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New UW-L festival offers a taste of everything in art, communication Take a class with a guest composer. Paint on an open canvas. Witness a student debate on global warming. The first ever UW-L Creative Imperatives Festival April 13-16 will bring together UW-L students, faculty and distinguished guests to lead workshops, perform, lecture and stimulate thought and creativity. Read more »

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UW-L Theatre presents a hunt for the ABCs   The "Great Alphabet Adventure" will show at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the Frederick Theatre, Morris Hall. Tickets go on sale April 7. Read more »	Economic breakfast to feature governor           Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will talk about the state of the regional economy during a breakfast at UW-L. Register by April 14. Read more »
India’s oldest stone inscriptions is topic of MVAC presentation             “India's Oldest Stone Inscriptions” is the topic of an upcoming Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Read more »	Students to vote on potential REC expansion   April 15, UW-L students will vote on whether to pay an additional $14 a year in student fees to build a 30,000-square-foot addition to the Recreational Eagle Center. Read more »
Documentary “Inequality for all” to be shown             An award-winning documentary about income inequality in the U.S. will be shown Friday, April 11. Read more »	ROTC cadets, commander complete ‘Memorial Death March’ marathon                 Four U.S. Army ROTC Cadets from UW-L and their battalion commander complete a marathon — each with 45 pounds strapped on his or her back. Read more »

Campus Child Center art show April 14-16

The Campus Child Care Center Annual Spring Art Show will be on display in the lobby of the REC Monday, April 14, through Wednesday, April 16. The Annual Spring Music Show will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, in the lobby of the REC. An encore performance will be at the same time and place Wednesday, April 16.

Production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ to benefit local organizations

Proceeds from a UW-L production of “The Vagina Monologues” will benefit two La Crosse area outreach programs. UW-L’s Women’s Studies Student Association and women from the La Crosse community will perform “The Vagina Monologues” at 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 12, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Proceeds from the event will go to New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers in La Crosse and UW-L’s Self Sufficiency Program. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each production with live music from local artist Irene Jr. Keenan. Tickets are $5 for seniors and students and $7 for others. Call 785.8877 to purchase tickets or visit the Cartwright Center Information Desk.

Faculty Summer Language Programs set for summer

Faculty and academic staff interested in learning a new language or increasing their level of proficiency in their research language can attend one of the Office of International Education's summer language institutes. Designed by UW-L partner institutes, these programs are geared toward beginner and intermediate level proficiencies. Classroom instruction takes place in the morning for three hours, Monday through Thursday, and is geared toward the appropriate competency level. One-on-one tutorials may be available within some programs. All program fees include the following:

• Classroom instruction

• Administrative fees

• Housing (meals may be included dependent upon program)

• Cultural activities and excursions (may be included dependent upon program)

• Roundtrip airfare from La Crosse

Prices are subject to change, depending on the strength of the U.S. dollar. San Jose, Costa Rica

• Minimum group size: two-four participants

• July 5~20

• Price: $3,300

Costa Rica is sometimes referred to as the Switzerland of Central America because of its comfortable lifestyle, peaceful democracy and overwhelming natural beauty. The country’s Disneylike cast of creatures – ranging from howler monkeys to toucans – is populous and relatively easy to spot. The waves are prime; the beauty is staggering and the sluggish pace seductive. A peaceful oasis in a tumultuous region, this tiny nation draws 1.5 million visitors every year. What’s on tap? The question is what isn’t? Active travelers can surf, hike, snorkel and spot wildlife for starters. The incredibly varied topography means you can cruise the cloud forest one day, visit an active volcano the next, and finish relaxing on a hot sandy beach. Adrenaline junkies have opportunities of zipping through canopy lines hundreds of meters long and riding the rough surf of the Pacific. Application procedures Faculty attending a summer language institute may apply for UW-L's International Faculty Development Grant. Forms are available online. Deadlines for submission are Oct. 1, Jan. 1, and April 1. Applicants are reminded to submit an informational copy to the Director of the Office of International Education.

UW-L gallery to host Third Congressional District art

Artwork from high school students in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District will again be exhibited at UW-L. The exhibit will run Wednesday, April 9, through Friday, April 11, in the University Art Gallery, located in the university’s Center for the Arts. Read more.

Mark your calendar for the University Bookstore Flash Sale April 8

The third University Bookstore Flash Sale event will be Tuesday, April 8. The sale includes 25 percent off all T-Shirts and an additional 25 percent off clearance items at the campus store. Spread the message so everyone can enjoy the savings. Visit the bookstore online.

Deadline to rent faculty regalia is April 8

Faculty, staff and administrators planning to rent attire for the May graduation ceremonies must place their orders for caps, gowns and hoods no later than Tuesday, April 8, to ensure on-time arrival and avoid late shipping fees. Email Carlena Goddeau at cgoddeau@uwlax.edu or contact your department’s ADA for instructions on how to place an order.

English Department's colloquium series continues

The English Department's 2013-14 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series continues with a presentation by Henry Shen, a visiting scholar sponsored by Bradley Butterfield, English. The presentation will explore the system of objects of the protagonist’s kitchen in Don DeLillo’s “White Noise.” The discussion is approached via the Baudrillardian theory, especially as developed in Baudrillard’s “The System of Objects.” Following the tenet of (post) structuralism, echoing Heideggerian assertion “language speaks us” and the Lyotardian narration theory, Baudrillard delves into how consumer commodities reify subjects, articulating them into the system of objects. The narrations of objects, preluding and wrapping up “White Noise,” stage narrations by objects, which invade and inform the text. The presentation argues that the consumer’s kitchen in “White Noise,” as a microcosm of the consumer society, is a main venue where consumption, reification and systematization by objects are played out. The kitchen showcases the family relationship being swallowed, broken down by and articulated into the system of consumer objects, which features fluidity, ephemerality and fragility. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785.8295. Learn more.

Participate in Money Smart Week April 5-12

UW-L is teaming up with area banks, colleges, businesses and organizations to celebrate national Money Smart Week April 5-12. Various activities are planned throughout the week. Events scheduled at UW-L include:

• It Make$ Cents! money machine from noon-2 p.m. Monday, April 7,  at Hoeschler Tower

• Geocaching contest from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, April 7, at UW-L with a grand prize of a $250 Visa gift card. To start, go to the first poster at the It Make$ Cents! Office, 2103 Centennial Hall.

• “The Price is Right” game night from 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition

• Debunking Credit Myths at noon and 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at 258 Cartwright Center

• Bryce Bartruff Fi$cal Fitne$$ seminar at 6:30 p.m. Thursday April 10, in 1400 Centennial Hall

• Look for the It Make$ Cents! cash cart throughout the week

Learn more.

Paul McCartney is featured at April 11 Album Encounters; ‘Explorers of the International Space Station’ is April Public Program

The next Album Encounters multimedia light and laser show will feature Paul McCartney’s “New” at 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, in 20 Cowley Hall. Admission is $5. The Planetarium’s Public Program for April is “Explorers of the International Space Station” The talk, followed by a multimedia audiovisual presentation, will be at 1 p.m. Saturdays, April 12, 19 and 26. Admission is $3 for students, seniors and children, and $5 for others. For more, contact Bob Allen at allen.robe@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8669. See more about the Planetarium at www.uwlax.edu/planetarium.

Festival of Nations includes Zumba in French

UW-L student Samantha Fitzpatrick led students and others in Zumba in French to Creole music at UW-L's first-ever Festival of Nations. The April 3 festival in the Cameron Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall, included a variety of events to help participants learn more about languages and cultures. See more photos of the event.

Check out the financial aid newsletter

The April 2014 Financial Aid Edition of Eagle Mail newsletter is now available online. The Financial Aid edition of Eagle Mail newsletter will be available approximately the first of each month. In this issue articles include:

• Student loan repayment options

• Are you transferring from UW-L?

• It Make$ Cents! April is financial literacy month

• Student loan repayment 101

• IMC! wins financial literacy award

• Information about scholarships that are due in April

• Ask Earnest - answers to pertinent financial aid questions

‘GMO OMG’ is environmental film to be shown April 10

Explore environmental issues in the U.S. and the world through a six-week film series. “GMO OMG” will be shown Thursday, April 10. All films are free and begin at 7 p.m.  in 1309 Centennial Hall. Students for Sustainability is hosting the festival. Coming up:

•  “Tapped” — Thursday, April 17
• “Do The Math” — Wednesday, April 23
• “Waste Land” — Thursday, April 24

Panel discussion on redistricting and representative government to be held April 8

Find out more about redistricting and representative government at a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday April 8, in the Cameron Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall. UW-L Political Scientist Joe Heim, La Crosse County Board Chairwoman Tara Johnson and State Rep. Steve Doyle will serve on the panel. La Crosse Tribune Publisher Rusty Cunningham will be the moderator. The panel discussion is jointly sponsored by UW-L’s Political Science Department and the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area.

49th Annual International Banquet set for April 11

UW-L’s 49th Annual International Banquet will be from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The banquet brings together the talents of a variety of international and study abroad students, faculty and staff to offer an evening filled with ethnic foods and performances involving cultural music, dancing and singing. Tickets are $20 for students with an ID and children. All other tickets are $25. Tickets are available at the Cartwright Ticket Office or call 608.785.8877. Ticket sales end at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9.

Need public speaking help? Workshop scheduled April 14

As part of the Creative Imperatives Festival, the Public Speaking Center will run a workshop “Improving Your Public Speaking Skills and Reducing Speaking Anxiety” from 1-3 p.m. Monday, April 14, in 337 Cartwright Center. Stop in for 20-30 minutes to participate in various small-group activities aimed at developing speech content, incorporating creative and vivid language and using one's hands, voice and face to deliver effectively. Attendees will also learn a variety of techniques for reducing public speaking anxiety. Hosted by student peer consultants from the Public Speaking Center, this workshop is designed for anyone who wants to improve public speaking skills.

‘Embrace your inner activist’ at open mic night April 10

Calling all poets, artists, musicians and performers! An open mic night “Full Disclosure” will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the Cellar, Cartwright Center. Participants are asked to “Embrace your inner activist and share your message of social justice, social awareness and social action.” The event is part of the Campus Activity Board series 1-2-3 Thursdays. The first, second, and third Thursday of each month, CAB provides local talent, open mic night, game night, craft night, comedians and other events. Full Disclosure is free to all UW-L students. The event is sponsored by Awareness Through Performance, University Centers and University Dining. For more information visit uwlax.edu/CAB or contact 608.785.8873, or cab@uwlax.edu.

Heating plant shutdown set for May 18-25

Mark your calendars for the heating plant shutdown dates for scheduled maintenance and repairs. It will be off line starting 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, until 10 p.m. Sunday, May 25. During the shutdown there will be no steam distribution services available to any campus buildings. Subsequently, cage washers, autoclaves and other steam supplied equipment will be affected. Plan accordingly in anticipation of this maintenance event. For more information contact Heating Plant Superintendent Timothy Merrell at 608.785.8710 or tmerrell@uwlax.edu.  

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UW-L Golden Key receives award

UW-L Golden Key International Honour Society members received the Key Chapter Award plaque at the Region 5 Summit in St. Louis March 14-16. Co-advisers Carla Burkhardt, Science and Health, and Cecilia Manrique, Political Science/Public Administration, and officers of the chapter presented the plaque to UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow in his office April 3. Pictured, from left, Burkhardt, Laura Paulson, Hannah Lawinger, Katlyn Saley, Kali Kramolis, Chancellor Joe Gow, Michael Schiller, Manrique and Alisha Saley.   Occupational Therapy students are part of 'Extraordinary 18'. UW-L occupational therapy students are raising funds as part of The St. Catherine Challenge, a student-led initiative to build the profession of occupational therapy though raising funds for research in support of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation's mission. UW-L students are part of the "Extraordinary Eighteen" teams who will be recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. They were recognized at the association’s annual conference April 2-6, in Baltimore. Matt Cashion, English, won the Zona Gale short fiction award sponsored by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. His story, "Awful Pretty," originally published in Moon City Review; Missouri State University, was selected as the best story published in 2013 by a Wisconsin resident. Cashion will be honored at a May 10 presentation at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, where he will receive a monetary award and speak about his writing. In addition, Cashion delivered the keynote address for the April 3 Creative Writing Festival co-sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Gifted and Talented Network and UW-L, held on campus. The annual event attracts high school writers from across the region who participate in day-long workshops led by published authors. Enilda A. Delgado, Sociology/Archaeology, presented two research papers at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meetings March 27-30, in Portland, Ore.: "Is the 'American Dream' a Universal Latino Expectation?" and "Latino Public Opinion: Diverging Impacts on Attitudes about Homosexuality and Abortion?" Sara Docan-Morgan, Communication Studies, was nominated and selected as the 2014 UW System Woman of Color Honoree from UW-L. Docan-Morgan, assistant professor in Communication Studies, started at UW-L in 2008. She will receive her award during the 38th Annual Wisconsin Women's Studies and 9th LGBTQ Conference on Oct. 17-19, 2014, at UW-River Falls. Edward Kim, Mathematics, published a paper "Polyhedral graph abstractions and an approach to the Linear Hirsch Conjecture" in Mathematical Programming 143(1-2):357-370.   University Communications: the go-to communications resource for advancing UW-La Crosse 115 Graff Main Hall (the southeast corner)

Need to order print using FY 2014 funds?

Time is running out to use FY 2014 funds for purchasing off-campus (non-Digicopy) printed materials. Financial Services FY 2014 deadlines for buying off-campus print are:

• Friday, May 9 — deadline for print orders requiring a competitive bid.

• Friday, May 16 — deadline for print order requests using state contract.

To contact Financial Services: Gerry Hyzer | 785.8503 | ghyzer@uwlax.edu www.uwlax.edu/budgetandfinance/purchasing If you also need design services for print projects using FY 2014 funds, please contact Creative Services immediately. Creative Services will work with you to produce effective marketing communications to recruit students, raise your college/program profile, or to promote a particular event. To contact the Creative Services Office: Florence Aliesch | 785.8575 | faliesch@uwlax.edu Sanja Dojcinovic | 785.8499 | sdojcinovic@uwlax.edu  

What’s Happening in Dining Services

Stop in to try the week’s featured limited time offers! Cartwright Center Galley:

• Chef’s Table (Tuesdays and Thursdays): Chicken Jambalaya with Andouille Sausage

• Cyclone Salads: Strawberry Salad

• Slice of Life: Chipotle Chicken Flatbread with Corn Salsa

• Original Burger Company: Fried Clam Po’ Boy

Whitney Center Residence Dining:

• Mindful Wednesdays at 360 for dinner: Thai Citrus Beef Stir-fry

• Daily Recipes From Home

Did you know? Check out our NEW promotions at Einstein Bros Bagels! Get your Beverage Loyalty Card today at Starbucks, Murphy’s Mug and Einstein Bros Bagels. Buy nine and get the 10th FREE! Any size, hot or cold … including coffees, espresso creations, teas and hot chocolate. Excludes pre-packaged beverages. Use at one or all three of our coffee shop locations. Purchase a UW-L Dining Eco Mug at Einstein Bros Bagels, Starbucks or Murphy’s Mug for $5 and receive 10 percent off every drink refill at those locations. Stay in the loop Check out the Dining Services website at  for dining hours, menus, promotions and more. Like Dining Services on Facebook at  to be a part of what’s happening in Dining Services.

The benefit of plant-based diets

A plant-based diet is good for your body and the planet. Fruits and vegetables have long been known to reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers and aid in weight maintenance. The USDA MyPlate recommends half of your plate be fruits and vegetables at every meal. Vegetable proteins are beneficial as well. Vegetable proteins like beans, nuts, nut butters, peas, and soy products offer nutrients like fiber and healthy fats. To incorporate more vegetable proteins into your diet try adding hummus to your sandwiches, wraps or salads. Add nuts to cereal, yogurt, salad, stir fry or waffles. Choose a veggie burger instead of a beef patty; add beans to your Mexican meals; or top just about anything with peanut butter. Plant-based diets also have a healthier impact on the environment than diets that rely heavily on meat. The United Nations estimates the meat industry generates one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions that accelerate climate change. The water needs of livestock are far above those of vegetables or grains. And on average about 40 calories of fossil fuel energy go into every calorie of feed lot beef in the United Statescompared to 2.2 calories of fossil fuel for plant-based protein. Plant-based diets are low in saturated fat, cholesterol, high in fiber, vitamins and antioxidants.    

For Sale

Gold master’s of science degree graduation hood. Purchased from UW-L bookstore last year and only worn once. Great condition. $20. Call 507.459.3804. iPhone 4 accessories, best offer: car charger, docking station, phone case with clip, ear buds, two screen savers, iPhone 5 accessories, two cases never used in packaging. Call Susanne at work: 608.785.6522 or cell: 608.633.3501