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THE SPECTATORTHE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1923
VOL. 91, NO. 10 FALL 2012Thursday, Nov. 8
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Construction has started on the campus mall’s outdoor ampitheater in front of Davies Center. The venue will eventually host UAC and other campus events outdoors, but only after winter.
NOT SO UNITED? SCRUFFY AND PROUD
REPORTING ABROAD
THE BUSINESS OF BIKING
MAKE THE CLIMBStudent Senate is con-
cerned about the actions of United Council
Our very own Taylor Kuether is in China covering Chancellor
Bousquet’s delegation
Two Blugolds start their own bicycle-building business
McPhee’s rock climbing wall is a unique exercise option
Blugold guys (and gals) do No Shave November no matter what others think
Should hunters be able to hunt on state-owned land?
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ZACK KATZ / The SpectatorTHE VIEW FROM DAVIES: Before being delayed briefly by rain on Tuesday, construction was well underway on an outdoor venue space on the UW-Eau Claire campus mall. The space will provide an outdoor venue for campus events.
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Thursday, November 1
The relationship between Student Senate and the United Council of UW Students has hit a bit of a rough patch this semes-ter, but this is not a new topic.
It all started well before this semester, with the referendum that took place in Oct. 2011 when students decided they wanted to stay in United Council.
There was heated debate during the referendum, and it seems this issue has carried over to the new senate session.
At the first senate meeting in September, a resolution passed that the United Council respond to what is often referred to as the ‘White Papers’, a document writ-ten over the summer by executive senate members.
After several weeks of no for-mal response, another resolution was passed that demanded a re-sponse from the group.
This is where the situation currently stands. The senate is waiting for a response addressing these concerns while the United Council has some issues of its own with the White Papers.
CONCERNS AND THE WHITE PAPERS
The source of all of this is from student concerns, Student Body President Corydon Fish said.
“The (White Papers) were written because we received emails from students concerned about where their mon-ey was going,” he said, adding these emails come in every year.
“But what I think is a little unusual ... attached (to the mes-sages) wasn’t just a simple two-line ‘give me my money back,’ it was ‘I have issues in this organization.’”
The conditions outlined in the ‘Investment Review’ portion of the papers are:
• A lack of UW-Eau Claire direct representation in United Council
• The use of student dollars for illegal actions
• United Council’s absence of tracking vote totals and out-comes for its elections
• Partisan pictures and mar-keting materials
• Problems with its overall gov-ernment relations strategy
“Seven weeks later there was no reply after repeated con-tact with the United Council,” he said. “So we decided that creating a formalized reply would maybe hold a little more weight.”
The September resolution stated that students of Eau Claire pay the United Council $75,000 a year.
UNITED COUNCIL’S REACTION
President of United Council Geoff Murray visited the Student Senate on Monday after receiving the newest resolution.
Murray said he has looked at the White Papers and wanted to let the senate know that United Council has looked at the con-cerns, but writing a formal and thoughtful response will take some time.
“I think a lot of the concerns are well thought out,” Murray said. “One main thing I would say is they’re rooted in the past that United Council was operating un-der previously. And I think a lot of the concerns have already been dealt with this year.”
Student Senate has request-ed a line-by-line review of the White Papers, which Murray said can’t happen quickly.
“Doing a line-by-line review in a board meeting, especially teleconference, of a doc-ument that is 20 pages in length ... would be an unbelievably time-con-suming process,” Murray said.
United Council meetings are often over con-ference calls, since the staff-ers live in different areas of the state.
The Senate wanted a ‘prompt’ response to the White Papers. The definition of prompt does not provide a solid time frame, but some senators think there has
been ample time.“Constituent ser-
vice should always be a priority for any gov-ernance body,” Chief of Staff Tyrel Zich said. “When a student comes in and expresses con-cern about student sen-ate, we drop everything we are not constitution-ally mandated to do at the time.”
The United Council will eventually be able to do a line-by-line review, Murray said, but at the time they first received the White Papers they were busy with the elections.
There are some suggestions that Murray said cannot be done.
One of these recommenda-tions Murray pointed to as a “no go” is that United Council pay their Government Relations Di-rector at least $80,000 a year.
“It’s not in our organization’s culture to raise it to double what our Executive Director makes,” he said. “A boss making half what an employee makes just doesn’t make any sense to us.”
Fish said this suggestion was made to make the position more desirable to a professional lobby-ist who would have better connec-tions in state government.
CURRENT SITUATION, FUTURE ACTIONS
Intergovernmental Relations Director Jason Rector said that United Council has the potential to be vital to Eau Claire.
“I think they can be a huge asset,” Rector said. “Their effec-tiveness recently leaves some-thing to be desired ... but the po-tential to be effective, it’s endless
what they could do.”Rector said the last
two years have been filled with turmoil con-cerning the relationship between United Council and Eau Claire.
“Many of the ac-tions were made some-what in a partisan man-ner,” he said.
Rector used as an example a picture taken
in the past of now Senator Tam-my Baldwin in arms with staffers of United Council.
There were other past issues, including a sit-in and ‘zombie protest’ that some United Council members participated in.
Murray agreed that these
previous actions were regretta-ble, but he also said the issues of perceived partisanship are no longer an issue.
Senator Stephen Kahlow said depending on the outcome of the White Papers and the United Council’s response, it is a possi-bility that there could be talks of Eau Claire no longer being in-volved with the group.
“I think completely disen-gaging ourselves is a bad idea,” Kahlow said. “But at the same time if they’re not serving the functions we want them to serve … there’s really no other way of having that debate.”
In order to remove member-ship from United Council, it would take another referendum from the student body, Kahlow said.
The next step is to see what actions United Council takes. Murray said it would be ideal to wait until the staff is together in order to respond with as much thought and research as was put into the White Papers.
Chris Reinoos &Alex Zank
NEWS EDITOR &CHIEF COPY EDITOR
STUDENT SENATE, UNITED COUNCIL AT ODDS
Recent legislation passed reveals
Senate concerns with organization
FISH
RECTOR
“I think a lot of the concerns are well thought out. One main thing I would say is they’re rooted in the past that United Coun-
cil was operating under previously. And I think a lot of the concerns have already
been dealt with this year.”
GEOFF MURRAYPresident of United Council
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NOTABLE EVENTS HAPPENING ALL OVER CAMPUS
• 7:30 p.m. – The Forum: Nomi Prins, Schofield Auditorium
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The Davies Student Center is nearing completion, but there are still several additions to be made around the building.
In particular, construction has be-gun on an amphitheater outside of the Davies Center on the campus mall.
As a part of the entire student cen-ter construction project, this amphithe-ater has been in the works for a long time. However, because of complica-tions with the mall’s irrigation system, the project has been pushed to the back burners until now.
University Activities Commission Concert Co-Chair Sam Roedger consid-ers the outdoor event center something for students to be excited about.
“I think the amphitheater will mean more quality events for the cam-pus,” Roedger said. “Having a new venue of this nature will allow stu-dents to plan events according to their strengths without being limited by
their surroundings.”In the past, it has
been difficult to host large-scale outdoor events on campus due to space limitations. The aim of opening the mall up was to create a more spa-cious environment for students.
Roedger feels as if the project leaders are taking this into account. “From my understanding, the amphitheater has been designed to com-plement the campus mall green space.”
Now, because of the size increase of the campus mall, the university will be able to facilitate anything student organi-zations plan to host outdoors in the future.
Laura West, another member of the UAC, feels students will find this am-phitheater as a more accessible source for outdoor entertainment than we’ve seen in the past.
“The clock tower was one of my favorite areas on campus,” West said.
“The amphitheater will pro-vide an excellent equivalent to that for the concerts we will plan.”
This project does seem to be inspired by the clock tow-er area that was constructed with the old Davies Center.However, the new amphithe-ater will provide a more open, inviting atmosphere.
Similar to the Sounds Like Summer festival held at Phoenix Park, UAC predicts there will be music festivals hosted at the campus’ new amphitheater in the future.
Roedger and West pre-dict the outdoor event center will be an open option for any student organization, and in a similar fashion to rooms within the Davies Center, the amphitheater will be avail-able for reservation openly.
So, when can we expect to see the finished product? Director of Facilities Man-agement Terry Classen said it’s tough to say.
Completion of the proj-
ect is now incumbent on the installation of irrigation sys-tems on the mall.
“We’re playing with the weather in terms of what’s left,” Classen said.
Classen said a number of additions to the landscape such as limestone blocks and grass are still to be set in place.
“In terms of size, the amphitheater will begin at the circle already under con-struction and emanate out towards the sidewalk, as well as towards the south side of Schofield,” Classen said.
After the technicalities are overcome, the weather will most likely prevent con-struction from continuing until the project can be com-pleted in early spring.
However, once the snow clears up students will be welcomed with a new outdoor center. Keep your eyes open for concerts and events host-ed at our new amphitheater this spring.
SUBMITTEDIN THE MAKING: That little spiral is the blueprint for the future out-door ampitheater on the UW-Eau Claire campus mall.
RAIN TROUBLE: Rain delayed construction on the ampitheater Tues-day as workers lay the foundation for the outdoor venue.
ZACK KATZ / The Spectator
Zack Katz STAFF WRITER
GOING OUTDOORS
Construction of a campus mall ampitheater is now under way
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President Barack Obama was an-nounced the winner of the presiden-tial election by news outlets around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, when many “swing states” such as Ohio, Virginia and Colorado swung in his favor.
Another one of the states that helped him win the presidency was Wis-consin; giving its 10 electoral votes to Obama.
At UW-Eau Claire, students who live on campus and people living in Ward 20 went to the Davies Center on campus to vote for the president, sena-tor and other offices for this term.
The polls opened at 7:00 a.m. to vote at the Davies Center as well as polling sites all over the state. Eau Claire City Council member and Election Deputy Dave Duax said he thought the turnout was higher than usual because Wis-
consin was considered a swing state in this election.
“Wisconsin — for the first time in a while — is on the edge”, Duax said. “We’re getting a lot of national atten-tion, and for the first time in a long time a vice presidential candidate is from Wisconsin. It brings the election more local.”
Many issues were on the forefront of many students’ minds going into the election booth including education, the country’s deficit and the economy, amongst others.
Freshmen business administration
major Celia Traun said the biggest is-sue for her personally during the pres-idential election was the issue of the where this country’s money is going.
“I think the national debt is a huge
factor,” Traun said. “It’s going to keep going up, and up and up ... either way I think we’re kind of screwed politically, but who has the better chance of mak-ing it better?”
Some students, including sopho-more education major Kyle Webster, who made the trek to the Davies Cen-ter to cast their vote for president and other offices said education was the issue they were most concerned with.
“Being an education major, I find myself focusing on that issue more than anything else,” Webster said. “The future of my life kind of depends
on where the education system goes.”
Junior music edu-cation major Danielle Tully agrees with Web-ster and said she would vote for the candidate that supported educa-tional growth and ex-pansion along with an open mind to the field of music education.
“Spending on ed-ucation I think is very important. Not only am I a student here, but I am an education ma-jor as well,” Tully said. “I am in music … and
that seems to be a field that gets cut a lot and we need to realize that different kinds of education can be valuable.”
Issues were not the only reasons students came out to the polls on Tues-
day, however. First time voters were having their voices heard by the Unit-ed States for the first time and some explained that it was their civil duty to come cast their ballot.
Sophomore English major Brian Roberts said by being an educated col-lege student, he feels more informed and not voting would be a detriment to his right as a citizen.
“For me to not come out and vote after I have been watching the news and preparing to vote for the last cou-
ple months seems foolish,” Roberts said. “Once you get into school you see different viewpoints and start forming your own ideas.”
The next presidential election will not be for four more years, but first time voters have experienced the polls and their vote, along with votes around the country, will continue to be an es-sential part of this country’s founda-tion and a staple of democracy.
Editor’s Note: Brian Roberts is a former employee of The Spectator.
Graphic by TYLER TRONSON / The Spectator
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POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTE WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY
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Students, Wisconsin elect President Obama for second termEducation, deficit common themes
among voters
David Heiling SPORTS EDITOR
“Wisconsin — for the first time in a while — is on the edge. We’re getting a
lot of national attention, and for the first time in a long time a vice presidential candidate is from Wisconsin. It brings
the election more local.”DAVE DUAX
Eau Claire City Council Member
ELIZABETH JACKSON / The Spectator KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING: On campus students could vote during Tuesday’s election in Blugold Living Room in the Davies Center, with extra guidance from this helpful sign.
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“A wise man once said let no great opportu-nity slip away.”
Finance Commission Director Bryan Larson, who also may or may not have taken credit for being the “wise man,” said this of the resolution in support of Eau Claire’s bid to host an organization’s annual conference on Monday.
In a meeting that included several independent events, this resolution was the sole piece of legislation looked at this week. The resolution called for Student Senate support for Eau Claire hosting the annual National Association of College and University Residence Halls conference in the year 2014.
NACURH is an organization, as stated in the resolution, that aims to “develop leader-ship, promote diversity, recognize achievement, promote scholarships, and stimulate engage-ment and involvement among students living in residence halls.”
Senator Zach Ahola, who both submitted the bill and was one of the speakers during a presentation of the bid prior to the introduction of the bill, said it would be a
“prestigious honor” to host the convention here in Eau Claire.
The resolution passed by voice vote, and those that spoke during the discussion of it voiced avid support for the legislation.
The speakers included Larson and senator Stephen Kahlow.
“I have nothing but support for this (reso-lution),” Kahlow said.
Organizations Director Frank Heaton did ask during a presentation of the resolution at the beginning of the meeting whether there would be any construction at the time that would interfere with the conference.
Ahola in response said there would not be any major construction going on at the time, and that it was actually their only window of opportunity between projects to hold something like this.
The resolution also requested that “an ad hoc committee comprised of three on-campus senators” draft a letter of support.
This resolution is the first piece of legisla-tion introduced by a senator not holding a di-rectorship person in over a year.
Student Office of Sustainability Director Ellen Sorenson also gave a presentation show-ing the preliminary SOS budget.
Sorenson said that SOS always has one large project that gets the largest portion of the SOS budget, followed by several other smaller projects.
This year, the project is planned to be the installation of solar panels on some univer-sity buildings. This took up $150,000 – over
half — of the SOS budget for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Geoff Murray, president of United Council, also showed up at the meeting to speak at the
open forum. Murray revis-ited the purpose of UC to the Student Senate and also answered questions and concerns from indi-vidual senators.
The majority of the questions dealt with when the senate could expect a response from UC concerning the White Papers.
The White Papers was a document crafted by the executives of Stu-
dent Senate addressing some student com-plaints about the organization.
Murray said that he could not give a defi-nite time that there would be a formal re-sponse, but he stressed that a speedy response over a thorough one would not be appropriate given the amount of care and effort given into crafting the White Papers.
Asking UC to respond immediately to the White Papers is doing it a disservice, Murray said.
See page 2 for more in-depth coverage of the current relationship between the United Coun-cil and Student Senate.
Alex Zank CHIEF COPY EDITOR
SENATE SUPPORTS HOSTING LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Resolution passed in support of Eau Claire’s NACURH bid, S.O.S. to focus on solar panels
KAHLOW
SORENSON
Clear and out in the openSunday, Nov. 4
Around 1 a.m., an officer patrolling Towers Circle observed a male student vomiting in front of Towers Hall. The police officer parked the car and called for another officer to assist him while mak-ing contact with the two males outside of the dorm. The vomiting male identified himself and when the officer asked why he was puking, he said that he had eaten something bad. The officer then saw that the puddle of vomit was a clear liquid and that both of them had bloodshot glassy eyes. He asked if they had been drinking, and both male students admit-ted that they had been, but that they had quit over an hour ago.
When the officer asked what it was they had been drinking, they did not answer. They did agree to submit a preliminary breath test, in which both resulted as a .09. The officers radioed the commu-nication center and found that neither had any previous violations.
Both were written ordinances and notified of court appearance dates as well as their fines. Officers reported that both individuals were coop-erative during the interaction and then cleared the scene.
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BOOK SALEThe Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library will be holding a book sale on November 9-10 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day. The sale will be held in the lower level of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Special pricing will be available on
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SPORTS7SPORTS EDITOR: David Heiling Thursday, November 8
“Butts and Guts” and “Hip Hop Hustle” are not the only exciting and free exercise options offered in the McPhee Physical Education Center. The indoor climbing wall is open to all students, faculty, staff and community members to practice their rock climbing skills with no experience necessary.
The wall, located in gym 210-A, is open from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday.
To begin climbing, students must complete an orientation class to check belay skills and basic knot skills, said Dan Langlois, assistant director of programs at the Environ-mental Adventure Center.
“It orientates you to safely climb,” Langlois said. “The belaying and proper knots are so you are do-ing your climb safely and using the wall safely.”
The orientation class costs $10. Junior Kelly Ripp works for the EAC and said a semester of climbing costs $15 and a year of climbing is $25.
Freshman Charlie Firer has been working at the EAC since the beginning of the semester. He said anyone on campus can be involved in rock climbing.
“There are different grades for the routes so there is always some-thing a person can get on and feel good doing it,” Firer said. “We defi-nitely welcome any newcomers. We’ll make them feel welcome.”
Ripp said there is also the option for bouldering — climbing horizon-tally across the wall instead of verti-cally, which doesn’t require belaying.
“You can come by yourself,” Ripp said. “We have auto belays and it’s a friendly group of people. If you want someone to belay you, people will belay for you.”
Rock climbing is a sport that doesn’t have an end point in sight. Firer said he likes the different directions you can take the sport and the level of difficulty can always advance.
“It’s something that you can always push yourself in,” Firer said. “There is no limit and it’s fun and challenging at the same time.”
Ripp said rock climbing is a great workout because you use your whole body and use muscles that are not normally used when exercising. Also, she said, it’s a great excuse to avoid homework and meet new people.
Unlike other university sports, rock climbing can be done around
the world. Langlois said more experienced climbers have planned fall and spring trips to multiple plac-es around Wisconsin and to the west.
“There are just so many plac-es to climb in the world,” Lan-glois said. “As a program we have climbed as far west as Joshua Tree (Cali.), but people rock climb all over the world.”
Most climbers, Longlois said, prefer climbing outdoors, but the
great thing about the sport is that it can be continued all winter.
“We try to talk about doing things that are close by,” Longlois said, “To provide a break and an outdoor expe-rience and taking on those activities that you can do for a lifetime.”
Any climb-ers, at any level of experience are welcome to visit the climbing wall.
Ripp said using equipment for one day is $3, so not too big of a commit-ment if you decide rock climbing isn’t for you.
“We’d love to have as many visi-tors as we can,” Longlois said, “And we hope that we can accommodate stu-dents and get them into the outdoors and create a passion for climbing.”
EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIESExercise options offered at McPhee reach beyond
treadmills and classesMartha Landry
NEWS EDITOR
“ There are just so many places to climb
in the world. As a program we have
climbed as far west as Joshua Tree (Cali.),
but people rock climb all over the world.”
DAN LANGLOISAssistant director of programs
at EAC
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UW-Eau Claire suffered their sixth loss of the season after a tough 19-10 bout against the Warhawks in Whitewater last Saturday. An inability to put points on the board in the second half was the cause of their struggle.
The first quarter ended with a field goal made by each team, a 28-yard kick for UW-Whitewater and a 33-yarder made by Eau Claire.
The Warhawks then made their second field goal along with a touch-down after a two yard rush in the sec-ond quarter. Eau Claire was also able to find the end zone, squeaking in a 23-yard touchdown pass with only seconds left in the half.
While keeping it close at half, Blugolds head coach Todd Glaser said there was still room for improvement. He said that his team’s defense was bailing out the offense too much.
“I thought all of the way through the game we executed well,” Gla-ser said. “The problem was a couple times we got down in the red zone and we didn’t come away with points. When you play good teams, you have to make sure to get points on the board.”
The trend continued for the Blu-golds in the second half. They attempt-ed another field goal from 26 yards out near the end of the third quarter but were unsuccessful after the ball bounced off of the right upright.
W h i t e w a t e r added two more field goals before the end of the game. They made their first in the middle of the third from 25 yards out and their last from 39 yards in the fourth quarter.
While senior linebacker Nick Slade thought holding them to 19 was a positive, he said it’s about winning the game in the long run.
“Holding them to 13 in the first half and then six in the second half ... it obviously wasn’t enough in the
end but it’s some-thing to build on,” Slade said.
The Blugolds finished with 292 total yards of offense on the night compared to Whitewater’s 375. Eau Claire quarterback Aus-tin Neu went 15 of 26 for 199 yards through the air
along with a touchdown and an in-terception Running back Joel Swee-ney added 67 yards on the ground on 22 carries.
Whitewater sophomore quarter-back Matt Behrendt threw 12 of 18 for 124 yards and two interceptions. Senior running back Desmin Ward ran for 135 yards off 27 carries.
With the loss, the Blugolds fall to 3-6 on the season, now tied for fourth in the conference. They will play their final regular season game this coming Saturday at Carson Park against River Falls, who is currently fifth in the conference.
Senior tight end Austin Goetsch said he thinks it’s going to be a very tough fought game.
“We are really excited to get back at it and play UW-River Falls one last time at Carson Park for all of the seniors,” Goetsch said. “I know it’s my last game so it’s going to be pretty emotional and people are going to be coming out and playing like it’s liter-ally their last game because it is. So it’s going to be pretty special.” SLADE
GOETSCH
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“I thought all of the way through the game we executed well. The problem was a couple times we got down in the red zone and we
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“You don't know how big that win is.”Those were the words of UW-Eau
Claire Women’s Hockey head coach Mike Collins after the team's upset victory over UW-Superior, the team that was ranked eighth in the nation prior to the weekend series.
Sophomore forward Sam Knut-son said that all the hard work has finally paid off.
“It felt great. We've been working hard all season so far and it really boost-ed our confidence,” Knutson said. “We had a rough opening weekend and we all knew we had it in us and we just have to keep working. That's what we did. That's how it ended. We kept pushing it to the very end and we came out with the big win.”
The score was tied at four in the
final two minutes of the third period when Knutson gained possession of the puck in front of the net and scored.
Working on connecting on plays in front of the net was something that the team worked on in the week prior, Collins said.
Knutson attributes the win to that and a complete team effort in the game.
“It felt great and it was really good to get that goal, but I wouldn't have done it without my team,” Knutson said. “I was the one who shot it, but without our team pushing it and playing hard, it would have never happened.”
The momentum was building through the second as the Blugolds scored late in the period to bring the game to a one goal deficit.
Collins said that during the second in-termission he tried to make sure the team knew the game wasn't over yet.
“It's all about momentum. You can't quit. One more shot makes it even and one more after that gets us ahead. We just try to simplify the game,” Collins said. “I'm not smart enough to complicate it, so
we just have to go with the simple approach and what I know best is continue to work and enjoy doing it. Winning is a lot more fun than the alternative.”
Collins said he is going to continue to look at the season in a positive manner, es-pecially after the upset against Superior.
“We’ve got 20 girls who are happy and every time they get a win like that, they start to believe a little bit more and good things can happen,” Collins said.
In the second game of the week-end series, however, Superior ended up winning 6-1. The Blugolds' lone goal came from senior forward Casey McMullen in the third period.
The loss on Friday was enough for Superior to fall out of the eighth spot nationally as they were announced as the ninth- ranked team this week.
Lady Blugolds sting nationally-ranked conference opponent
Eau Claire women’s hockey 1-1 vs. UW-Superior this past weekend
ELIZABETH JACKSON / The Spectator DEFENDING HOME ICE: Junior defender Emily Larson secures the puck and heads up ice Friday night at Hobbs Ice Center against UW-Superior.
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KNUTSON
COLLINS
The Blugold women’s volleyball team will take little personal credit for the success of their season. Coach Kim Wudi said she has no problem saying it is because of all the hard work the girls have put in.
“I think the success that we had this year is a credit to the fact that they decided in the spring that they were going to work hard in the off-season and they were going to come into this sea-son ready to play,” Wudi said. “We have great juniors and seniors
who are great leaders on our team. I think the success of the season has been a credit to their leadership as well.”
The Blugolds won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athlet-ic Conference this past weekend for the first time in program history. This win earns the team an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship beginning Nov. 8.
The Blugold women beat UW-Whitewater 3-1 on Friday and their success continued Saturday when they beat UW-Stevens Point 3-0.
The match against Stevens Point was close for all three sets, but senior Amy Bomgren said that after winning on Friday the
team felt confident.“For some reason we
had this feeling before the match,” Bomgren said. “We were really calm about it. Nothing really fazed us during the match. We just kept play-ing and we did our thing on our side of the net and we got it done”.
The team had lost to both Stevens Point and Whitewater earlier in the season but Wudi said that at this point in the season the girls had enough self-motivation to keep them playing hard.
“I just tried to keep them focused on one point at a time. We needed to make sure that we’re scoring points, but we can’t get into a situation where we’re trying to force ourselves to score points,” Wudi said. “I was trying to keep them confident.”
The Blugolds’ record is 22-11. Junior Kelly Schuh said that much of the season’s success can be attributed to the closeness of the team. All of the players wanted to win for each other, not for themselves.
The Blugolds will play seven teams at the St. Thomas Regional (Minn.). The ladies are practicing and getting ready to play against the best teams in the region. Schuh says their whole season has been practice for the team.
“We haven’t changed our game plan or anything,” Schuh said. “We are just working on what we do best to beat the people across the net from us.”
The Blugolds will play Wartburg (Iowa), St. Benedict (Minn.), Dominican (Ill.), Northwestern College (Minn.), Stevens Point, Cornell College (Iowa) and St. Thomas (Minn.). Of the seven, the Blugolds have not played Wartburg or Dominican yet this season.
Although they will be playing some talented teams, they have confidence in themselves and their team.
“If we just play like we did this last weekend, I don’t think we’ll have a problem,” Bomgren said.
If the Blugolds win this weekend, they will join the other eight regional winners from around the country and play at Hope College in the city of Holland (Mich.) for the final rounds.
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CURRENTS10CURRENTS EDITOR: Haley Zblewski Thursday, November 8
November marks an important month for many individuals in terms of expressing themselves, and in many cases, just letting loose.
No Shave November is the tradition of going without shaving for the entire month — sometimes in support of a cause, but also as a way of putting those genetics to the test.
Junior Michael Fiori is choosing to participate because he feels the competition is becoming an in-grained part of our culture.
“For those of us who shave regularly, No Shave is a great way to break away from the social norm,” Fio-ri said. “It’s basically just a fun opportunity to give growing a beard a shot.”
But, what about those who already have facial hair? Sophomore Karl Battin has been a bearded man for over two years, and doesn’t let festive com-petitions come in the way of that.
However, Battin appreciates No Shave November for what it is.
“I don’t really think of my beard as any more than a way to keep my face warm while deer hunting,” Battin said. “But it’s cool to see my friends do some-thing we can have in common.”
No Shave is not only for men, however. The uni-versity is home to many female participants, includ-ing freshman Becca Mortensen.
“I usually shave every other day, so this is really a challenge for me,” Mortensen said. “It’s something I feel I can accomplish, why shouldn’t I try?”
Mortensen doesn’t agree with attaching feminist stereotypes to No Shave November, but she does acknowledge the potential for criticism from peers.
“I have a feeling people will be uncomfortable with my decision, but that’s definitely a part of the challenge.”
However, No Shave November can be much more than a recreational challenge for men and women, however. On campus, a mustache and beard compe-tition is being held by Eau Claire’s Pi Sigma Epsilon — Zeta Epsilon chapter in order to raise awareness for men’s health. Specifically, the competition aims to fight testicular and prostate cancer.
Men, and some women, will compete in two cat-egories — the greatest mustache and the greatest beard on campus.
Entry fees are $2 to participate and $3 for a wristband which allows the participant to judge the results of the competition at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29.
While not everyone is capable of growing facial hair worthy of a win, it is still easy to get involved and support those in need.
Senior Chris Cull is volunteering and participating in the competition, which he feels is an important cause.
“It doesn’t matter if you ha-ven’t shaved in six months or you’re just beginning now, rais-ing awareness is what counts,” Cull said.
Winners of the competi-tion will receive a t-shirt and various other prizes will be up for grabs for runners up. Sign-up is taking place in the Davies Center.
Although it may be too late to begin the anti-shaving marathon officially, it is never too late to contribute to the cause. And, who’s to say anyone will notice if you begin now? Whether you’re male or female, No Shave could be worth giv-ing a shot this November.
A minority within a minorityUW-Eau Trans*- Mission week of events focuses on transgenders, transsexuals
The transgendered population is being given more attention because of a week-long event organized by LGBTQ Coordinator Chris Jorgenson.
“The trans community certain-ly suffers a lot of discrimination,” he said. “So far as the LGBTQ communi-ty is concerned, they would suffer the most. I think a lot of that is based on misinformation, it’s based on igno-rance, it’s based on people making judg-ments about a community they know nothing about.”
A documentary about one per-son’s transgender experience, “No Dumb Questions,” was shown in Woodland Theater at the Davies Cen-ter on Wednesday.
Other events include speaker Ann Hoeppner, a lesbian transsexual who has been a part of the Eau Claire com-munity for many years, Jessica Jani-uk, a UW-Eau Claire alum who tran-sitioned while attending college, and Alex Hall, a medical doctor specializ-ing in not only general and women’s medicine, but also focuses on trans-gender medicine.
For six semesters she worked with graduate students at Eau Claire to achieve a woman’s voice, which she spoke about at the event. Hoeppner answered questions stu-dents and guests had about her process of transitioning from a life known as Art Hoeppner. This included speaking candidly about the relation-ship she has with her wife of 44 years.
“I’m a lesbian,” she said. “But Jane is not. She loves the person. I’ve recently heard this new term, pansex-ual. It is when you love the person and not the gender.”
As a result of the discrimination transgendered and transsexual people face, Jorgenson said he decided to put this event together in order to help others who may be curious but tenta-tive in regard to learning more about
this particular group of people.“There’s a lot of misinformation,
there’s a lot of cultural taboo about being trans,” Jorgenson said. “Each of the events will have components to it that will allow students or any attendees — students, faculty, staff, community members — to ask their questions anonymously if they’re too afraid. I think it would be very shocking if they got a question that they hadn’t heard before.”
Hoeppner said that causes like Trans*- Mission week are important because transgender and transsexu-al individuals want to be seen as just people and not as a group of outsiders to the human experience.
“Don’t judge us,” Hoeppner said. “Only one guy is going to judge me and hopefully I’ll meet him
one day.”She added
that she is glad the main goal is to educate peo-ple about trans-sexuals and the issues they face.
H o e p p n e r also spoke of her experiences with family and how
she felt before having sexual reassign-ment surgery, or what she prefers to call ‘corrective surgery.’
“I would have to say that now I am very happy,” Hoeppner said. “Before, I just got by. I felt like I had had a tu-mor removed.”
Relaying that generally people do not understand the work that goes into transitioning, Hoeppner said that every expense was out-of-pocket and that no procedure is by any means cheap, citing some surgeries at as much as $50,000.
Hall will speak on Friday in the Chancellor’s Room about the time that some surgeries take to be fully completed.
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Holy moley everyone. The new James Bond movie comes to theatres this Friday. If there is a movie that you should go see this MONTH, this is it. “Skyfall” seems to be full of fighting, shooting, Bond girls, explosions and mystery. Ev-erything you would hope for in the 23rd installment. I’m going to be really honest with you guys ... the only Bond movies that I’ve seen are the Daniel Craig ones but I’m completely obsessed with them. The coolest part (well ... from what I can tell from the trailer) is Craig gets a gun that only he can shoot! Handprint technology. I mean it’s no specialized bow and arrow (Hel-lo! Hunger Games stealers!) but still pretty darn cool.
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Okay — I know the new One Direction CD doesn’t come out until the 13th but I’m crazy, out-of-con-trol excited. If it is ANYTHING like their two singles, Live While We’re Young and Little Things, it is going to be amazing.
Oh another crazy One Direc-tion fan ... blah blah blah ... but if you know anything about the 1D boys, you know that they aren’t just a stupid boy band. They became popular because of the UK version of “The X Factor.” They worked for it. Plus, their accents are amazing.
Seriously though, their new songs have a wee bit more maturity to them, which is awesome because it makes their music relatable to people even our age. Another plus, Ed Sheeran is a contributing writer to a few of the songs. EXCITING.
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For those without a dance bone in their body and those that love the art of dance, there is an opportunity to be part of a production presented by the dance minor program at UW-Eau Claire.
While the first performance of the contemporary dance event took place Wednesday, there’s still a chance to catch the second per-formance at 4 p.m. on Nov. 9 be-ginning outside the front of Haas Fine Arts Center. The dance, called “The Bridge,” will be performed by seven students in the dance minor program.
“For an audience, it brings dance out of the box and out of the typ-ical traditional frame,” said Julie Fox, assistant professor of dance at Eau Claire.
Fox choreographed the piece as a site-specific dance or a dance cho-sen in response to a specific site. She said the dance is a 45-minute piece that will take the audience to differ-ent parts of campus and it will end on
the campus walking bridge over the Chippewa River.
“The audience is very much a part of the dance because they are -— in this particular work — travel-ing around, and just by the audience moving around, they become a part of the action too,” Fox said.
Senior Jolene Mertens worked on the production of “The Bridge” as a media intern, rehearsal assistant and performer. She said the perfor-mance is different from most dance people usually see.
“It’s a one-of-a-kind thing; you are not going to see a performance like this anywhere else,” Mertens said. “It’s unique to our campus, unique to this group of dancers and I think the university needs to be more exposed to the dance on campus.”
Fox said an audition was held at the beginning of the semester for students to try out for the dance proj-ect. The group has been practicing for nine weeks and has already had a few spectators during their rehearsals.
“I’m just dancing,” said Eri-ca Hilbert, sophomore performer in “The Bridge,” when a passer-by
asked her whether or not she need-ed help while practicing for an up-coming performance on the UW-Eau Claire campus.
Fox said people have walked past the performers during rehears-als with expressions of confusion, interest and some looking uncom-fortable. Fox said she likes creating site-specific dances.
“I really enjoy how it affects the movements that I make up, that I create because you are dealing with a different surface or texture in the air,” Fox said.
Hilbert said there will be duets and solos in different locations on campus throughout the performance. She said it is a different experience other than just a studio dance.
The audience will walk to differ-ent areas on campus with the final moments of the dance being on the campus bridge.
The fall Opera Workshop course, under the direction of Mitra Sadegh-pour and Mark Mowry, will also per-form with live percussion and tran-scendent sounds by Terrence Karn.
ELIZABETH JACKSON / The Spectator SAVE THE LAST DANCE: Senior Jolene Mertens dances the evening away on the campus foot-bridge Wednesday night. Mertens performed a contemporary dance piece entitled “The Bridge” that day put on through the dance minor program at UW-Eau Claire. Their last performance will be held 4 p.m. on Friday.
DANCING ON THROUGH UW-Eau Claire students in dance minor program perform in “one-of-a-kind” contemporary event
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OPINION / EDITORIAL13OP / ED EDITOR: Tyler Hart Thursday, November 8
What comes to mind when you say the word ‘pop’? Something fizzy and fun. What comes to mind with the word ‘soda’? I’m not sure. Maybe some-thing that is in floor cleaning supplies? Or baking soda? The last time I checked, I don’t want to drink baking soda.
Let’s face it. The soda vs. pop debate has been raging longer than the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years’ War, and only slightly more bloody.
Soda-tarians, it’s time to wave the white flag because you’ve already lost this war.
According to popvssoda.com, soda is most
commonly said in the eastern United States, while pop reigns supreme in the Midwest. Since the majority of us are Wisconsinites, we know that this is the greatest state in the Union. They show a majority of Wisconsinites say pop. So by combining these two conclusions, pop is the only way to re-fer to your favorite soft drink.
Also, why would you want to talk like a New Yorker and say soda?
Yuck!
— Elizabeth Jackson
Something about the word ‘pop’ has never rubbed me the right way. Logically speaking, one would think ‘soda pop’ would be abbreviated to its first word ‘soda’ right?
As a guy who’s new to the Midwest (from Texas originally), accents like ‘ruffs’ and ‘ruttbeer’ have never been an issue for me. After all, accents are a cool cultural identity thing.
But pop? What happened there, Midwest? Scientifically speaking, soda is the naturally
superior term.Considering soda
doubles pop in number of syllables, and trumps pop by an entire letter, it’s easy to see who takes the cake.
Living in Wisconsin, it feels as though soda-sayers are the definitive minority. But, why should we think of ourselves that way?
Give the term soda a try — after all, the under-dog always wins in the movies, right?
— Zack Katz
Alright, let’s clear something up here and now. It is a drinking fountain. We lean over and dispense water from it. There are no bubbles. This whole misconception that stems from the
southeastern area of Wisconsin needs to stop this instant. I do not know where it began
or why it’s still being used — once I was told that it comes from the Kohler company and its terminolo-
gy — but regardless, the
thing is called a drinking fountain. You can not deny that. Ask anyone outside of
that certain area and they will say the same thing. And for all of those that disagree with me, please Google a “bubbler” and see what images are pro-vided. I guarantee a drinking fountain will not be what you find.
— Bridget Cooke
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
BUBBLER
POP
SODA
My argument is less why you should call it a bubbler and more why you should
not be an asshole. I get that bubbler’s kind of a stupid
word, but why does it matter?For me, I use the word bubbler
because I am a Wisconsinite through and through. My dad is mostly Norwegian, my
mom is mostly German. I belong here. Sure, I find a little entitlement in using local dialect; don’t you?
So I swell with a little state pride. It’s who I
am. Should I be reduced to assimilating into the rest of the country in calling a drinking fountain by its formal, clunky name? No! Are you kidding? Of course not! It’s a dumb thing in a wall.
The reason I like my cheese curds breadless, say ‘bag’ with a long ‘a’ and call it a damn bubbler is because I am empowered by my Wisconsinite blood from my heart to my head, and there’s no argument for dictating the words I choose to use, no matter how dumb they sound.
— Eric Christenson
War of the Words
The state of Wisconsin recently passed a law to al-low hunting and trapping in state parks. A session held by the Natural Re-sources Board found skep-tics of the new law, which is also known as Act 169. The Legislature formed the law due to declining hunter numbers and less access to hunting land.
One speaker on the edi-torial board felt as if the new law goes against what state parks are all about. People go to state parks to enjoy the flora and fauna of the land, so allowing hunters to trap or kill the animals in them seems counterproduc-tive. Another speaker, who is a frequent user of state parks, agreed that the idea of hunters in the parks is unsettling.
The main issue dis-cussed was the poten-tial danger of hunting on protected land. Multiple speakers agreed that it is necessary to cull the deer population throughout the state, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of more dangerous parks.
One speaker, a hunter, had a different take on the issue. The speaker cited the poor quality of public hunt-
ing land, the difficulty of finding private land to hunt on and the positive effects of hunting on the economy to make the point that the new law may be a good thing.
Hunters from sur-rounding states travel to Wisconsin just to hunt, so the new and improved hunt-ing land would inject even more money into the state economy.
The same speaker also made the point that land is a classless entity, and hunters should have a right to hunt on publicly owned land.
Many people who attend state parks treat them more poorly than hunters would, so the speaker didn’t see any harm in the new law. Besides, the main hunting seasons occur during the cold por-tion of the year when state parks are less crowded and fewer people use them for recreation.
Other speakers still agreed that the thought of hunting and trapping in state parks is an unsettling risk that does not need to be taken. They felt as if hunting shouldn’t take pri-ority over wildlife preserves and native vegetation.
Should hunters be allowed to hunt on state-owned land?
YES: 1 NO: 7 AB: 0
This weekend I went home and noticed that my family’s fridge was covered in old family photos. We started a “Wall of Shame” over the summer — who has the ugli-est and most hilarious photos as a kid (if any-one was wondering, my sister is winning).
Going through all these old photos is really making me re-alize how few photos I have printed out ever since I bought my col-lege laptop. Two and a half years of college and I maybe have a hundred pictures printed.
In this time, I have traveled to 10 countries, had six new cousins added to my family and have gone to lots of college parties — not one photo printed.
My parents are always giving me heat about how I need to save these memories and make them concrete because you never know what is going to happen. Yes, I have my computer backed up on
an external hard drive but it actu-ally would be pretty easy to lose all my photos forever.
What I am wondering — am I the only person missing
tangible items?I understand and completely
support that we are in the digital age. Our generation is technologi-cally based. Has anyone seen the YouTube video where the baby doesn’t know how to turn a maga-zine page because she is used to an iPad? I find that video incredibly sad and not one bit cute.
Reading books was one of the best parts of my childhood. Now, kids are going to be looking back
and saying, ‘Wow, that iPad was just the best way to fall asleep at night … looking at that glowing screen really put me to sleep.’
I think that progression is good
but it doesn’t mean that we need to forget everything else.
Photos are an amazing way to save and share memories, and flicking through them on the com-puter is just not the same.
In addition to our new way of photo sharing on Facebook, how weird is it that we have this desire to take photos of EVERYTHING? Out to dinner with friends, instead of taking one photo of the group every person there needs to have a copy and at
least two tries in case the first one didn’t look perfect. Tangent over.
Some objects, like the CD and VHS (yes, the CD is being phased out as we know it) reach their peak
and as a society we prog-ress. But books and pho-tos should be and can be saved! The new Macbook Pro doesn’t even have a CD drive! That is a pretty amazing step forward but nobody is inventing the next photograph.
If it’s a money issue, a lot of the time you can get books cheaper from Amazon than you can buy-
ing them from your Kindle online store. Ordering photos on Wal-greens.com, you can get prints for as cheap as $.09 a photo.
I’m not saying that everyone needs to forget this technology kick, but let’s make sure to remem-ber that not everything that is old is worthless.
Where did all the pictures go?
The switch to an all-digital world is less personal
Martha Landry NEWS EDITOR
Landry is a junior journalism major and News Editor of The Spectator.
“Some objects, like the CD and VHS (yes, the CD is being phased out as we know it) reach their peak
and as a society we progress. But books and photos should be and can be saved!”
OPINION / EDITORIAL14OP / ED EDITOR: Tyler Hart Thursday, November 8
While you’ll still see my byline in The Spec-tator over the next two weeks, you won’t find me in the Spectator office, the place on campus that I consider my second home. I’ll be sending those bylines from 7,523 miles away.
I’m going to China for two weeks to work as a field reporter sending stories, photos, audio and inter-views back to campus to cover Chancellor Gilles Bousquet’s recruitment excursion to China. We
will be meeting with UW-Eau Claire’s partner universities in China to strengthen those part-nerships and build Chinese students’ interest in studying at Eau Claire.
Faculty from the Center for International Ed-ucation, the dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the interim associate dean of the College of Business are also a part of the del-egation, aiming to strengthen ties and potentially
Taylor goes to China
Managing Editor of The Spectator heads east with Chancellor Gilles Bousquet
Taylor Kuether MANAGING EDITOR
Kuether is a senior journalism major and Managing Editor of The Spectator.
forge future opportunities for UWEC students.
I found out about the trip exactly one month before I was scheduled to catch a flight to Hong Kong, during which time I spent every spare moment researching Chinese histo-ry, culture, traditions, eti-quette and even language (ni hao, by the way!). But anyone who has ever trav-eled — and I’ve only done so minimally — knows that no amount of research will prepare you for what it’s like to immerse yourself in a culture opposite your own, where no one has curly hair like yours and there’s even a com-pletely different alphabet from the one you learned in preschool. It’s going to be a challenge, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Even right now as I write this, still in the middle of the Midwest I’ve known my whole life, it hasn’t quite hit me that I’ll be in a foreign
country for two weeks. It may not hit me until I’m at the airport boarding an international flight, or during my layover in To-kyo, or maybe it will final-ly hit me as I step off the plane and catch my first glimpse of Hong Kong — the first stop on our tour, which will hit Zhuhai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou before ending in Shanghai.
The experience may not feel quite real yet, but what I do feel is grat-itude. I’m grateful to this university for making this happen for me, for handing me an opportunity I’d nev-
er even dreamed of. We go to a pretty amazing university. This place makes things happen. I’m feeling a whole lot of love for Eau Claire right now, love that I can’t wait to share with China. Let the adventure begin.
“I’m grateful to this university for making this happen for me, for handing me an
opportunity I’d never even dreamed of. We go to a pretty amaz-
ing university.
Kuether is a senior journalism major and Man-aging Editor of The Spectator.
STUDENT LIFE15STUDENT LIFE EDITOR: Tyler Hart Thursday, November 8
A bike is a pretty amazing piece of technology. Years of competition and development have driven bike man-ufacturers forward in their constant search for lighter and faster bikes, and the competition is fierce.
Fifth year seniors Jay Birkholz, an advertising major, and Philip Schommer, an accounting major, have learned this first hand while creating their own bike company here in Eau Claire called Tuxedo Bicycles.
The duo is currently focused on a specific type of bike, which is different than your average commuter bike.
“What we’re launching is a cyclo-cross bike which is essentially a road bike with knobby tires and cantilever brakes,” Birkholz said.
Birkholz said the sport of cyclo-cross is gaining popularity quickly in America. Basically, it started in France and Belgium when people would race cross country on their bikes and jump over any fences they encountered along the way. The sport soon evolved into what it is today, an outdoor course with man-made obstacles along the way.
“The equivalent would be cross country running, but on a bike,” Birkholz said.
The idea for a bike company began
when Birkholz, a sponsored second-ti-er professional in cyclocross, broke his collarbone two years ago in a race and had to find a way to keep himself occu-pied. He soon decided to make his own bikes, so he employed Schommer’s help to develop the brand and take care of the accounting side of things.
The selling point of their bikes is the originality of the design itself.
“We do unique, almost over-the-top paint jobs,” Birkholz said.
So far they have released two paint schemes, neon and noir, which fall at each end of the color spectrum. Also, they are working on a glow-in-the-dark color scheme to add another element to their design.
To fund the project, the two scrounged up all of the money they had and set to work. Schommer took a trip to Europe over the summer and attended Eurobike, the world’s largest bike convention. In that trip, he nar-rowed bike frame manufacturers down to three or four possibilities while Birkholz worked on the marketing side of things.
The two soon chose a carbon fiber frame and set to work on their design. They had two frames shipped and painted to their strict specifications, all while deciding where they would get the rest of the necessary parts.
To acquire things like brakes, handlebars etc., Birkholz and Schom-mer formed industry partnerships with large part manufacturers. They made sure to have multiple purchas-ing options for every piece of the bike so that they will never fall behind on orders. They strive to make each bike perfect for their customers.
“With a lot of bigger companies, when you order a bike you get the bike out of the box. When you order a $6000 bike and don’t like the handlebars, you’re basically just throwing away a $300 set of handlebars,” Schommer said. “We want the bike that comes out of the box to be exactly what (the customer) rides.”
Currently, the two are waiting
for a review of one of their bikes to come out in Cyclocross Magazine, a nationwide publication dedicated en-tirely to the sport. In addition to the review, they’re running an ad in the publication to spread the word about their brand.
“Our first three or five years we’re going to focus on establishing ourselves as a national brand,” Birkholz said. “We want to be a key player in the bou-tique market of bikes.”
Tuxedo Bicycles has already re-ceived three orders that they are work-ing on filling. If the advertisement and review do well, they have a plan to fill as many orders as they need to.
“If we become overwhelmed with orders, we do have a bank that is will-ing to lend us a line of credit in order to fill those orders,” Schommer said.
Things are going relatively well for Birkholz and Schommer, but they see where they are right now as just the
beginning. Their long term goal is to establish Tuxedo Bicycles as an inter-national brand.
“We’re on step 1.5 right now, and we’ve thought it through step 10,” Schommer said.
The benefits of the project aren’t just monetary for the duo. They’re learning a lot about the business world and about themselves in the process.
“It’s something Phil and I can evolve, grow and learn from,” Birkholz said.
He also said that they wouldn’t be where they are now without the things they learned and the connections they made at UW-Eau Claire. The amount of free knowledge and willingness to help around campus has been instru-mental in their success so far.
“We’ve got a toe in the water, and now we’re getting ready to cannonball here pretty soon.” Schommer said.
Fifth-year seniors take chances and overcome challenges as they create their own bike brand
GETTING ROLLING ONE DAY AT A TIMETyler Hart OP/ED EDITOR Price of a carbon fiber
Tuxedo frame: $1,500$3,000Price of a standard
Tuxedo cyclocross bike:
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
The neon series
of Tuxedo
Bicycles is
assembled in
the shop. The
other series,
Noir, is black
and yellow.
Tuxedo has
two profession-
al mechanics
assemble their
bikes to assure
quality.The name was chosen to illustrate the cleanliness and professionalism of the company and its owners.
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