive leagues for each sport. Reckard said trying to win the
shirt is enough incentive to provide friendly competition be-
tween the teams.
Registration for the one day kickball tournament is open
season registration is open until Oct. 7, and volleyball is open
until Oct. 14, costing $40 per team, according to imleagues.
com, which is the site UWRF intramurals uses for all its reg-
istration and on updating teams of schedules and standings.
“Intramurals helps me relax, lower stress and keeps my
competitive nature going,” Reckard said. “I would not enjoy
college as much without them.”
UW-River Falls intramurals improve programs for students
Ryan Tibbitts
ryan.tibbitts@my.uwrf.edu

Student Voice 5 NEWS
Compiled by Amara Young
STUDENT voicesWhat is your favorite winter activity and why?
March 6, 2015
Left:
studies:
“Nordic Skiing, because it’s the best!”
Right:
“Volunteering with my Phi Mu sisters.”
Left:
“I don’t have a favorite winter activity, not even
in Taiwan.”
Right:
“Snowboarding with my friends.”
UWRF senior attempts to leave creative legacy
Bryan Tester
different contests that would leave his mark on the campus and
community, long after he leaves.
Blake Johnson is a senior from Cadott, Wisconsin, and has
exciting to know I could make an impact on the community,”
Johnson said.
The Erbert and Gerbert’s Sandwich Shop was created in
1988 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and is located in 12 differ-
ent states around the U.S., mainly located near college areas.
Since opening in 1988, the company has grossed more than
$22 million and is opening chains outside of the Midwest, like
Arizona and New York.
The Erbert and Gerbert’s bistro in the University Center,
located on the UWRF campus, is giving the student body an
opportunity of a lifetime. The bistro is letting the students get
sandwich of the college.
“Fredrick Tail Feather” is the name of the sandwich that stu-
dents were asked to create in order to make it on the Erbert and
Gerbert’s menu. After a wide variety of entries in the contest,
it was narrowed down to the top three last week.
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con and ranch; Turkey and chipotle citrus barbecue sauce; and
turkey, provolone and pesto mayo.
Currently leading the bunch with 42 percent of the votes is
barbecue sauce.
“I just wanted to make a sandwich that everyone would en-
joy,” Johnson said. “Plus, it would be pretty cool to say that I
Johnson said that he heard about the contest online and
thought it would be a great way to get involved with the school
and leave a legacy.
“River Falls Flag Challenge,” where he is going up against
four other competitors.
Back in October, the mayor of River Falls posted a video on
rfcity.org, and its social media accounts saying the city doesn’t
“We’ve had great selections to choose from that really rep-
while including the name of the city and the year it was incor-
porated (1885). Johnson and his roommates saw this video on
one of the city’s social media accounts, which sparked John-
that best would represent the city.
“It would be great to come back to River Falls and see the
money.”
UWRF Ag Sci student lounge receives face-lift
Cooper Nelson
After a $6,000 donation
from the Lifetime Member
Fund from the College of Ag-
riculture and Environmental
Science (CAFES) alumni,
the Ag Sci building will soon
have a renovated student
lounge.
The student lounge in Ag
Sci is located on the bottom
been around for as long as re-
cords show.
The lounge is a popular
place for CAFES students
to hang out between classes,
meet for group projects, and
work on homework.
The renovation is currently
-
ished.
So far, new tables have
been purchased and placed,
along with new, burgundy
leather couches. The mural
in the room has been refur-
nished and USB ports have
been installed in the outlets.
During spring break, new
ceiling tiles and LED lights
will be put in.
CAFES dean of Alumni
Relations Justin Luther is
very happy with the renova-
tions and thanks the alumni
board.
“We have a very active
alumni board,” Luther said.
“They give back to the col-
-
dents. Many of the alumni
have very fond memories of
spending time in the lounge.”
Luther said that it was
important to get new furni-
ture into the lounge because
the old furniture was getting
worn down after heavy use,
and that he is very happy with
all of the use that the lounge
is getting.
“It is a common meeting
place for groups and it is a
nice place to study between
classes,” Luther said. “It real-
ly has been a major overhaul.
It’s a warm cozy environment
that is very comfortable for
students to spend their time.”
There are a number of oth-
er buildings on campus that
have student lounges, but
UW-River Falls student Alex
Boyer likes the one in Ag Sci
the best.
“The lounge in Ag Sci is
my favorite, I am usually in
there at least once a week,”
Boyer said. “I’ve been to
the other student lounges on
campus, but I think that Ag
Sci has the best one, hands
down.”
Almost everyone has a
smartphone of some sort in
this day and age, so it was
important to get USB ports
installed so students can
charge their phones, this is
one of Boyer’s favorite addi-
tions to the lounge.
“The leather couches are so
comfortable, I can easily fall
asleep in them, but my favor-
ite part of the new lounge is
probably the USB inputs, it is
perfect to get a quick charge
for my iPhone,” Boyer said.
Of course, the renovation
wouldn’t have been possible
without the donation from the
Lifetime Membership Fund.
Luther said that the Lifetime
Membership Fund funded
this project and that all of
the alumni that donated will
be members of the CAFES
alumni board for life. Luther
is grateful for their donation.
“I would like to give a spe-
cial thanks to the past stu-
said.
The renovations will be
after spring break, so make
sure you stop by and take a
look at the lounge for your-
self.
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SPORTS Student VoiceFebruary 13, 2015 7
Women’s hockey clinches WIAC regular season title
Sadie Horton
sadie.horton@my.uwrf.edu
The UW-River Falls women’s
hockey team had a satisfying week-
end as the Falcons clinched its sec-
ond-straight WIAC title with a 5-2
win over the UW-Superior Yellow-
jackets on Saturday, Feb. 7.
The Falcons then, following a 1-0
win over Lake Forest College, host-
ed an event called “Skate with the
Falcons” on Sunday, Feb. 8, where
the youth of the River Falls com-
munity was able to skate with one
of the best Div. III women’s hockey
teams in the country.
In the 5-2 win over Superior,
sophomore forward Dani Sibley
-
omore forward Brianna Breiland,
freshman forward Carly Moran,
and senior captain forward Alice
Cranston all scored once. Freshman
19 saves on Saturday night. The
win over Superior catapulted its
WIAC record to 8-1-1.
“There are only four points left
in the lead once we beat Superior,
the regular season WIAC, which is
great,” said Head Coach Joe Cran-
ston. “That’s huge and that means
we are at home for the playoffs and
we are kind of used to that, but it’s
a big accomplishment I think, espe-
cially with the short roster we had
this year, and the young goaltend-
ing and some of those issues, that I
am pretty proud of the girls.”
The only goal of Sunday’s game
came from freshman forward Dani
Kocina with an assist from Sibley.
Hall made 16 saves and earned her
-
form.
“Skating with the kids is always
fun because it’s not just kids, you
get their parents out there, you get
the families, you have our families
out there, which is nice,” said junior
defenseman Dani Buehrer. “So this
is a chance to get to know every-
body’s families and then to bring
in people from the community so
they feel like they are kind of a part
of what we have going on with our
community at the rink.”
While the Falcons have clinched
conference title (with the 2011,
2012 and 2013 titles coming in the
NCHA), it doesn’t mean the Fal-
The team is also looking to get
back to the national tournament
where the Falcons placed third last
year after beating the University
of Saint Thomas 5-3. The Falcons
don’t get an automatic bid, so the
team has to keep winning and hope
to get an at-large bid.
“Our season is going really well,
we’re [19-3-1], which is awesome,
because we have a young team,
so it’s important that we win big
games,” Sibley said. “Hopefully we
can make it back to nationals, but
we don’t get an automatic bid, so we
have to keep winning our last three
games this season. I think our team
has come a long ways from the start
of the season; we kind of started off
shaky but we made a lot of progress
and we’re ending strong.”
The Falcons defeated the St.
Catherine University Wildcats 5-0
on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Hunt
Arena, to improve to 19-3-1 on the
season. Sibley scored twice, adding
an assist, in the win. Junior forward
Chloe Kinsel scored two goals
of her own on Wednesday night.
Sophomore all-WIAC defenseman
Paige Johnson, meanwhile, earned
three assists for the Falcons.
The Falcons face-off against the
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds at 2 p.m.
on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
UWRF program provides exercise opportunities to middle school
Cooper Nelson
The UW-River Falls health and human
performance department has teamed up with
Meyer Middle School of River Falls to pro-
vide students with physical activity every day
before school starts.
Health and human performance Professor
Faye Perkins came up with the idea along
with retired physician James Biex. They
wanted to increase opportunities for students
to participate in physical activity in alterna-
tive ways.
“They (Meyer Middle School) have athlet-
ics, but they’re a lot of kids that are not in-
volved in athletics and there is intramurals,
but there are some kids that don’t like intra-
murals,” Perkins said.
The program is called “Commit to be Fit,”
and it provides students with an opportunity
to stay active in a non-competitive situation;
showed up, but after some advertisement,
participation skyrocketed with 60 students on
Tuesday, Feb. 2; 35 on Wednesday, Feb. 3;
and 40 on Thursday, Feb. 4.
Perkins is expecting the attendance to stay
up throughout the 13-week program that will
end on May 8, and is hoping that the program
will continue in the years to come.
“If we could get 30, 40, 50 kids consistent-
ly, that would be great,” Perkins said. “It is
going to be interesting to see what happens
with this program in the long term.”
Commit to be Fit has different activities
that include everything from circuit training
to yoga. Perkins is looking into an incentive
program to keep up attendance. She said that
they would like to give a student a ticket for
every time they show up and at the end of the
week they would have a drawing for a prize.
The Commit to be Fit program has been in
the works for a long time. Perkins is a part of
the River Falls school district planning com-
mittee, and the idea for the program came
went through all of the necessary channels,
it was a year later. Then three years ago, Per-
kins, along with Biex, ask for a grant from
the Wisconsin Medical Foundation and they
were declined. After a year or so, they asked
again and the grant was approved.
The Commit to be Fit program runs every-
day during the school week. Students get into
the school at 7:15 a.m. and the program starts
at 7:20 a.m. The program goes for 20 minutes
until 7:40 a.m., and students are in their class-
20 minutes of physical activity may not
seem like much, but Perkins said that it’s all
kids need to get their minds working.
“There is a lot of research out there now
that talks about how physical activity helps
kids focus more in school,” Perkins said.
off some of that energy, and kids actual do
better in their classes.”
Perkins plans to keep in contact with teach-
ers to see how well the students who partici-
pate in the program are doing in school.
UWRF undergraduate students play a big
role in the program. Health and human per-
formance students run the activities with the
kids at the school every morning. Perkins
said that it provides them with a great experi-
Amara Young/Student Voice
Freshman forward Dani Kocina battles with a Lake Forest College opponent near the goal crease. UWRF defeated Lake Forest 1-0 thanks to a game-winning-goal from
Kocina. The Falcons battle UW-Eau Claire at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Falcons have two regular season games remaining.
Amara Young/Student Voice

Student Voice 3May 1, 2015 NEWS
Student organizations can help
much more than one might expect
Christine Marriott
christine.marriott@my.uwrf.edu
If you think student organi-
zations were a waste of time
or just a fun diversion while
at school you are incorrect,
they do much more for UW-
River Falls students.
There are articles, stories,
statistics and academic jour-
nals detailing the merits of
belonging to a student or-
ganization while in college.
The facts are in and Daniel
Rivera, academic advisor at
UWRF, says he agrees with
them. Student organizations
actually help students per-
form better academically.
“Part of it is developing
that sense of connection here
on campus. We know stu-
dents are here, they want to
get an education, they want
to learn, but you also want
them to grow beyond that
academic focus,” Rivera said.
“We want to make sure they
are exploring their options in
the world and making sure
they have the opportunity to
talk to students who have the
same interests–that want and
desire to make sure I excel
academically so I can be here,
continue to contribute to the
organization I am part of.”
Rivera went on to say
it helps students feel like
they’re part of the larger
community. There is a sense
of belonging, being with oth-
ers who might share your in-
terest.
from being with others like
themselves.
There is something for ev-
eryone with about 150 stu-
dent organizations on campus
according to FalconSync. Be
sure to spread the word, join-
ing a student organization
can make your college expe-
rience much better and help
academically as well.
Allison Parsons, involve-
ment specialist for Student
Life, explained some advan-
tages of joining a student or-
ganization.
“I think that they get to
start networking, that’s a big
thing, they get to meet people
from our community and
most organizations also bring
in speakers or other big com-
panies for students–practice
for the real world,” Parsons
said.
Student organizations look
good on a resume, skills
learned in a group can be
skills used after graduation.
Finding a passion, strength or
gives a new student instant
friends and acquaintances,
making homesickness less
painful.
-
builder as well. Your group
members often have your
back whether it is for person-
al issues or help with a class.
Also, most all student or-
ganizations raise money for
charities or gather donations
at a variety of events through-
out the semester. Many orga-
nizations are also community
involved, helping with local
issues.
“Student-to-student inter-
action has the strongest posi-
tive effects on leadership de-
velopment, overall academic
development, and self-report-
ed growth in problem-solving
skills, critical thinking skills
and cultural awareness,” said
Alexander Astin, author of
“What Matters in College.”
Students are encouraged at
UWRF to get involved and
take advantage of resources
and events available to them.
Many opportunities for in-
volvement and service are
unique college experiences
with each student organiza-
tion.
Be sure to attend the fall
semester Involvement Fair.
In the meantime, browse the
many organizations on Fal-
conSync or investigate op-
tions at the student involve-
ment desk in the University
Center.
Professor discusses award-winning photography
Maggie Christensen
maggie.christensen-1@my.uwrf.edu
Many professors have profes-
sions and hobbies outside of cam-
pus life; Brett Kallusky manages
being a visiting assistant professor
in photography at UW-River Falls
as well as having his studio in Min-
neapolis, Minnesota.
Kallusky has had solo exhibitions
for his photographs, and in 2009
his art was displayed for the Viag-
gio con le Viste in Gallery 101 at
UWRF and for the Create Studio at
Waterbury Building in Minneapolis.
This was sponsored by the Italian
Cultural Center for Minneapolis and
St. Paul, Minnesota.
“I’ve shown my work locally,
nationally and internationally,” Kal-
lusky said. “Most recently I was in
at an exhibit at the Sioux Visual Art
Center which was a fundraiser for
them to get to their new space.”
This year he has an upcoming
solo exhibition titled “Line of Com-
munication” at the Phipps Center
for the Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin.
Kallusky knew he wanted to be a
college.
“I’m a landscape photographer. I
spend most of my time focusing on
the way that we inhabit a space or
travel through a space or spaces,”
Kallusky said. “I think I’m really in-
terested in what we do when we’re
in those places but not necessarily
in terms of photographing people,
in terms of what we leave behind or
how we alter the landscape.”
According to his biography on
his website, Kallusky was born in
St. Paul in 1975. He received his
from Cranbrook Academy of Art
2005. He has exhibited his pho-
tographs nationally and interna-
tionally in solo and group exhibi-
tions, and his work is held in both
private and public collections
including the Maxine and Stuart
Frankel Foundation and Macales-
ter College in St. Paul.
Kallusky was the 2005 and
2006 recipient of the Miguel Vin-
ciguerra Fulbright Fellowship to
work on a photographic project
entitled “Viaggio con Vista” in
Italy.
“I tend to compartmentalize
my time–time management is
key,” Kallusky said. “So, Google
calendar, I tend to live and die by
it. You just make it work.”
In 2010, he received a Min-
nesota State Arts Board Initiative
Grant to continue his photographic
work in Italy, and once again in
2013 to self-publish a book of the
project.
“I received grants and funding
through [the] Minnesota State Arts
Board through the Fulbright Fellow-
ship and an international award,”
Kallusky said. “I’ve received schol-
arships for my work as a student.”
According to Kallusky’s website,
he is interested in the relationship
between the view of the landscape
and the collective understanding of
it. His work strives to present the
surface of things that may not ap-
pear beautiful, but to him have an
intrinsic beauty. This focus for his
photography is born from repeated
physical exploration of an unfamil-
iar space, and through this a photo-
graphic representation of a familiar
place. This is an in-progress project.
Kallusky currently resides in
Minneapolis with his wife, daugh-
ter, two cats and one dog.
Commuting to campus has both pros and cons to consider
Bryan Tester and Cooper Nelson
Commuting to and from River
Falls can be a hassle, but it can also
be something that can be very ben-
Freshmen and sophomores are
required to live on campus in the
dormitories or the suites at UW-
River Falls. Upperclassmen can live
wherever they like, some live on
campus and some in River Falls and
there are others who commute.
River Falls is considered a suburb
of the Twin Cites so it isn’t uncom-
to and from the Twin Cites to River
Falls.
UWRF junior Pat Prusinski lived
he is now living at an apartment
in town and commutes to his job
at Menards in Hudson, Wisconsin,
everyday.
“I live in town so I don’t have to
drive to class, but I do have to drive
to Hudson for my job everyday and
it can be a hassle,” Prusinski said.
“It is time consuming and all of
that time on the road adds up, even
though it is not that far to Hudson.”
Along with being time consum-
ing, there are other things that can
with, like gas prices and the cost of
maintenance on vehicles.
“Paying for gas is the worst, I
don’t think anyone likes it, but at
least the price of gas has evened out
a little bit, “ Prusinski said. “They
are not as outrageous as they used
to be.”
The price of gas has steadily been
going up and experts are expecting
the price to stay around its current
price until the end of the summer
months, according to GasBuddy.
com, a website that tracks gasoline
prices. The average gas price was
over $2.50 last week.
Prusinski said that he is lucky be-
tank as often as other people that he
knows.
“I have a few friends who drive
back and forth from the cites, and
said.
Vehicle maintenance may be one
of the worst things about commut-
ing when something simple gets
broken and it may cost hundreds of
well the hardships of having a car
that likes to break down.
“My car isn’t the best, it’s pretty
old and it has broken down on me
a few times,” Prusinski said. “Once
it broke down while I was at work
and wouldn’t start when I was try-
ing to get home. Lucky for me, my
boss was nice enough to give me a
rely on friends to give me a ride to
work.”
Prusinski said that when his boss
was giving him a ride back from
work, that his boss’ car was in-
volved in a car wreck. A deer ran
out in front of the road and hit the
car.
my car wouldn’t start, then we hit
a deer on the way home,” Prusin-
ski said. “I thought I was cursed or
something.”
While there may be some down-
falls to commuting every day to and
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may want to consider.
The average student living cam-
pus would spend $7,524 per school
year, while someone living off cam-
pus could be renting a room any-
where between $300-$400 dollars a
month. With added expenses living
off campus, a student could be look-
ing at paying between $4,800 and
$6,000 per year. Students that com-
mute to campus on a weekly basis
could be saving money up to half of
that price.
UWRF student journalist Cooper
Nelson decided to test this theory
out for himself and commute from
home for a week. Sunday night he
reset his odometer to get an exact
mileage. For one week he commut-
ed to and from River Falls from his
hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Nelson drove 70 miles to and
the end of the week his gas tank was
completely empty. If he were to do
this every day, with gas prices at the
same price, he would spend $1,300
per year on commuting, and not
have to spend money on other ex-
penses like rent and groceries.
Parking is an issue that students
might run into when it comes to
commuting. Students are asked to
spend $0.50 per hour to park in the
designated lots. While spending
anywhere between $3-4 a day for
one year, students could be spend-
ing anywhere between $1,095 and
$1,460.
Including the $1,300 a year a
student could potentially spend on
gas, it is still cheaper than living off
campus. Students could also avoid
paying for parking by parking on
the streets surrounding the campus.
While living off campus does
have its perks, commuting to school
in the surrounding area.
According to the UWRF web-
site, someone who chooses to live
off campus as an undergraduate
student tends to spend just over
$20,000 and $2,300 of that money
is based on travel.
This stat is compared to some-
one that lives with their parent or
guardian during the school year
who spends somewhere between
$15,000-$15,600 in a school year,
with $2,300 of that money based off
travel as well.
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Seven students honored with
2015 Chancellor’s Award
Jack Haren/Student Voice
Photo courtesy of Brett Kallusky

SPORTSS October 10, 2014tudent Voice 6
Cooper Nelson
It may just be a giant hole in the ground now, but construc-
tion for the Falcon Center is right on track.
The new $64 million health and human performance build-
ing is one of the biggest projects in UW-River Falls history.
There is a lot of work being done at the future site of the
Falcon Center, but actual construction will not take place until
the spring after a wining bid is placed on the building.
Once the Falcon Center goes up for bid, construction com-
panies from around the area will make an estimation of what
they will be charging to build it. Once UWRF receives all of
its bids they will select the company they want to construct
the building.
Executive Director of Facilities Planning and Management
Michael Stifter said that they are hoping that the bid will be
equal to the planned budget and that construction will begin
on the Falcon Center in late April or early May 2015.
Stifter says that the project is currently on phase one which
is Ramer Field and the surrounding area.
Phase two, which is the actual Falcon Center, will be started
in the spring.
where UWRF and the River Falls High School play their foot-
ball games. The turf was not ready for the beginning of the
season, which was expected.
“When we did decide to go ahead with the project we know-
ingly knew we were going to miss a couple of games, for the
high school as well as the Falcons,” Stifter said.
There have been a few bumps in the road as the project
has moved forward, but nothing major. On Sept. 5, 2014, a
gas line was hit during construction and Hunt Arena, as well
as the Knowles Center, were evacuated for a short period of
time.
On Oct. 1, there was a severed telephone cable that lead
into a press box at Ramer Field. The cable was repaired later
that week.
“Fortunately we have only had a few mini crises,” Stifter
said.
Stifter went on to say that he is hoping that there will be no
major problems and that everything will stay on track.
“They’re a little bit behind in some aspects and ahead in
others. Overall, I’d say that we’re right where we want to be.”
Stifter said.
Phase one of construction is hoping to continue until around
Dec. 1, but with the harsh winters that Wisconsin has been
having over the past few years it may be easier said than done.
“If we have a light fall and light winter we’d get the work
done, but we haven’t had that in maybe twenty years. So,
we’ll se what fate has in store for us,” Stifter said.
Prior to Dec. 1, there are a lot of things that Facilities Plan-
ning and Management are hoping to get done. It hopes that
work gets started on the retention ponds as well as roadways
and utility work. It is also hoping to tear into the practice
The budget for the Falcon Center is set at $64 million, but
it will not be known if the project falls under the budget until
a bid is selected in early December 2014.
The Falcon Center is scheduled to be open in August 2017.
Falcon Center construction begins in spring
Women’s soccer player Soderholm named
WIAC Player of the Week after 3-0 victory
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April 24, 2015
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Now Playing: “The Longest Ride”
Campus radio station to host annual end-of-year bash
Bryan Tester
Despite taking budget hits, the campus radio station, 88.7
FM WRFW, will be hosting its annual “Can’t Stop the Music”
event on May 4 in the University Center Falls Room. It has
plans to make it one of the biggest ever in organization history.
“Can’t Stop the Music” is an event held by the radio station
every year, and it is a celebration of all of the hard work every-
one has put into the station throughout the year. Student chair
and social media director for WRFW, Ryan Tibbitts, said this
is a big event for everyone at the radio station.
“This is our big event every year. It’s a good way to cel-
ebrate the work our DJs have put in all year and say goodbye
to the seniors who are graduating this May or next December,”
Tibbitts said.
Tibbitts said that WRFW is in the works of giving away
a grand prize that will be a $150 value, and some shows al-
ready have close to 100 people planning on attending in the
Falls Room the day of the event. Tibbitts, a senior, has been
involved with the radio station since his freshman year, work-
ing in the athletics department and eventually having his
own show, “Study Break,” with two of his friends, which has
gained a large following since it started over two years ago.
A lot of planning has gone into setting up the event. Tib-
bitts has been working alongside the promotions director of
the radio station, Drew Moldenhauer, since January to get ev-
erything lined up. After securing the location in the University
Center, the two went around town to collect any types of dona-
tions they could from local businesses to help make this event
even more special.
“This event could not happen without the generosity of the
UWRF community,” Tibbitts said.
The two received items from local businesses such as gift-
Gloriana, who will be performing at Finals Fest. “Can’t Stop
the Music” will also be featuring live DJs, one hour at a time,
starting at 1 p.m. and going until 10 p.m., which is a way for
the DJs to interact with all of their fans and get the UWRF
students involved.
“Can’t Stop the Music” is coming at an important time for
the station, because they are currently in the battle with Stu-
dent Senate regarding the recent budget cuts for the station.
WRFW has costs similar to other radio stations but have not
had a budget of professional radio stations in years. Starting in
the fall of 2015, the radio station will be running on its lowest
budget to date. Tibbitts doesn’t want the budget or the situa-
tion with Senate to deter from the event.
“This upcoming year, the station will be working with the
lowest budget ever,” Tibbitts said. “This event is important to
us to show people what the radio station is all about. We want
to show people we are staying positive and will continue to
operate with whatever budget we have.”
“Can’t Stop the Music” will also be the last time that Tib-
bitts’ show hits the airwaves, and he wants to go out with a
bang and make a memory that he will never forget.
“To pack the Falls Room with all my best friends and peo-
ple who have been on the show, along with my two co-hosts,
Blake Johnson and John Peake, will be something I won’t ever
forget,” Tibbitts said. “I’m sure tears will be shed.”
Cooper Nelson
UW-River Falls sophomore Kevin Leor can speak seven
languages and recently won a prestigious award at the 29th
annual Japanese Language Speech Contest.
Leor is a native Spanish speaker from Monterrey, Mexico.
He became interested in learning new languages at a young
in Italian, German, Portuguese, Japanese and his native lan-
guage, Spanish. Naturally, Leor is a modern language major
at UWRF.
but Leor says that it is something that he has a passion for.
“I just teach myself. It’s something that comes easy to me,”
Leor said. “The most challenging part about it is that I don’t
have anyone to practice with, but it is something that comes
natural to me.”
Over spring break, Leor participated and won an award in
the 29th annual Japanese Language Speech Contest at the
Consulate General of Japan-Chicago. Japanese language in-
structor Magara Maeda helped Leor with his speech, and she
isn’t surprised with his skill for languages.
“His hard work puts him where he is right now,” Maeda
said. “I really admire him for knowing so many different lan-
guages.”
Winning an award at the contest was a long process. Leor
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posed it into Japanese together. Once the speech was written
down, Leor then recorded the audio of himself performing the
speech and sent that along with the transcript to the Consulate
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cago, Illinois.
Maeda said that it was a lot of fun working with Leor and
his speech. The contest took place during spring break and
when Leor was in Chicago; Maeda was in Washington D.C.
for vacation, and they talked together on Skype to practice the
speech.
Leor also wanted to use his opportunity at the speech con-
test to raise awareness about all of the violence that is going on
in Mexico. Last year, on Sept. 26, there were 43 male college
students who were going to hold a protest at a conference. On
their way to the protest, they were detained and are assumed to
be killed, and the village mayor and his wife are linked to the
killings, but no arrests have been made.
Maeda is hoping that other students will become interested
in modern language because of Leor and possibly look at him
as a role model.
“I hope that other students are inspired by his hard work,”
Maeda said.
At this point, Leor isn’t sure if he is going to learn another
language. He said that he is just going to stick with the ones he
knows for now, but he knows what language he will learn next
if he decides to learn another.
“I live with a bunch of Chinese people, so I will probably
learn Chinese, but I think that it’ll be really hard,” Leor said.
If anyone would be able to learn Chinese, Leor would be
and amazing, knowledge.
Upperclassmen face dreaded ‘mid-college crisis’
Katie Galarno
katie.galarno@my.uwrf.edu
As another academic year comes to an end, some UW-River
Falls students are experiencing what can only be described as
a mid-college crisis.
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lege is passing and ultimately ending, according to Samantha
Giedris, a journalism student at Seton Hall University, located
in South Orange, New Jersey. It’s when students start to re-
think back to missed opportunities or begin to worry about
their post-college futures.
“It hit me right when school started,” said UWRF senior
Sarah Zimitsch. “I was kind of like, ‘Oh, I’ll be done in about
a year or so,’ but when people kept telling other people I was
going to be done, I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, I’m going to
knows this.”
UWRF sophomore Kirsten Fuchs said that she is worried
about how her post-college career might impact her ability to
pay for school.
“I don’t know anyone who will graduate without loans, so
you’re putting a lot on the line, and then there’s no guarantee
at the end that you’re going to get a dream job or a job that
you really do like or that pays enough money to pay off those
loans,” Fuchs said.
Director of Career Services Melissa Wilson suggests that
freshmen and sophomores get involved with Career Servic-
es right away to avoid an overbearing amount of stress later.
Services during the 2013-2014 academic year were freshmen
and only 15 percent were sophomores, according to data as-
sembled by Career Services.
The size of the school is another concern faced by UWRF
students struggling with the mid-college crisis. Fuchs said that
she worries that UWRF doesn’t have the reputation awarded
to bigger colleges.
“You know that when you go to a large college, that’s go-
ing to have name recognition,” Fuchs said. “But sometimes
you’re going to have to walk into an interview and start from
scratch and say, ‘this is where I went to college; these are its
attributes,’ and try and sell your college while you’re trying to
sell yourself.”
UWRF students also have access to on-campus counseling
at no cost to them. Assistant Director of Counseling Services
students typically don’t seek counseling solely for help with
the mid-college crisis. Instead, it’s usually a combination of
other factors that drives them to do so. However, counselors
emphasize that students don’t have to wait for it to reach an
extreme before seeking help.
“I think if a student is feeling stressed out to the point where
they cannot manage themselves or their course load or their
studies, I many times will encourage them to meet with a men-
tal health counselor,” Wilson said.
“People are rarely as put-together as they seem,” Fuchs said.
“The more grownups I talk to, the more it becomes clear that
people don’t actually know what they want to do. You can be
35 and still not know what you want to be when you grow up,
you know? So I wouldn’t panic about it, not having my path
“I know it’ll be OK,” Zimitsch said. “I know that the years
to see what else life has in store for me.”
Natalie Howell
natalie.howell@my.uwrf.edu
Beginning in fall 2015, most students at UW-River Falls
will no longer have to complete a minor.
voted on by Faculty Senate on March 25, and it will apply to
all students with the provision that the provost will be autho-
rized to exempt programs that must have a minor, including
standards established by the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction (DPI) or accreditation purposes, according to the
motion document.
The change to make minors optional for students was part
they will need to pursue courses that meet their personal and
professional goals, according to Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies Wes Chapin.
This reevaluation of the UWRF curriculum is due to the re-
cently proposed $300 million UW System budget cut. Because
matter what decision is made to try to combat the cuts, there
Chapin also stated that he doesn’t think a lack of a minor
will negatively affect students’ ability to obtain jobs in the fu-
ture.
“I think if a student is careful and they work with their advi-
sor, they have a solid major, and they complement that with
either an optional minor or that they also select key courses
in areas that might be helpful to them, that they can put that
forward as a package to an employer and really market them-
selves very well,” Chapin said.
Hannah Giehtbrock, a junior at UWRF, does not see this
change as a good thing.
“I think it’s kind of ridiculous, because we’re changing
everything that we had instated,” Giehtbrock said. “So now
some kids are on one track, and other kids are on other tracks.
It’s really confusing.”
Other students, however, see this change as an opportunity.
“I kind of like it, because I didn’t know what I wanted to
do for my minor,” Deering said. “So now I don’t even have to
worry about it.”
Deering also explained that she doesn’t know whether or
not she will pursue a minor, but she likes the fact that she now
has the option.
Chapin also said that he doesn’t think that this will cause a
the ability to double-count credits will allow students more
options when it comes to picking courses that meet their goals
as well as study abroad opportunities.
“If you go from 24 [minor] credits potentially down to 24
elective credits, you could easily do 12 or 15 credits in a se-
mester as a student in a study abroad experience,” Chapin
said. “And I’ve got to believe that there’s a lot of value in im-
mersing yourself in a foreign culture for three plus months and
getting that really in-depth experience.”
will be assessed and reevaluated in a few years, depending on
the budgetary options available to the university at that time,
and changes could be made.

SPORTSS November 7, 2014tudent Voice 6
Bryan Tester
Last season was a rebuilding year for the
UW-River Falls women’s basketball program
WIAC.
This was due to the fact that the team had
one senior, leaving the majority of the team
freshman.
The Falcons will be a more seasoned team
this season with the majority of the players
junior guard Jessie Van Wyhe, who missed
last season due to a knee injury.After last sea-
.500 and make the NCAA tournament.
This season will be Head Coach Cindy
Holbrook’s 15th season as the head coach of
the UWRF women’s basketball team. Last
with only six.
The inexperience from the freshman last
season played a part in the team’s success,
as they weren’t use to the speed of collegiate
basketball compared to the high school level.
This season the team will be more experi-
enced with almost the entire freshman class
returning to the team.
The experience from last season will play
a big role, as the team should look like a
completely new team. Assistant Coach Mike
Babler believes the team is ready after the in-
experience from last season.
“We had a lot of young kids last year, they
got a lot of experience,” Babler said. “So to-
ward the end of the year we really saw that
experience really come to fruition. They
worked hard over the summer, they look
good right now and I think it’ s going to be an
exciting season for us.”
The team will be without All-WIAC Hon-
orable Mention Tess Lueders, who graduated
after last season. This year, junior captain
guard Richell Mehus will be the one to help
lead the Falcons. Mehus led the team last sea-
son averaging close to 10 points per game.
The team will also be leaning on Van Wyhe.
In her sophomore season back in 2012-13, she
started in all 26 games for the Falcons next to
senior Brittany Gregorich. Van Wyhe aver-
the year and 42 steals.
Behind Mehus and Van Wyhe, the team
has many sophomores that will step up and
become large contributors during the season.
With last season in the books, the team
will look to its strengths from last season to
continue toward success for this season. In an
email interview with junior captain Richell
Mehus, speed was the advantage last season
and she wants to use that this year.
“We have some quick guards. We will try
to use this quickness to our advantage and
then slow down and make defenses break
down at other times,” Mehus said. “We have
a lot of players that can score, so we just need
to create opportunities to get them the ball.
Our posts have also improved their game and
will be threats to score.”
Mehus also said that this year the Falcons
will try to be smart players. They want to uti-
lize the ball fake to get defenses to shift and
moving the ball around to get a higher shot
percentage.
The Falcons will start the season off with
seven non-conference matches, which will
include a tournament at the College of St.
Benedict, and an exhibition match-up against
the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison on Sun-
a conference team at home on Wednesday,
Dec. 3 against UW-Superior. The Falcons
Saturday, Nov. 22.
Cooper Nelson
After two straight seasons with an
8-17 overall record the UW-River Falls
men’s basketball team has higher hopes
for the 2014-2015 season.
Generally, a team will look for lead-
ership from its senior class, but the Fal-
squad and will have to look for leader-
ship elsewhere.
Head Coach Jeff Berkhof said that
he likes to have a point guard who is
a good leader, because he is the player
with the ball the majority of the time.
“Your point guard is the general of the
staff,” Berkhof said.
Luckily for the Falcons one of its
players with the most experience is its
point guard, sophomore Grant Erick-
son. Erickson started in all but one of
the Falcons’ games last season, averag-
ing 7.2 points per game while paying an
average of 30.2 minutes per game.
“We’re looking for him [Erickson]
to provide a lot of leadership,” Berkhof
said. “He has been doing a good job so
far.”
Having a team that is comfortable
playing together is very important to a
teams success and with all of the new
freshman and transfers coming in this
season it may take a while until every-
one is on the same page. Berkhof said
that the team is showing good team
spirit, togetherness and competitiveness
in its practices.
Junior center Connor Goodwin is
happy with the progress the team has
made so far.
“I feel our team chemistry has been
really good so far, and I’m excited to
see what we can do this year,” Goodwin
said.
Having such a young team can be a
blessing and a curse, the inexperience
may cost the team a few close games,
but other teams won’t know what to
expect from the Falcons early on in the
season.
“With a new group, but we feel a tal-
ented group, I really think we can be a
surprise team in the league,” Berkhof
said. “Not a lot of people are going to
know a lot about us early on.”
Since Berkhof took over the head
coaching job in 2007 the Falcons have
been a team that has looked to push the
early and often. Berkhof said that fans
should expect fast-paced games this
season. Berkhof went on to say that he
has good depth on this team and he is
expecting to use a lot of his bench play-
ers.
Ollie White and Ben Gresmer were
the only Falcons who averaged over 10
points per game last season and they
have both graduated. So, the Falcons
will be looking at different players to
provide scoring this season.
The Falcons have a balanced team
this year and Berkhof expects the scor-
ing to be balanced as well. He said that it
is good to have a team that has balanced
scoring so that the opponent can’t focus
its entire defense to stop one player.
The WIAC looks to be one of the
once again. Last year’s national cham-
pion UW-Whitewater is the preseason
number one ranked team in the nation.
While UW-Stevens Point is preseason
number seven. Whitewater or Stevens
Point has won the national champion-
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spite the challenging conference, Good-
win says that the team has two goals for
this season.
“One is to win conference, and two is
to make it to the NCAA tournament and
make a run at that,” Goodwin said.
The Falcons will open its season at
Bethel University on Nov. 15.
Young, inexperienced men’s basketball
team hopes to improve in rebuilding season
Kathy M. Helgeson/University Communications

Student Voice 5October 3, 2014 NEWS
“Yes, espeically at night.
Sometimes the lights aren’t
and it’s hard to see them.”
Compiled by Maggie Sanders
Andrew LaCrosse
Freshman
Animal Science
Thomas Stormmen
Junior
Music
It’s not a potential problem
“It seems hazardous to
pedestrians and drivers,
impedes the sightline. It’s
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last moment.”
Check out the Student Voice online at uwrfvoice.com.
Lucas Silva
Freshman
Food Science
“It’s not a danger.”
Hannah Symebal
Junior
Animal Science
STUDENT voices
Pachia Yang
Sophomore
Elementary Education
“Yes it is, it’s hard to see the
Is the tall grass on Cascade Avenue a safety concern?
By Maggie Sanders
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the students an opportunity to spend time as
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include Asian American Student Association,
other organizations.
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painting gives organizations an activity that
they can do as a group.
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Falls.
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as advertising both the university and the
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painting this year, says that this gives the
organizations a chance to collaborate directly
that the organizations are no longer painting
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gave the businesses in River Falls and the
students and community members. This is a
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students directly. Most businesses advertise
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pers and online.
Advertising through coupons and other
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becomes redundant, and the businesses
advertise.
River Falls can advertise as much as they
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Cooper Nelson
It is a good time to be a physics student at
U.S Antarctic research center that is located
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South Pole is turned into a detector that
are moving around in the ice and some-
times they collide into other atoms. Once a
neutrino collides into an atom the neutrino
“It’s the biggest single science project that
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then, seven more strings have been installed,
be gathered.
Another project the National Science
Europe to study.
in the past. This trip is closing in. Madsen
The National Science Foundation is a very
prestigious group and the UWRF physics
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UWRF on the national map.
these really competitive National Science
Foundation grants,” he said.
be used to help support all physics students.
The physics department employ students
academic year.
employed and the remaining grant money
With these grants the physics department
Homecoming window painting advertises organizations
National Science Foundation funds three international physics projects
Alyssa Wilson, a member of MarComm Club, splattering paint onto the window in
the University Center.
The Asian American Association painting their window in the University Center.

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Gallery 101 presents expressive veterans art exhibition
Collin Kottke
collin.kottke@my.uwrf.edu
Through March 4, in Gallery 101
in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building,
the UW-River Falls art department
is presenting the “Veterans, Active
Duty and Reserves Art Exhibition.”
The exhibition features 22 pieces
of art from six different artists. Art
student veterans Mike Vance, Har-
ley Hotchkiss and Katie Powell or-
ganized the exhibition along with
having art pieces of their own in the
exhibition.
Vance is a senior at UWRF ma-
joring in photography, and is cur-
rently serving in the Minnesota
different photographs and an edition
of woodblock prints to the show.
“They are all images I made while
I was on deployment to Afghanistan
in 2012 with my unit,” Vance said.
“They are all photos basically de-
scribing what life with a Medevac
unit is like. What we are actually
out doing, on a call, picking up a
wounded soldier.”
The powerful images show a mul-
titude of things. One is shot from
inside the cockpit of a Black Hawk
helicopter looking out at another he-
licopter.
Two more show one of Vance’s
colleagues connected to a rescue
hoist about to be lowered to the
ground to retrieve a patient.
During his deployment to Af-
ghanistan, Vance took over 2,000
photographs. He said it was hard
narrowing down his collection to
Gallery 101.
“These images I thought ex-
plained the best things I saw, and
the things I did during my deploy-
ment to Afghanistan, so that’s why
I chose these images,” Vance said.
Art has long been a major interest
for Vance.
“I’ve always been interested in
art. In high school, in my barn, I did
at it,” Vance said. “I always walked
around with a crappy digital cam-
era in high school taking pictures
from there it led to actually making
images of things that weren’t street
art and that’s what kind of led me to
photography.”
Fellow student coordinator,
Hotchkiss, has also long been in-
terested in art. Hotchkiss said he
always liked to draw when he was
younger and pointed out his obvious
love of art with the tattoos that were
on his arms.
Hotchkiss is a senior majoring
in glassblowing. Hotchkiss is cur-
rently in his 15th year in the military
and is currently with the Wisconsin
National Guard.
Hotchkiss supplied examples of
his glassblowing, photography and
more to the exhibition. His photos
have a very special theme.
“The photo series, it just started
with veterans in general and then I
took it a step further and I wanted
that’ve had more troubles or harder
times than I had overseas,” Hotch-
kiss said.
Both Vance and Hotchkiss made
it clear how they feel about the rela-
tionship between UWRF and veter-
ans. Both said that the campus com-
munity greatly supports veterans.
Twenty percent of the proceeds
of any sales of the artwork will be
donated to the Veteran Services of-
remain with the artist.
The exhibition is open to the
through Friday, and 2-4 p.m. on
Sunday.
UWRF student and veteran Mike Vance stands in front of his photographs at the “Veterans, Active Duty and Reserves Art Exhibition.”
UWRF anticipated to protest proposed UW System cuts
Jordan Preston
jordan.preston@my.uwrf.edu
Gov. Scott Walker has proposed a
$300 million budget cut to the UW
System, and that has a number of
UW System campuses hosting ral-
lies in protest, and UW-River Falls
may be next.
UW-Eau Claire held a rally on
Feb. 13 with hundreds of students,
staff, and community members
turning up for the event. Eau Claire
Chancellor Jim Schmidt said that
he’s glad that students are getting
involved.
UW-Whitewater held a rally on
Feb. 20, and this news is causing
other UW System schools to hold
rallies to protest the budget cuts,
and UWRF may be joining in.
If the budget would pass as it is
proposed, $300 million would be
cut from the UW System over the
course of the next two years.
Chair of the College Democrats
Amanda Young says that these bud-
get cuts will hit students where it
hurts.
“We’re university students and
we need our university to be as
cheap as possible, so with budget
cuts we aren’t going to have enough
money to fund programs,” Young
said.
Young also said that there is a lot
of interest in students to hold a rally
here on the campus. Students are
afraid of what could be lost if these
budget costs get pushed through.
There is potential that there will be
fewer classes to choose from, and
fewer members of faculty to teach
those classes.
“I’m scared to lose all the op-
portunities that will be lost with
the budget cuts,” said Taylor Hall,
UWRF student. “It can potentially
make people change what they want
to do with their lives, because there
isn’t a program offered anymore in
UW System schools are currently
in a tuition freeze, which ends af-
ter this semester, but the proposal
would extend the freeze for two
more years.
After the two years are up, UW
System students could see a dras-
tic hike in tuition. Out-of-state
students could potentially see an
increase in tuition as early as next
year.
“I think that it is important for the
campus to have a rally to protest,”
said Laura Orris, UWRF student.
“It would raise more awareness and
hopefully change the decision of
the budget cuts.”
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der section four of the state legisla-
ture, there are standards regarding
rallies on campuses in the UW Sys-
tem. In order to keep UWRF a free
university accessible to members of
the community, students, and staff,
it is unlawful to obstruct access to
any university building.
“Any picketing, rally, parade,
demonstration, other assembly, or
congregation of spectators to such
activity may be declared unlawful,”
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duct on university lands.
Participants of the potential rally
should know that they aren’t al-
regular exits of buildings, stair-
ways, nor are allowed to disturb any
class or any university event that is
taking place.
“I also recommend that those
planning a rally on campus contact
campus reservations to ensure that
the rally does not interfere with any
already scheduled campus events,”
said Blake Fry, director of commu-
nications and external relations.
Young said that there is not a
but it is in the works.
Also, the College Democrats
would like to have a table set up in
the University Center to show how
the budget cuts will be affecting
“It sounds like rallies are going
well on other campuses, and we
would [like] to get involved with
it,” Young said. “We are thinking
next week is too early, but within
the next couple of weeks.”
UWRF alumnus teaches rare petroleum geology course
Cooper Nelson
Fifteen UW-River Falls geology
students recently took an applied
petroleum geology course over J-
-
nus Dave Stone.
business side of it. Something that
Stone has a lot of experience with.
Stone has been in the petroleum
positions across the country, includ-
ing positions like vice president and
executive director.
Petroleum geology, in layman’s
terms, is looking for energy sourc-
es, like crude oil and natural gas-
ses. This can be done in a number
of ways, almost all of which involve
drilling into the earth.
Kerry Keen, professor of environ-
mental science and geology, had the
idea for the class and said that Stone
was more than happy to teach it.
Keen also said that popularity with
“Over the last few years, we’ve
had some of our students going off
and working in [petroleum geol-
ogy] in Wyoming or North Dakota,”
Keen said.
The recent student interest in pe-
troleum geology may be due to the
recent uptick in silica sand mining.
Silica sand mining is the process of
extracting sand and is used for nu-
merous things, such as sanding icy
roads and being used as an abrasive.
With dozens of mines and process-
ing locations in the surrounding
area.
Keen says that there is plenty of
something that interests you.
of work, because there are years
when it’s really strong, and there
may be times when it is not as
strong,” Keen said. “So, when it is
strong, it draws a lot of people in.
Everyone is looking for a job and
you can go out an get a job in this
UWRF senior Danielle Currier is
hoping to get into petroleum geolo-
gy once she graduates, and said that
“It brought real world aspects into
the classroom, it was more of an ap-
plied skills class rather than a lec-
ture class and I really enjoyed that
aspect of it,” Currier said.
UWRF junior Brett Lacoy also
thinks that this class provided him
with a very valuable experience.
“We have a lot of classes about
geology, but we don’t get much on
the industry and business side of the
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plicable, and very enjoyable to learn
about.”
Dave Stone currently resides in
Oklahoma and occasionally comes
back to UWRF to talk about his ca-
reer. Keen said that he is grateful for
all of the work that Stone put into
the course.
“He did a super job creating a
overview of petroleum geology,”
Keen said. “Students come out of
this having a sense of all the differ-
ent aspects of what goes on.”
Keen went on to say that the class
was a great success and he hopes
that the class will happen again.
“[Stone] would love to teach it
again, if we have another crop of
students in a couple years,” Keen
said. “I imagine it will happen
again.”
Once the class concluded, Stone
provided the geology program with
a generous donation so the program
can purchase petrographic micro-
scopes.
“I’m scared to lose all
the opportunities that
will be lost with the
budget cuts,” said Taylor
Hall, UWRF student.
“We’re university
students and we need our
university to be as cheap
as possible, we aren’t
going to have enough
money to fund programs,”
said College Democrats
Chair Amanda Young.

SPORTS Student VoiceApril 10, 2015 7
Softball is swept by 13th-ranked
Whitewater in WIAC home opener
Bryan Tester
It was a tough weekend for the
UW-River Falls softball team as the
Falcons dropped two games to the
UW-Whitewater Warhawks in the
team’s home and WIAC opener.
The Falcons went into Friday’s
double-header with an 13-9 record,
coming off a sweep against non-
conference opponent Bethel Uni-
versity.
had a good feeling about her team
going into the home opener.
“We felt good going into Friday’s
games against Whitewater,” Velo-
ske said. “We were coming off of
tough and we were going to have to
be focused.”
The Warhawks went into Fri-
day’s games with an 11-3 record
and ranked 13th in the nation, ac-
cording to NCAA.com. Two of the
Warhawks’ losses came against
two ranked opponents, both ranked
higher than Whitewater.
Friday’s games were a cold ones,
with highs in the low 40s, but both
teams had to deal with the weather
as an issue during the game. In the
hot start, holding the Warhawks to
which gave the Falcons a chance to
get an early lead.
one out, and that was followed
by a double by senior pitcher Ab-
bie Morris, advancing Sorensen to
third.
Sophomore pitcher Michelle
LaCasse came up big with an RBI
single to score Sorensen and give
the team a 1-0 lead.
Whitewater would score a run of
its own in the top half of the sec-
ond inning making the game 1-1.
The game would remain tied until
the top half of the sixth inning when
Whitewater hit a two-run home run
to take a 3-1 lead. The Falcons
would be unable to answer, and
would lose game one by a score of
3-1.
The momentum would continue
for Whitewater in game num-
ber two. The game was scoreless
the Warhawks scored seven runs in
two innings, giving the Warhawks
a 7-0 lead after four innings of play.
Whitewater would score four more
in the sixth inning, as the game
would end 11-0.
“We just couldn’t get anything
going,” Morris said in a phone in-
terview.
The Falcons will play four road
games this week. Over the week-
end, the Falcons will play two
WIAC doubleheaders. On Satur-
day, the team will travel to UW-
Platteville, who are 8-10 on the
season. On Sunday, the team will
travel to UW-Lacrosse to take on
the Eagles who are 14-6 and have
yet to play a WIAC game.
Leading the charge for the Fal-
cons will be Morris who leads the
team with nine doubles, and sopho-
who has four home runs on the sea-
son.
Cooper Nelson
The UW-River Falls men’s rugby club team recently got
back from a tournament in Nebraska where the team won
bracket.”
Rugby can be played with a different number of players on
is seven players playing on each team, and 15’s, which is 15
players playing at once.
According to UWRF senior and rugby player Joe Fletcher,
the team has played in about 11 games with a lot of success
throughout the whole year and have a important tournament
on April 11.
“This coming weekend we’re going to Iowa for a national
According to Fletcher, if the team wins a couple of games,
it will qualify for the Div. III national’s for 7’s in Colorado
later this year. Fletcher went on to say that it’s a lot of fun to
play and the team is really close, and he wouldn’t be surprised
if the team can make it to nationals in Colorado.
“We have a lot of speed on our team,” Fletcher said. “I think
we are better than most teams.”
According to the Rugby team’s website, the team was es-
tablished in 1997, but Fletcher said it has been gaining popu-
larity with the students in recent years. The team has a roster
of about 45 players, but around 30 of them show up to play.
Fletcher is one of the few players on the team that had previ-
ous experience playing rugby before he came to UWRF.
“Most of the kids have no experience at all when they
come to play. They usually show up as a freshman looking
for something to do. They might not want to play football or
track or something like that, so they come to us,” Fletcher
said. “Everyone is welcome to come and play; we don’t really
care if you’re a big guy, small guy, athletic or not. You show
up, you’ll get playing time.”
The rugby team practices every Tuesday, Wednesday and
joining just go to practice or visit the team’s website. With
the team’s recent success, Fletcher said that he would not be
surprised if more people became interested in the sport with
the popularity of rugby growing more and more every year.
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ball of basketball. Rugby is one of 12 sports clubs that are
currently listed on the UWRF website. The website describes
sports clubs as recognized student organizations, so they’re
ran by students. The clubs also have a faculty advisor. Sports
club are more competitive and organized than intramurals. It
also says that if you’re interested in making a new sports club
then it may be possible.
UWRF sports clubs include the dance team, Jiu Jitsu, men’s
and women’s lacrosse, Nordic ski, paintball, rock climbing,
men’s and women’s rugby, tennis, and men’s and women’s
volleyball.

SPORTSS March 27, 2015tudent Voice 6
Bryan Tester
It seems like deja vu for the UW-
River Falls women’s hockey team,
as the Falcons have yet again taken
third place in the NCAA Frozen
Four this past weekend for the sec-
ond straight year.
After hosting and winning the
against Lake Forest College out
of Lake Forest, Illinois, the team
packed its bags and headed off to
Plattsburgh, New York, for the Fro-
zen Four for the second straight
year in a row to take on Elmira Col-
lege of Elmira, New York.
Going into the game, the Falcons
hadn’t lost since December 10,
2014, against non-conference rival
Gustavus Adolphus College of St.
Peter, Minnesota, and were looking
to extend its streak from 17 games
to 18 against Elmira.
as sophomore forward Dani Sibley
won the face-off in the Elmira zone
at 6:37. The puck would go to se-
nior captain defenseman Sam Gree-
ley who ripped a slap shot past the
Elmira goaltender to give the Fal-
cons a 1-0 lead.
The Falcons would have the hot
goal at 14:36. Freshman forward
Carly Moran made a nice play from
behind the net, feeding the puck to
Sibley who was able to bury the
pass and give the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
Game play in the second period
became more physical as there were
six penalties between the two teams.
The Falcons were able to prevent its
opponents from scoring for the ma-
jority of the second period until El-
mira snuck a goal past the Falcons
freshman goaltender Angie Hall
with one second remaining in the
second period.
Going into the third, the Falcons
tried to maintain the lead but strug-
gled as an Elmira player scored the
tying goal seven minutes into the
third period.
Elmira would score the go-ahead
goal at 10:22, which would be the
eventual game winner as the game
Head Coach Joe Cranston was
very pleased with his teams per-
formance saying, “I’m very proud
of the team and we’re going to be
ready for a big game on Saturday.”
The Falcons were able to shrug
off the loss on Friday to Elmira and
looked to take on Norwich College
third place game. The team was off
-
ter Moran scored her 15th goal of
the season to give the Falcons a 1-0
lead.
Going into the second period,
Norwich was not going to back
down that easily as Norwich was
-
ed shot coming from the point. Nor-
wich had the hot hand in the second
period scoring two more goals, one
coming from a two-on-one rush,
and the other from a wrist shot in
the high slot.
The Falcons came back with a
goal of its own from sophomore
forward Emily Stark to bring the
team within one at the end of the
second.
Momentum in the game had
shifted come the third period as the
Falcons looked to make an impres-
sive comeback to win the game.
Eight minutes into the 3rd period
freshman forward Amy Auran was
able to make a play of her own,
beating the Norwich goaltender on
a move and tying the game. It was
Auran’s second goal of the season
coming at the most important time
of the season.
The game was neck and neck
until senior defenseman Kend-
all Evenson was able to score the
game winner with just under three
minutes to play. She was assisted
by Sibley and Moran. The Falcons
were able to hold onto the lead and
win the third place title for the sec-
ond straight year.
Sophomore defenseman Paige
Johnson was named to the NCAA
All-Tournament Team for her out-
standing play.
“Paige was just a dominant play-
er in the tourney,” Cranston said.
Johnson is the second player in
school history to win the award, as
junior forward Chloe Kinsel won
the award last season.
UW-River Falls softball team plays 10 games in Florida sun
Cooper Nelson
The UW-River Falls softball team was able to catch some
sun as well as softballs over spring break as the team traveled
to Orlando, Florida, to play 10 games.
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games everyday with one off day. Playing so many games
Coach Faye Perkins was pleased about the way things turned
out.
“It’s a jammed packed eight days,” Perkins said. “I am hap-
py about the way we played, but there were a couple of games
that I think we could’ve done a lot better.”
The Falcons faced off against the number one team in the
nation Tuffs University out of Medford, Massachusetts. Go-
ing into the game, Tuffs pitcher Allyson Fournier had an 7-0
record and had not given up an earned run all season. But in
the sixth inning, seniorAbbie Morris cracked a double to right
losing the game 2-1, but Perkins said that she was pleased
with the team effort.
Perkins said she loves to play games in Florida, in part be-
cause of the weather as well as some of the experience some
of the younger players get playing at the college level.
get an opportunity to play in Florida,” Perkins said.
A few freshman stepped up for the Falcons and Perkins said
she was very happy with their performance. Freshman out-
While the Falcons were in Florida the team stayed in con-
dos, each condo housed seven players. This provided players
with additional time to get to know each other.
“It’s great for the team to get to know each other — the
team chemistry, the bonding that happens when you’re living
together for eight days,” Perkins said.
Perkins said that of the 22 players, 16 brought their families
along for the games. Perkins said that they all had a great time
and that they had a few pot lucks, where everyone feasted and
laughed.
You might assume that in-between games that the Falcons
were frolicking in the sun or driving around looking at the
attractions, but Perkins said that there was not a lot of time
for that.
“We focus on softball,” Perkins said.
On their off day Perkins let the players do what they want-
ed, some laid out by the water or went shopping or looked at
tourist attractions.
A few team goals that the Falcons have this season is to
have a batting average above .300, and the team currently has
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centage better than .960, and it currently sits at .943. Perkins
expects the numbers to get better as the season progresses.
Perkins is optimistic that the weather will allow the Falcons
to play a pair of double headers before its WIAC home opener
against UW-Whitewater on April 3.

SPORTS Student VoiceMay 8, 2015 7
Sadie Horton
sadie.horton@my.uwrf.edu
With the proposed $300 million
budget cuts that were proposed by
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker loom-
ing over the UW System, everyone
is wondering what is going to hap-
pen.
One of the things that was pro-
posed as a possibility to help the
UW-River Falls athletics depart-
ment deal with these cuts was to
suspend a team (or two) and the two
teams that were discussed were the
women’s golf and tennis teams.
This possibility of losing a team
comes after the school lost the
swimming and diving team last
year.
There is a set process to suspend
or terminate an athletics team at
UWRF and part of that is having a
town hall meeting to discuss what
is going on so everyone can talk
about it.
Communication studies Assistant
Professor Grace Coggio is the chair
for the Faculty Senate Athletic
Committee and she said that after
the town hall meeting Chancellor
Dean Van Galen got a lot of emails
about the fact that the teams may be
cut which made him meet with ath-
letics representatives.
was decided that the golf and tennis
teams are not going to be cut.
“I’m glad for the sake of the stu-
dents and the teams and for women,
that female opportunities for sports
was maintained at our university,
because I think that equality on this
issue is important and women have
worked hard for it and to just throw
it away is not a good idea,” Cog-
gio said. “So I’m glad we have this
equality that is maintained.”
There are still budget cuts that
UWRF is preparing for and there
are happening now and that are go-
ing to be happening, including the
athletic department.
“The reality is that we are facing
a budget shortfall, a huge cut and
cuts are happening everywhere,”
Coggio said. “We are losing facul-
ty, I know in our department classes
are getting larger, we can’t offer as
many classes as we used to because
they won’t give us new hires. I know
people who work in staff functions
or janitorial functions or adminis-
trative positions, people are losing
their jobs or if they haven’t already.
There are more cuts to come, this is
The process that decided wheth-
er the golf and tennis teams were
going to be suspended shows the
students that it is possible for their
voices to be heard on administra-
tive things or anything like this if
they try to have it heard.
“Yes, students really stood up
and got loud about this. Will they
stand up and get loud when certain
classes aren’t offered, when classes
start getting upward of 50 and 100
people in a class? So I love the pas-
sion and the momentum that was
started about two athletic teams but
my question to the students is will
you stand up when it is your aca-
demics that start getting affected?”
Coggio said. “Because $4.9 million
is a huge cut to absorb and some
decisions will need to be made so I
hope that students stay engaged and
speak up for their interests as they
did over golf and tennis but hard
decisions will need to be made and
just speaking up doesn’t necessarily
get you what you want. It’s a budget
and the money gives out at a certain
point.”
Students need to stay active with
the things happening on campus
and make sure they speak up when
they feel it is appropriate.
Softball team places second at WIAC tournament
Cooper Nelson
The sixth seeded UW-River Falls softball team was able
UW-Whitewater and receiving second place.
The team ended the season with a 23-22 overall record and
a 7-10 record in the WIAC conference.
The Falcons faced off against the number one seeded UW-
-
cons were able to pull off the upset with a 1-0 victory.
Senior Abbie Morris batted in the Falcons’ only run of the
Lauritzen pitched the seven-inning shutout to get the win for
the Falcons. Head Coach Faye Perkins said that being the
lower seed may have helped the team.
“When you come in seeded number six, I think you have
everything to gain and nothing to lose,” Perkins said. “There
was no pressure on the team, we were just glad to be there.”
Next up, the Falcons faced up against UW-La Crosse and
of 14-2.
Callie Looft hit in the game-winning run.
The championship game against Whitewater was the last
game of Perkins’ career as head coach. Perkins has coached
the Falcons for 22 of the last 27 seasons and it was an emo-
tional experience for her.
“It was tough but it was better knowing we had made it to
the championship game,” Perkins said. “It was a great way to
cap off my career.”
The Falcons had a few players that were acknowledged with
Katie Thompson were both awarded with all-conference se-
lections. Lauritzen received honorable mention.
Lauritzen was selected as the team’s most valuable player.
Morris and Thompson were the Falcon offensive players of
the year. Senior catcher Amber O’Connell was the defensive
Ledwein received the most improved and inspirational spirit
award.
When Perkins looks back at her career she is all smiles and
is grateful that UWRF gave her the opportunity to coach the
team.
She said that she is hoping to stay involved with the team,
but said that it is time for a new coach to build their own
legacy at UWRF, and she wishes them the best of luck with
the softball team.
Perkins also mentioned that it was very poetic that the soft-
torn down and a new one is being built with the Falcon Center
project for the new coach.
“I feel fortunate that I’ve been able to coach here for 22 of
the last 27 years,” Perkins said. “It has been a fantastic career
here at UWRF. I want to thank everybody for just making
this such a great ride at UWRF. I couldn’t of ask for anything
better.”
Two UW-River Falls student-athletes set school
Derin Loe
derin.loe@my.uwrf.edu
The UW-River Falls men’s and
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peted at the WIAC Outdoor Cham-
pionships on May 1-2 in La Crosse,
Wisconsin.
The championships took place
over two days where both the men
and women had good performances
on each side. The men were led by
two strong performances from ju-
nior David Paynotta and senior Jor-
dan Crockett.
Paynotta continued his impres-
sive streak of performances by
breaking the school record in the
100-meter dash with a time of
10.34. The time helped him place
second in the event. Paynotta also
placed third in the 200-meter dash
with a time of 21.22, which was a
season best for him in the event.
Paynotta knew before the event that
he had to perform at his very best
in order to do well at the champion-
ships.
“I did know that I would have to
run personal best times to do well at
the meet,” Paynotta said. “Our con-
ference is the best Div. III confer-
ence in the nation. There are a num-
ber of sprinters from our conference
that are going to be participating in
this year’s national meet.”
Paynotta was not the only one
who broke a school record at the
WIAC Outdoor Championships.
Crockett broke the school record
in the 200-meter dash with a time
of 20.94. The time helped Crockett
place second in the event. Crockett
also placed seventh in the 100-me-
ter dash. For Crockett, breaking the
school record was an example of
his hard work paying off.
“Before the season began I set
some goals for myself and one
of them was to hit a time in the
200-meter dash of 21.3,” Crockett
said. “Which I accomplished this
weekend. As a senior it is a great
feeling to see all of my hard work
and dedication payoff.”
Junior Daniel Borash and junior
times at the meet. Borash placed
sixth with a season-best time in
the 5000-meter run with a time of
the 400-meter hurdles with a season
best time of 54.59.
Sophomore Sherahlynn Link-
400-meter hurdles with a time of
1:04.37.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay
team placed sixth with a time of
49.38. The team consisted of Link-
ert, freshman Angie Reed, sopho-
more Grace Curran and freshman
Jacinta Roggenbuck.
Junior Nicole Manteuffel placed
eighth in the high jump with a leap
of 5-2 1/2 which was a season-best
leap for her.
“I think that my team performed
to the best of their ability,” Linkert
said. “Everyone knew that this was
the time to shine and to show their
hard work off from the training we
have been doing since the begin-
ning. To compete at the WIAC is a
great experience.”
Both the men and women placed
eighth at the meet. The men had
a score of 41 1/3 points while the
The Falcons had two individuals
who were named to the WIAC All-
Sportsmanship team. Senior Anna
Reimer and junior Matt Pechacek
both were named to the team during
the meet.
The men’s and women’s track
UW-La Crosse Eagle Open on May
8.
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The UW-River Falls women’s tennis
in the WIAC conference tournament.
The tournament took place Saturday,
Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26 in Madi-
son, Wisconsin. The winner of the con-
ference is determined by a combination
of in-season conference matches and
the end of the year tournament.
UWRF went 1-5 during the tourna-
ment with its lone victory over UW-
with a 4-7 overall record, which is a
major improvement from last season
where the team was only able to muster
Senior Hannah Klimek was named
to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship team.
The All-Sportsmanship team was cho-
sen for individuals who display great
sportsmanship throughout the season.
what being a good sport and good team-
mate is all about,” said Head Coach
Michele Bailey. “We will miss her a lot
next season.”
Klimek is one of only two seniors
whom will not be back for next season
so the team will be facing bigger expec-
tations next season, with having most of
its returning players.
“I think the ante will be upped a little
bit [next season] for everybody, includ-
ing myself,” Bailey said.
head coach and she thinks that the ex-
perience she and the rest of the team
has gained this season will pay big divi-
dends next year.
The season is over, but Bailey says
that the team still has work to do. Dur-
ing the offseason the team will continue
to do strength training two times a week.
Then after winter break they will start
strength training three times a week.
Some players like to take it easy dur-
ing the offseason, but Bailey believes
that the players will work hard.
“Most of the team is motivated to stay
active on their own,” Bailey said.
After the offseason the team will be
able to show off their new skills before
summer vacation. The Falcons are cur-
the spring. The matches take place April
18-20. They are against Hamline Uni-
versity, College of St. Scholastica, UW-
Eau Claire, MSU-Moorhead and the
University of Northwestern-St. Paul.
Bailey is particularly excited for the
spring season because she can see all of
the improvements that the players made
during the offseason.
“It is nice to see where our team
stands after a half a year off, and also
see what we need to work on going for-
ward next year,” Bailey said.
Returning for next year will be soph-
omore Kayla Rosenow who led the Fal-
cons with four singles victories. Also
returning is freshman Molly Deering,
sophomore Anna Ebensperger, junior
Kelsey Hochberger, freshman Kelsy
Johnson and sophomore Lea Zuern.
Hochberger will be the only senior
on next season’s squad so she will be
looked to provide the team with leader-
ship that they are losing this year.
With all of the experience that is re-
turning for next season it would not be
surprising to see the Falcons improve
on its 4-7 record from this season.
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ter than anticipated last season by capturing the 2013-2014
WIAC championship.
This season, the team looks to have repeat success with a
mix between new and old players. The team will be led by
Head Coach Steve Freeman, who has been with the team
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man has led the team to 10 WIAC championships and has
been named Coach of the Year eight times.
Prior to the arrival of Freeman, the men’s hockey team had
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Last season, the team had 28 players and after only losing
10 in the off-season, the team will look similar this year. The
team will start the season without last season’s leading goal
scorer Willie Hess and four-year starting goaltender Scott Le-
wan. Senior forward Tom DeBace is excited to get this season
underway with the new players on the team.
“We’ve got a lot of skill on this team, and a lot of new fresh-
men on this team that are really skilled,” DeBace said.
The Falcons look to be in good shape to start off the season
with three of the top four point leaders returning, and a goal-
tender who played well last season.
Junior Tanner Milliron will look to compete for the open
spot at goaltender this season. Milliron played in some big
games for the Falcons last season, which included a win
against NCAA runner-up, WIAC rival UW-Stevens Point.
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cord which included the teams only shut-out.
Also competing for the open position this season will be
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ular season. In the North American Tier III Hockey League
save-percentage which ranked him sixth.
Returning at forward is All-WIAC senior captain Blake
Huppert who led UWRF with 21 points last season. Three key
sophomores also return in Ryan Doner, Christian George, and
All-WIAC Honorable Mention Mitch Kontny. Doner, George
and Kontny combined for 55 points as freshmen. Junior Zach
season.
The Falcons will look to improve on the offensive side of
with 77. Freeman wants his group of guys to be a fast team
and keep the speed of the game up through three periods.
“It seemed like last year we might start out well. We’d get a
lead going into the third period and we’d sit in that lead a little
bit instead of playing the same way we did in the beginning of
the game,” Freeman said.
Special teams were another issue for the Falcon’s as the
team ranked last in the WIAC in power play goals with 18. On
defense, the team loses a pair of seniors in Jon Schreiner and
Jeff Burke who played an aggressive style of hockey.
This season, the Falcons’ schedule will start off the month
of November taking on non-conference opponents. Although
these games may not seem important, the team will need ev-
ery win that they can get.
Last season, the WIAC had new rules put into place where
no team receives an automatic entry into the NCAA tourna-
ment. Instead, teams in the WIAC can earn an at-large bid into
the tournament which is based on overall record and strength
of schedule, as well as WIAC tournament results.
During the season, the Falcons will play each of the four
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ference series’ will be a true test for the Falcons this season
rival UW-Eau Claire, who won the national championship
back in 2013.
The Falcons will start the 2014 campaign on Thursday, Nov.
6, in Moorhead, Minnesota, against the Concordia-Moorhead
Cobbers. The puck drops at 7 p.m.
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Women’s hockey eyes another NCAA tournament berth
Trenten Gauthier
trenten.gauthier@my.uwrf.edu
The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team
(20-3-1 overall, 9-1-1 in the WIAC) have
won its second-straight WIAC regular season
championship, meaning the Falcons will host
the 2015 O’Brien Cup playoffs, which starts
on Friday, Feb. 27.
third in the nation after winning the third
place game over the University of St. Thomas
in the NCAA tournament. This year’s team
Falcons team has been pegged by many as a
young team, yet its seniority on the team has
led the Falcons to another regular season title.
The Falcons have not lost since Dec. 10.
Junior forward Chloe Kinsel, who broke
the school record for points in a single season
against the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds on Feb.
14, and is tied for third in the nation in points,
says this season has been fun but she has her
sights set on a bigger prize,
“Nothing is set in stone right now, our post-
season is on the line, and these next games
are huge games,” Kinsel said. “We can’t
come out like they’re nothing and act like
we’re going to beat these teams that we have
beaten twice this season, like our upcoming
game against Eau Claire.”
Kinsel, who now has 107 career points,
is third all-time in program history. Senior
captain forward Alice Cranston, currently
has 106 points in her career, and is currently
sitting at fourth place in the history books.
Earlier this year, Cranston, alongside Kinsel,
each scored their 100th career points in the
same game against St. Thomas on Jan. 28.
The Falcons have scored 4.2 goals per
game this season, more than last year’s team
who scored four goals per game. The differ-
ence between this year’s team and last year’s
team, according to Head Coach Joe Cranston,
is this team’s lack of depth, yet the Falcons
“This year, we only have nine forwards,
in years past we have had 14-or-so forwards
who all were capable of scoring,” Joe Crans-
ton said. “This year, this team, we have about
half of that. We have nine forwards play and
only six are really expected to score goals,
so we don’t have any depth. We have to stay
away from injuries. It has been fun, and it
almost feels like we are cheating the system
with only six forwards scoring and we are
still winning the way we are.”
Freshman goaltender Angie Hall has been
the talk of the team in recent games as she
has posted three-straight shutout victories for
the Falcons, and her improvement has been
has posted a 17-3-1 record for the Falcons,
and she is only allowing 1.8 goals per game,
which is 21st in the nation.
west regional rankings, according to D3hock-
ey.com, which is a good indicator of which
teams will make the NCAA tournament.
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son will be against the Blugolds. The puck
drops at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at
Hunt Arena for the annual “senior night
game.” With a victory on Saturday, the Fal-
second-best winning percentage for a season
(86 percent) in program history. The current
best was in the 2010-2011 season at 86.4 per-
cent.
Senior forward Alice Cranston races for a loose puck. The Falcons play at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Hunt Arena.
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hosted the UW-MN Dual meet on Saturday, Feb. 14.
Sophomore pole vaulter Riley Claude and freshman pole
vaulter Colton Sorensen both broke school records in the pole
event with a leap of 12-0 1/2, overtaking Carrie Van Houten’s
previous women’s record of 11-9 3/4, set back in 2007.
a leap of 16-0, which is also good for a school record. The
record was previously held by Alex Jurgenson, who jumped
15-3 in 2013. Head Coach Matthew Cole can tell that So-
rensen’s hard work is paying off.
“It was a great jump and a great competition for him, he’s
improving each week,” Cole said.
The UWRF men dominated the pole vault competition,
vault with a career best 15-3 leap.
Overall, the men’s team won nine of the 16 events, while
the women’s team managed to win eight of its 16 events. Cole
was pleased with everyone’s performance.
good meet,” Cole said. “We had some very good performanc-
es, 56 season bests. Broke two school records and had about
10 kids break into the top 10 all-time.”
weight throw, with a throw of 52-7 1/2, which was also good
for a season high. Sophomore Scott Smith came in second
place with a season high throw of 48-6.
Later in the day, Smith accomplished a new season high in
the shot put with a throw of 42-9 1/2, which was also good for
throw of 41-0 1/2.
freshman Hunter Hulley in the high jump; junior Shane White
dash; junior Matt Pechacek in the 600-meter run; junior Da-
vid Paynotta in the 55-meter dash; and the 4×400-meter relay
The women also fared well, as freshman Jacinta Roggen-
400-meter dash, 200-meter dash and the 4×200-meter relay
with her teammates, Grace Curran, Angie Reed and Sherah-
lynn Linkert.
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teuffel in the high jump; Linkert in the 55-meter hurdles; and
the 4×400-meter relay team.
After almost a month of competitions and meets, the Fal-
WIAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 27-28. Something that
Cole is well aware of.
“We are very pleased, we are heading in the right direction,
the kids are doing what we are asking,” Cole said. “Everyone
is really rounding into shape. As a whole our program is im-
proving in a lot of different areas.”
The Falcons have one more meet before the WIAC Indoor
Championships at the University of Minnesota. The men par-
ticipate on Friday, Feb. 20, and the women the next day on
Saturday, Feb. 21.
Left: Shane White competes in the 55-meter hurdles. Right: Grace Curran hands the baton off to Jacinta Roggenbuck in the Falcon Winter Classic on Saturday, Jan. 31.

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