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Approval ratings decline

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

President Barack Obama's approval ratings have been steadily declining since January of last year. He has lost 16 percent in his approval rating, according to Gallup.com.
Gallup.com records the daily approval ratings of the president, shows a steady decline in his approval ratings since coming into office.

Asian carp threaten the Great Lakes

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Debate has been raging about Asian carp are heading toward the Great Lakes. The carp continually threaten the Great Lakes with their rapid growth, and unfamiliarly large size and danger to native fish.
Silver and Bighead, two species of Asian carp, were first introduced in Mississippi in catfish farms around the 1960s.

Mueller endowment ready for use

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A promise Captain Craig A. Mueller made to UW-Green Bay five years before his death was realized in Sept. 2008. In 2002, Mueller pledged to make a $1 million gift to start a scholarship endowment in his name at his alma mater.
Mueller's gift, the largest ever for UWGB's scholarship funds, will make scholarships available annually to students enrolled in both the arts and visual design (formerly communication and the arts) and communication academic units.

Native Americans divided on logos

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Tribes in Wisconsin have faced many challenges over the years from treaty rights to health care, but more recently they are faced with the issue of mascots.
The state Assembly will vote on a bill this week that targets race-based mascots and logos. An estimated 36 schools in Wisconsin use race-based mascots.

News Briefs

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

President signs extension of Patriot Act

President Obama has signed a one-year extension to the Patriot Act expanding the government's ability to monitor Americans in the name of national security. Provisions would have expired today.
Three sections of the act that will stay in force include authorization of court-approved wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones, allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations, and permitting surveillance against a so-called "lone wolf" which is a non U.

Vogel speaks about drug education

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Thirty faculty members and 60 students picked up clickers and participated in a discussion of drug education in the Phoenix Rooms on Feb. 23.
Matt Vogel explained the importance of knowledge and drug education through an interactive program.
The programed titled, "Weed, Speed and Beyond," was presented to faculty and students discussing safety, not avoidance with drugs.

AL West

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The American League West is shaping up to be a competitive division. The AL West is the smallest division in baseball with only four teams, but still manages to produce high-caliber teams in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Oakland Athletics.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have dominated the AL West over the past six seasons, winning the division five times.

ALCS

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The American League East has two of the premier teams in the AL: the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Between these two teams, one will win the AL East and the other will earn the Wild Card berth into the playoffs. The Yankees will likely finish as the No.

And the award goes to . . .

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

There are a lot of teams this year who have the potential to make a run at the World Series but two teams stand out, the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals are two teams that have all the key aspects needed to make their way to the World Series.
New York has the money and the big names in baseball, all of which they have basically bought in order to bring them to the organization.

Cardinals clear favorite in NL Central

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

With spring training finally underway and Opening Day around the corner, the top teams in the National League Central are setting themselves up for a run at the playoffs.
The top teams have made moves in hopes to win the NL Central or at least try to catch the St.

NL East

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The National League East has one of the best teams in Major League Baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies, along with one of the worst, like the Washington Nationals.
The Philadelphia Phillies have been to the World Series the last two seasons, and their roster is set up to make another run at the World Series.

NL West

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

So close, but never close enough.
The National League West has proven to be one of the toughest divisions in all of baseball.
The NL West and the AL East were the only divisions to finish above .500 in all of Major League Baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers competed in the NL Championship Series in 2008 and 2009, while the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks faced each other in 2007.

NLCS

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The National League is full of teams who have the potential to earn a right to play in the World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies return the core of their team and will be in the running for another trip to the World Series.
However, the St. Louis Cardinals have been making strides the last couple of seasons to build a team that is dominant enough to make the World Series, and this is the year.

Yankees favorites to take AL East title

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In each of the past three seasons, the American League representative in the World Series has come out of the AL East. The AL East has also produced six of the last seven Wild Card teams in the AL playoffs. In the past decade, the AL East has won four World Series Championships.

'Shutter Island' filled with secrets and lies

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Dennis Lehane's suspenseful book has been turned into the dark, luminous film "Shutter Island."
Set in 1954, Marshall Teddy Daniels, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a highly dangerous patient from a federal maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane.

Click click boom-explosions from 407 Gallery

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Take a trip to the fourth floor of Studio Arts and find a room known as the 407 Gallery. This gallery is a free student-run art gallery where students can let their minds escape and let creativity flow.
At the end of each semester, a sign up sheet is posted for students for spots during the following semester.

ComedyCity to host 28-Hour Marathon

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

It's back again this year. ComedyCity is doing its 28-Hour Marathon at the Sports Corner in De Pere March 26.
It dedicates its time and talent during the marathon to acknowledge children's cancer charities in the Green Bay area. This year the proceeds will go to Families of Children with Caner and the Angel Fund.

Kick it back with the Midwest reggae rockers, T.U.G.G.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Missing the signature Bob Marley dreads, but not missing soul, T.U.G.G. pulled the crowd in at the Phoenix Club on Feb. 19.
From the band's start in 2005, it has brought its reggae-ska mix all around the nation. Using influences such as Bob Marley, Sublime and Rancid this band poured its heart out to the students and faculty of UW-Green Bay.

The Oscars

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents awards annually to recognize the excellence of the professionals in the film industry.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be sharing their comedy as this years hosts.
With the 82nd Oscars approaching, Nick and I want to share our thoughts and picks.

Adventures in Wonderland

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

From its beginning as a classic childhood tale to its much-anticipated, March 5 3-D movie release, "Alice in Wonderland" has been winning the hearts of its audience for the past 145 years.
The story started out as Lewis Caroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," a novel about one little girl's trip down a rabbit hole.

Disney series takes Alice through looking glass, into all-American Wonderland

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

As if the original "Alice in Wonderland" wasn't strange and trippy enough, Disney proved in the 1990s that adding some overalls, live actors, and a rabbit in rollerblades to the mix could take something awesomely weird and make it just plain ridiculous.
"Adventures in Wonderland" was the story of Alice, your typical all-American girl, and her trips to Wonderland via her bedroom's full-length mirror.

Campus events raise more than $4,000 for Haiti

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

UW-Green Bay graduates, students and faculty are standing united and working together through various efforts to reach out and help relieve Haiti.
Through student-run programs such as UWGB Stands with Haiti, Pancake the Quake and the Bake Sale for Haiti, more than $4,000 was donated within one week on campus.

Finding the J-Spot

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Jay Friedman, an award-winning writer and certified sex educator, is coming to UW-Green Bay. He will be in the Christie Theatre at 8 p.m. on March 8.
According to Sue Kittleson, member of the Healthy Relationships Task Force, the event will be free to anyone who wants to attend.

Get educated about getting inked

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

People know Thomas Edison for inventing the light bulb and the phonograph, but what most people don't know is that Edison invented the first electric tattoo machine in 1876. It may not be the exact machine we use today, but without Edison, modern tattooing may not have made a name for itself.

Student-run Volunteer Income Tax Assistance free to those in need of help during tax time

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Earlier this year, Megan Morrison, sophomore elementary education major, turned to the Internet to save herself time and money while filing her taxes. The $15 fee at TaxACT was a money-saving alternative to many other online brokers and certified public accountants.

Writing women back into history

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Throughout the month of March, UW-Green Bay honors Women's History Month by offering events celebrating women from the past, present and future who have and who will continue to make a difference in the world.
"I think it is important to celebrate Women's History Month, because we need to remember, recognize and honor all of the women from our past who paved the way for us to be seen as equals in our society," said Valerie Baughman, senior human development major and Vice President of Zeta Omega Tau.

¬¬An Off the Wall Retrospective: HTML Edition

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the Off the Wall Retrospective: HTML Edition! This week in Off the Wall we have so many goodies that we needed to move half the section online. The print edition featured a past article, past comic and a response from Adam Reinhard, the third person to hold the title of Off the Wall Editor from the Fall of 2001 to the Fall of 2002.

An update from Adam Reinhard

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

It's been eight years since I graduated college, which translates roughly to about four generations of iPods.
(Probably. I didn't research it. I'm not in school anymore, I don't have to research jack).
In two years, it'll be 10 years, which will make me very old, but by then it'll be 2012 and we're all going to be dead from the evil ghost Mayans and their magic doom calendar anyway so it won't matter.

Are philosophers a**holes?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Once upon a time, when writers wrote objectionable content people objected. Yes, at one point in the before time, in the long, long ago of 2002, even a casual jab in a humor column could draw the ire of the entirety of the philosophy department.
After Adam Reinhard's article "Don't be an a**hole" was published in January 31, 2002, the letters began pouring in.

Don't be an a**hole

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

You meet them all the time:
The girl in your intro humanities class who not only raises her hand for each question but always gets the answer wrong.
The guy in the computer lab who, when you're hard at work on a term paper, is laughing his head off at the Comedy Central Web site.

The return of 'The Stretch'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"The Stretch" was a comic written and drawn by Adam Reinhard between 2001 and 2003. He was the first of many artists to pick up the pen in the name of humor for OTW, including the next two OTW editors Brain Swagel and Chongchen Saelee.
However, Adam's was a multi-panel comic, featuring the cool lady-killer H and his nerdy, God-fearing friend Kevin, two upperclassmen at UW-Green Bay.

NFL player gets free pass on crime

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

What is the price of a human life? According to the Baltimore Ravens organization, it's about $900,000 plus incentives.
At least that's what they've offered to pay Donte Stallworth just less than a year after serving a season suspension from the league and a short jail sentence for a DUI vehicular manslaughter last March.

Phragmites becoming danger to Wisconsin wildlife

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

We may not know it, but we've all seen them. They are taking over our ditches, shorelines and wetlands.
What seems to appear like a natural part of their surrounding, disguising itself like a harmless native cattail, is a really dangerous creature in many ways.

Unfair taxation killed the public radio star

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

I hate waking up early and driving to school every morning, but what helps make this drive bearable are public radio stations. The morning tunes are my cup of coffee every morning.
Recently, I heard an announcement on public radio telling me to act now and let my voice be heard against bills that would cause taxation of songs played on public radio.

Vote for the candidate: Not the party itself

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Our nation has been in a civil war since its founding in 1776. People have always pitted themselves against each other in heated battles of supreme dominance. These battles have always been the same: partly cloudy vs. partly sunny, Ford vs. Chevy and the holy grail of American arguing: Democrats vs.