UWL Progressives

2008 Green Is Sexy Calendar

2007-11-11T12:56:00.000-06:00

Hey green-minded folk!

We know you haven't been sleeping in anticipation of the new Green Is Sexy Calendar, but rest assured, the 2008 Green Is Sexy Calendar is almost ready! The sweet part? You can order it on-line now! Just know that it hasn't been sent to print yet so it might take a little bit, but never fear, it will be here for the New Year. Happy trails friends.

More questions? Email us at greenissexy@gmail.com

Progressives Minutes

2007-10-15T12:50:00.000-05:00

Progressives Minutes for October 9, 2007
Mtgs every Tuesdays 7pm in 259CC

Date Auction
Student senate fundraiser for the chancellor’s inauguration gift (guitar)
Thursday at 7:30pm in Valhalla
Bjorn, student senate vice president, offers a romantic tandem bicycle ride in the historic downtown La Crosse to the Pearl for some ice cream.
Other members of student senate will also be auctioned

Natural Step Circles
7pm ward room next Monday October 15th
Discussion based groups for 6 weeks
20 brand new books donated, you can buy your own on Amazon.com
Be kind to your book so we can reuse them
Get on the Nat Step contact list contact Bjorn Bergman

Steering committee for new academic building
Scoping mtg, hear public concerns, affects on environ
Tuesday Oct 16 in Valhalla, there will be cookies

United Council
Represents all UW schools
Networking, working on local organic food and fair trade products on campus
8-11 pm this Friday somewhere in CC
Because what else do you have to do on a Friday night?

“Peace not Prejudice week”
Our response to “Islamo-Fascism awareness week”
Wed 24th night candlelight peace march
Origami cranes needed, demo TBA
Homework: Think of 5 things you can do to live a better life
We will compile them for tabling for P not P week

Countering Military Recruitment
First mtg Thur 530 after EC in 259 CC
Depopulating the military
Military recruiters make false claims about the benefits you get for sign on

Know your rights campaign
Tomorrow (Wed) at the Clocktower from 9-4
Thanks to Nessa and Christy
2 topics: Landlord rights and What to do when an officer confronts you
Free buttons passed out, and will be at the table
Party on Friday at 9pm at the Goalpost (for those of age)
Donate money for a keg

10 things you should know:
1. Don’t run from the police
2. You don’t have to give an officer any info you don’t want to, but be polite (don’t have to come out and say you’ve been drinking if you haven’t been asked)
3. Its never bad to consult legal advice
4. know if you’ve been charged for a crime or given a citation
5. your landlord must give 12 hours before coming into your home (you can deny them entry if they didn’t warn you, even just to change a s
6. Fill out damage reports before moving into your home, before pictures can save you money on your security deposit (which you should get back after renting)
7. When driving: Have current tags, stop completely at all stop signs, have working head and tail lights, use turn signals
8. Don’t drink and drive: it’s a criminal offense
9. Don’t drive with paraphernalia in the car
10. The police are here to be community care takers

Criminal offense: resist arrest, avading arrest, DWI, disorderly conduct (get a lawyer)
Citation: underage drinking tickets, noise violations, public intoxication

Ultimate Frisbee
Tomorrow 10pm in Mitchell
Bring your students ID, short sleeved shirt and a couple bucks for entry fee.
We won last week, keep it up.

School of the Americas
Friday Nov 16th 10:15am to Monday noonish
School on a military base
64,000 Latin American soldiers trained
Some have had some of the worst human rights violations against them
School of the Americas watch, working on shutting down SOA
www.soaw.org
Oct 23 is the $40 down payment deadline
Info: Jeanne Whisler (8.4@stud) 651.428.8969
SOA Committee on campus
Meets every Thursday
This week at Jeanne’s house; she’s making Apple Crisp!!
517 north 13th St (by the Health Center, green house) at 8pm
Second SOA Movie night
Thursday October 18th SOA 7pm room 208 GMH

Progressives Movie Nights
Two short movies on the Iraq war
This Thursday 7pm in 208 GMH

Trial for Ron Kind sit in
Show up on court date Thur Nov 1st at 3pm
Come support your classmates

What Patrick needs help with:
History of our progress org.
List of programs we have organized.
Campaigns we have supported.
Anything that individuals want changed.
If we want the bus.
All input is appreciated
beal.patr@students.uwlax.edu

Good news and bad news
-Adam: thanks for coming to the party on Friday. We discussed police on bikes, proposing green fee, reduce one-time use stuff (paper bags at chars), etc
-Victory: Cassville coal plant down the Mississippi is nixed, we can put our feet up.
-Unofficial bike shop at Adam’s house.
-Icky: Xcel had to shut down a boiler due to too much Dioxin release (hardcore carcinogenic) due to too much plastic burning. For the article go to the website for the LaCrosse Tribune and search “Xcel boiler shut down after failing emissions test”
-Icky #2: Excel also wants to do another rate raise (10% or so, like $13) to go into coal and nuclear, bottom line: not sustainable energy
More info: contact Adam Conlin 8.4

The best part of waking up is Fair Trade in your cup.
Sent out a survey to faculty about what kind/how much coffee they drink.
We want to be an Oxfam fair trade certified university

MUASA Mtg
Men United Against Sexual Assault
Wednesdays at 8pm, this week in Baird Basement
www.uwlax.edu/muasa

Eyeglasses Donation
Do you have any eyeglasses that you don’t use?
Don’t throw them away:
*Over 1 billion people in developing countries need eyeglasses but cannot afford them.
*Over 4 million pairs of eyeglasses are thrown away each year in North America.
Bring glasses/ sunglasses to the meetings or me (Lindsey)
Stratton.lind@students.uwlax.edu
Or mail them yourself by Oct 31st:
Unite For Sight
Attn: Southern Eye Associates
5350 Poplar #950
Memphis, TN 38119
http://www.uniteforsight.org/donate_eyeglasses.php

Women in black
Tuesdays 10-10:45am in front of Cartwright
Peace vigil, where silent women dressed in all black, mourning victims of wars and other violence. Come and stand, hand out literature.
If this time doesn’t work for you, there are others in the community, and there is talk of making an additional time on campus so more people can make it, any suggestions?
More info: contact Libby at Tucci.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Power Shift
Nov 2-5 in Wash D.C.
First Nat’l Youth climate summit
Bands, wkshps, speakers, lobby day on the Capital
www.powershift07.org /Facebook/Carrie Wisinski

Planetarium: Album Encounters
Thursdays 7pm in Cowley basement
UWL students perform laser light shows
This week: Modest Mouse

Environmental Council
Every Thurday 4:15 259CC

Thanks,

Lindsey Stratton
8.4 or 608.577.1985

Information + Energy = Activism

2007-10-02T22:04:00.000-05:00

I mentioned this during today's meeting- Over on the right side of this page there are some links. One of them says "POAC News". It stands for "Project for the OLD American Century" (in contrast to the PNAC, the 'neo-cons', such as Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz, responsible for the idea of invading Iraq) and it's a News Aggregator (an aggregator being something that gathers relevant content in one place for easy viewing); every day there are new headlines.

More than anything else, this website is what keeps me informed. I want to be obsolete. Please, take 5-10 minutes every day to skim the headlines for anything interesting (sometimes the story isn't any deeper than the headline, sometimes it is). You can get them sent to your e-mail by signing up for the "Daily Email Newsletter" on the left side (I haven't noticed spam).

A day is 1,440 minutes long. See, when I put it that way, 5 of them doesn't seem like much.

Kevin

Progressives Minutes - 9/25

2007-10-02T20:11:00.001-05:00

Minutes for September 25, 2007

“Progressives is like a mullet; business in the front, party in the back.”
Adam opened the mtg with a stellar quote

Tomorrow (BUSY):

Tent State
Tomorrow Wed 26th-27th
All day event, party it up in Wittch Field
Bring outdoor games, food, cds, tents, sleeping bags, white stuff to tie dye and your friends. Help set up at 8am, meet at Clocktower, help move tables.

Open Forum about Pepsi contract
Tomorrow from 4:30 to 6:30 in Port O Call in CC
Because of a new contract with Pepsi on campus, $70,000 a year goes to the students and we have say over where the money goes, this is your chance to voice your opinions and ideas. We need a lot of people to make a point.

Ultimate Frisbee
730pm in Mitchell
Need more girls; this week is girl’s advantage
Bring: your game face, a student ID, a dolla or 2 to Elena for the entry fee and wear a t-shirt with short sleeves or longer

Students for choice meeting
New org on campus for women’s reproductive rights.
Mtg tomorrow at 9pm in 259cc (but there is talk of them moving the mtg to the tent state event on Wittch). They are working on a law to tell all rape victims about emergency contraceptives. You can also go to www.plannedparenthood.com to vote/pledge on the issue.

Peace vigil
Every Wed at the Clocktower from 12-3
Photo petitions and such, come and hang out.
Facebook: “Peace please”

Hotel Rwanda
Wed 26th
2 showings in GMH at 4:30 and 7pm

The rest of the week:

Army of None
Thursday Sept 27
Ward Room (in CC) 11-2 Come and go as you please
“To counter military recruitment, end war and build a better world”

Environmental Council
Thursday 4:15pm in 259cc
Campaign planning meeting this week. Topic: lobby (go to a person with power and sway them) your faculty members for the Talloire Declaration, a document needing signatures for sustainability of our university.

Planetarium “Album Encounters”
Laser light show to popular music
Thursdays 7pm in the basement of Cowley
This week: Queens of the Stone Age

School of the Americas
In Georgia Nov 16-19
64,000 Latin American Dictators trained there
20,000 people protested there last year
Tentative price: $100
This Thursday 7pm 208 Graff Main Hall
There will be a movie shown for those who want to learn more and a discussion and mtg afterward. Join the Facebook Group
Jeanne Whisler (8.4@stud) (note the spelling, I got it wrong last week)
651.428.8969

“Islamo- Fascism Awareness Week”
Oct 22-26th
We want to have our own even to draw attention away from this one which is sponsored by the college repubs. This event doesn’t represent this population accurately.
Meeting to discuss events Thur in Diversity Center at 8:15pm with other multicultural orgs

Friday is Hug a vegetarian day
You know what to do.

Green is Sexy Photoshoot
Friday 8am at the Marsh
Meet at the trailhead by kitty pool
Bring your bike and fishing poles
May be your last chance to get naked for the calendar
For more info join the Facebook group

Critical mass
Last Friday of Every month…so… This Friday!
Meet at Riverside Park at golden Eagle Statue at 5:30 (follow State Street till you almost bike into the river)
Global movement, solidarity for fellow bicyclists, bikes have equal rights on the streets, alternative transportation. So bring your bike and some friends.

Women in black
Tuesdays 10-10:45am in front of Cartwright
Peace vigil, where silent women dressed in all black, mourning victims of wars and other violence. Come and stand, hand out literature.
If this time doesn’t work for you, there are others in the community, and there is talk of making an additional time on campus so more people can make it, any suggestions?
More info: contact Libby at Tucci.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Coming Up:

Know Your Rights Campaign
Thur-Fri October 11th-12th
Tabling at Clocktower n stuff
Check last week’s minutes or our Blog for more info

Clean Wisconsin
Campaign against rate raising at Excel, to fund not sustainable energy
Talk to Adam Conlin

Natural Step
Education program about how to build sustainable communities
LaX has discussion groups, 2 community members have come to campus to bring the program here. Based on a book from Sweden; we got 23 books donated to us
Mondays at 7pm this fall
Free class/ discussion groups, not for credit but for fun!
Contact Bjorn Bergman

Speaker Bob Kiesau
came to speak to us about the Myric Hixon Ecopark proposal; rebuilding of the zoo and nature center www.myricecopark.com
Here are some other topics/ Books to look into that Bob shared with us:
Anarcho- Primitivism: Wikipedia that phrase
EarthFirst- movement
Confessions of an EcoWarrior
Dave Foreman- Re-Wilding, keystone carnivores
Confessions of a Barbarian
The Monkey Wrench Gang
For more info call Bob (783.7001)

Power Shift
Nov 2-5 in Wash D.C.
First Nat’l Youth climate summit
Bands, wkshps, speakers, lobby day on the Capital
Early reg fee $20 (1 week left of early reg)
www.powershift07.org /Facebook/Carrie Wisinski

Have a good week,

Lindsey Stratton
608.577.1985

Check out our blogspot to keep updated!

http://uwlacrosseprogressives.blogspot.com

Minutes for Tuesday, September 18

2007-09-23T08:27:00.000-05:00

Minutes for September 18, 2007

Students for choice
ThisWed (19th) at 9pm in 259cc
Awareness of women’s reproductive rights, where to get emergency contraceptives, etc

Peace Vigil/ Stand out to Get out/ Presence for Peace
11-3 Every Wednesday at the clocktower
Photo petitioning this week

Historical Perspectives of War
Speaker: Viterbo history professor
Wed 19th 7pm rm127 Reinhart center Viterbo

Ultimate Frisbee
Wed 19th at 9:45 PM Mitchell track area
Must wear shirt that has short sleeves or longer.
Contant Elena Bantle (8.4@stud)

Green is sexy photoshoot
Thur 20th at 6:30am at Jules coffee
Free coffee, get naked!
Contact KattiJo for details (8.4@stud) 715-651-6545

Involvement fest
11-2 on Thur the 20th
Come help tabling

Buzz’s Potluck
This Thursday at 6pm
923 south 26th street
(head south on Losey, see the cemetery on the L, take your first L turn, it’s a brown house) Campfire, bring a delicious dish to pass, will be preliminary tie-dying there for Tent State.

International day of peace
Cameron park at 12 on Friday
Progs have been invited to this event. We were asked to attend and make signs with an emphasis on peace (avoid anti-war).
Open mic, appearance by author of “Poets for Peace”

Tent State
Next Wed 26th- Thur am on Wittich field (by the clocktower)
Tie dye, community building, First 200 people can get free T-shirts, bring a tent, as many as possibly, but don’t worry if you don’t have one. We will be having a campfire!!! TeePee from NASA (Native Am Students Asso.)
Music: Thur 7-10 stage time, know any bands that would like to play?
Bring any outdoor games you may have (bocce ball, etc)

Army of None
Counter Recruitment in High Schools
The speakers will camp out with us at Tent State
Speak on the Thur 27th btwn 10-2

Hotel Rwanda
Wed 26th
GMH at 4:30 and 7pm

Peace Bus
Guy (Progs advisor) spoke, we’re still workin on it
This idea inspired by “Wheels of Justice”
http://justicewheels.org/

Power Shift
Nov 2-5 in Wash D.C.
First Nat’l Youth climate summit
Bands, wkshps, speakers, lobby day on the Capital
Early reg fee $20 (2 weeks left of early reg)
www.powershift07.org /Facebook/Carrie Wisinski

Recap: Sustainability meeting last Friday
Went well, they really listened to students, but there is more improvements to be made. You are encouraged to make comments on the webpage pushing sustainability
*they need to hear from students
http://www.uwlax.edu/camplan/academicbuilding/comments.htm
or search “new academic building” on uwl webpage
ie “ I think the sustainability should be included more in planning”
“I think it should be more “I” shaped”
Director of ITS, knows how to build sustainable buildings: Jim Jorstad

SOA School of the Americas
Contact Jeanne Whistler (8.4@stud)
651.428.8969

Know your rights
Date TBA, October
Do you know your rights? When…
*Dealing with Landlords
*You get pulled over by police officer
*Busted! now what?
*Public Intox law- what does that mean?
Party at goalpost that night
Mtg beforehand to teach you how to train people

Women in black
Tuesdays 10-10;45 in front of Cartwright
Peace vigil, where silent women dressed in all black, mourning victims of wars and other violence. Come and stand, hand out literature.
More info: contact Libby at Tucci.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Healthy WI plan and health care reform campaign
Universal health care bill for all residents of WI; they can still have choice of doc and hospital. Call Mike Huebush (?) (pronounced “hipsh”) at 608.266.3387 to let him know how you feel about the issue.
Script:
“Please include the Healthy WI Health Care Reform Plan in the assembly budget. It’s about time that everyone in WI had access to the same affordable quality healthcare that our legislators have.” Then add a little something of your own if you could.
www.citizenactionwi.org

West Wisconsin Rural Immigration Summit
Speakers and info about Hispanic immigrants to the area
If you want to go…Contact Maureen McCollum mccollum.maur@students.uwlax.edu

Fair Trade Market
Wed-thur November 28-29 port o call
Need people to help do inventory, wanna help?
10,000 villages, a fair trade company
“heart of the sky” fair trade, Guatemalan goods, kickapoo coffee

Thank much folks,

Lindsey Stratton
608.577.1985

Check out our blogspot to keep updated!

http://uwlacrosseprogressives.blogspot.com

UWL Progressives Minutes

2007-09-16T14:38:00.000-05:00

Minutes for September 11, 2007
Tuesdays 7pm in 259 Cartwright

Heres whats up:

Fighting BobFest Wrap-up
Last weekend
Was a good time, about 10 people went down to Baraboo and made over $200 in soup sales and heard some great speakers and awesome tables.

New Academic Building Open Forum
This Friday Sept 14 from 1-4 in Port ‘O Call (you can come and go as needed)
Very important that people come to show that we care about making this building sustainable. This is the last mtg, so if you want to be heard, show up!!
Remember, this building is going to be around for 100 years.

Potluck at Bjorn’s
This Friday 6pm (after the sustainability meeting we will all be at!)
413 11th Street S.
Bring a dish to pass if you can.

Film Festival CANCELLED
The United Nations Film Festival that was going to be on Sunday 16th- 17th, is cancelled. Sad, very sad. Spread the word, it’s to be rescheduled in the spring.

Presence for Peace
Not this week due to anniversary of the war
Wednesdays
12-2
Clocktower
Stand around the clocktower in protest of the war, to raise conversation and awareness. We often put this war in the back our minds and we should bring it back up front. This is not to push opinions, but to open discussion and awareness.
It was successful last year; some Racquet appearances.
Should we take a new direction? Petitions? Call congress?
We will discuss ideas before the Progs mtg next week at 6:30 259cc.

Involvement Fest
Thursday September 20th in Valhalla
Need people for tabling from 11-4
Sign up or show up.

Green is sexy
Photshoot for the calendar this Thurday at 5:15 (after Environmental Council) in 259CC
Going to marsh for big jump shot, need LOTS of people
Contact KattiJo fore detail: 715-651-6545 or fetting.katt@students.uwlax.edu

Tent State
Wednesday September 26-27 * note: date change from last week’s minutes
This event goes on nationwide, our focus is recruitment and to have a good time.
We have invited many organizations to join us, feel free to ask any other orgs to participate. Also anyone know any good bands? Any artists for banner making? Wanna help with publicity? Help will be needed the night before for set up and making food. Also for cleanup afterwards. If you want to help with any of these events, reply or contact me (Lindsey) J

Movie Night
They are back! Documentaries, and such
Any movies you have to share? Please make suggestions.
Will start next week, same room
208 GMH Thursdays at 7

WTC wellness fair
Oct 3rd from 10-3 at the Kumm Center downtown
Western Tech College has asked Environ Council to table there, and they are our close friends, so if anyone wants to help them out with that, go for it! Any ideas for tabling? The students at WTC could be great connections for pooling our resources.

“Islamo-fascism awareness week”
Oct 22-26
You may remember seeing controversial posters up last year about this event, making blanket statements about Islamic people and other groups. This year, rather than spending time on it, we would like to counteract it with an event or our own. Any ideas? Contact Kristin Chapiewsky (8.4@students) or bring them up at our next meeting.
Info on this event:
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/
*again, please note that this event is not sponsored by the Progressives

Power Shift
Weekend of November 2
Washington D.C.
http://www.powershift07.org/

SOA (School of the Americas)
Week of November 16-19
In Georgia, a group of us is going down to protest.
About $100, depending on the Peace bus and fundraising
Contact Jeanne for more details
Whisler.jean@students.uwlax.edu, 651.428.8969

Women in black
Tuesdays 10-10;45 in front of Cartwright
Peace vigil, where silent women dressed in all black, mourning victims of wars and other violence. This movement started way back with women from Palestine and Israel.
This is an International event. There are also others in the community: 1.Women in Black downtown La Crosse--corner of 4th St. and Main St.; First and Third Wednesdays of each month, 12-12:30. 2. Peace vigil (men and women welcome) outside the main post office (5th Ave. and State St.) Mondays 12-12:30 3. Start your own at a time and place that works for you—we can never have too many peace vigils!
More info: contact Libby at Tucci.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Events of interest, not planned by Progs, but recommended:

Michael Moore’s Sicko
Monday Sept 17 at 7 in Ward room (in cc)
“Michael Moore sets out to investigate the American healthcare system and sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities.”
Hotel Rwanda
September 26th in Graff Main Hall
Time TBA

Conference on human rights, peace, etc
Oct 4-5

Awareness Through Performance
Nov 12, 7pm GMH

Fair Trade Market
November 28th-29th Wed-Thur

Campaigns that need some student energy in the future:

Excel energy hike
They want to up the rates, no mtg in Lax county yet
Hike will fund icky projects, like more power lines, not sustainable changes

Know your rights presentation
Know what to do when faced by the law, landlords, etc

Campus compost
Wasting food=no good

Indoor Frisbee
Progressives/ EC teams to be formed, more info to come
To join contact Elena Bantle (8.4@stud)

Phew, that was a lot to take in!

Any questions, ideas, inspirations, thoughts, etc, let me know

Lindsey Stratton
Stratton.lind@students.uwlax.edu
608.577.1985

Ps
If you like John Lennon and helping those in Darfur, I would recommend you visit www.instantkarma.org (that was my favorite table at BobFest!)

UWL Progressives Minutes

2007-09-16T14:37:00.000-05:00

Progressives Minutes - First Meeting!

2007-09-16T14:35:00.000-05:00

Minutes for Progressives
September 4, 2007

Mtgs: Tuesdays 7pm in 259 Cartwright
* new location, same time
NEW PARTICIPANTS WELCOME (don’t be shy)

Welcome back Progressives!
We already have a lot to work on, starting with…

Fighting Bob Fest
This weekend, Sept 7-8
Networking, progressive speakers, and entertainment. The tradition of Bob La Follette is carried on by providing a forum for progressive ideas and issues facing WI and the nation. 6,000 attendees last year. I would say more, but the website is really detailed, check it out.
We will be selling soup and scones as a fund raiser. If you can’t make it but like cooking soup, please let us know; cooking either tomorrow or Friday. People attending the event should meet at 1716 State Street, to leave at 5:30 on Friday to carpool down to Baraboo
www.fightingbobfest.org

Tent State
Sept 14-15
This movement involves several universities and started at Rutgers University in 2003. Its focus is on decisions that affect higher education, and teaching each other. We are more or less making plans to pitch tents and having a campfire on Drake Field (the elevated field between the Arts building and the REC) to recruit and to just hang out. Yes, we are having a campfire on campus. Need help advertising, and supply your own tent/bag.
http://www.tentstate.com/
*Great way to meet friendly people if you are new to campus

Peace Bus
Background: we have been doing fundraising over the years to get a progressives tour bus so we can hit up our events in a more sustainable fashion. Update: we have the funds! Now we just need to pick out a bus. We hope to have it by late Sept/ mid Oct. It is in California, so we might need some outgoing folks to take a roadtrip to retrieve it in the near future.

Power Shift 2007
Nov 2-3
First national youth climate summit in Washington D.C.
Expecting 3-5 thousand students with the same progressive ideas.
Networking, workshops, big speakers, fun.
Goal: to shift the presidential candidates’ stances on Global Warming.
Contact Carrie at Carrie.wisinski@gmail.com for more info

Treasurer Needed
Progressives are looking for a treasurer, any takers?

Academic building meeting
Sept 14 from 1-4pm
Open to anyone. Let’s ensure the new academic building is sustainable.

Talloires Declaration
Sustainability document which, if passed, would ensure that important decisions made on campus consider sustainability. We have tons of signatures of students and faculty and a task force that meets Fridays at 9am, which are open to anyone. A similar document is up for discussion: http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/

And remember, our friends at Environmental Council meet on Thursdays at 4:15 in 259 Cartwright center.

2007 Green Is Sexy Calendar

2006-11-16T15:26:00.000-06:00

2007 Green Is Sexy Calendar ON SALE NOW! The pictures below are some sample pictures that will be included in the calendar. Along with each image we include a caption on the environmental wisdom captured in the picture along with some more information. The sales from the calendar go to support our student groups (UWL Progressives and Environmental Council) and programs they put together. Thanks for your support and remember, green is sexy. To order a copy of the 2007 Green is Sexy Calendar, please click the link at the bottom of the pictures.

*2007 Green Is Sexy Calendar chosen by Grist Environmental Magazine as one of two best eco-themed calendars this year!

2007 Green Is Sexy Calendar-NOW ONLY $10!!!
More questions? Feel free to e-mail us at GreenIsSexy@gmail.com

Photos taken from the 2006 Green Is Sexy Calendar:

Also, be sure to check out the developing Environmental Council website as well: http://www.uwlax.edu/envcouncil/

First Meeting!

2006-09-05T11:20:00.000-05:00

This semester's first meeting will be Tuesday, September 5 at 7:00 PM in 259 Cartwright (when and where we usually meet). We have a lot to talk about, such as getting ready for Fighting Bob Fest this weekend.

Summer Fun

2006-06-14T17:20:00.000-05:00

Here are some excellent training, networking and learning events...check them out!

Midwest Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair - Custer, WI - June 23 - 25
http://www.the-mrea.org/energy_fair.php
Learn about everything good and great you can do in your life to live a little (or a lot) more sustainably...seriously, if you want to learn something on the topic, this is where you will learn! Last year over 16,000 people were there.
$25 for the weekend or $10 a day and you can camp!
**If you need transportation from La Crosse, contact Kristen at toyboats@hotmail.com or 608 385 9540. I will be leaving Thursday evening, will be camping and will return to La Crosse on Sunday**

Jared Diamond - La Crosse, WI - June 25
World renowned author and scientist...I just finished his book The Third Chimpanzee and was not only just amazed with the information but it really made me start thinking about things from a different perspective. He hass won a Pulitzer Prize for his recent best seller Guns, Germs and Steel and is a professor at UCLA. His presentation will be entitled Why the World Runs on Water. This is a FREE event, but you must pick up a ticket at UWL's office on International Education or the La Crosse Center. http://www.rivers2006.org

Indigenous Environmental Network - Protecting Mother Earth Conference - Leech Lake, MN - July 6 - 9 www.ienearth.org Contact Guy Wolf if interested in attending and/or volunteering.

Freedom From Oil Action Camp - Southern Indiana - July 8 - 15
America has a deadly addiction to oil. We now devour twenty-five percent of the planets petroleum. Our dependence spawns resource wars that breed hatred and put our young people in harms way. It wreaks chaos with our climate, creating Super-Storms that take thousands of lives and destroy communities. It threatens front-line indigenous communities that live in oil-rich regions around the world. By day, participants will learn hard skills to build strategic and synergistic campaigns. By night, visionary thinkers will posit what our society can and will look like when we have moved beyond oil. Important alliance building will take place to move forward on election year strategies, corporate markets campaigns, campus organizing, and alternatives advocacy. Only 150 students will be allowed to go, so fill out an application soon! Apply at http://ruckus.org/modinput4.php?modin=51

Global Warming Weekend Conference - Spring Green, WI - July 14 - 16
https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=1529639182300&P=1529639191153797600&Info
Learn about local and regional campaigns, make some connections and learn some activist tools to promote clean energy and camp out.
$30 student fee (do not register on the site, e-mail Eban Goodstein...info on website)

Cinco de Mayo Progressive Leadership Training!

2006-05-01T19:30:00.000-05:00

The UWL Progressives would like to welcome you to join
them for an afternoon of fun-filled leadership
training! An energizing event filled with chances to
pick up new skills which will benefit the UWL campus,
La Crosse community, and beyond!

The afternoon's events will be an in-depth look at how
to fundraise, get out the vote, be a great leader,
work with the media, and more! To cap off the days
work, we'll travel over to 1104 State to have a
cookout, some more informal training and a sing-along!

In order to attend the Cinco de Mayo fiesta at 1104
State after dinner we ask that people also attend the
leadership training colloquium! Check out the details
below....

Friday, May 5th - 3rd floor Cartwright Center

Schedule:

3:30 - Meet and greet Room 339, Introductions,
run-down of sessions

4-4:40 Session 1:

GOTV, Fundraising, Effective Leadership, In the Public
Eye

4:50-5:40 Session 2:

GOTV, Where are issues born?, Effective Leadership,
Working with Others

5:50-6:40 Session 3:

Where are issues born?, Fundraising, In the Public
Eye, Working with Others

Dinner @ 7pm - 1104 State (Ryan's house)
*Bring $2 the day of to contribute to food

Breakdown of sessions being offered:

GOTV - Liz and Jeremy, Learn how to get out the vote
effectively on and off campus!

Fundraising - Kristen, Learn how to raise money for
events and campaigns and how to use resources
available to their fullest extent!

Where are issues born? - Joe and Bree, Where to find
resources to research issues (locally and global), how
to decide if a campaign is worth the time and effort,
and develop an effective plan for carrying out issues.

Effective Leadership - Chelsea, How to recruit team
members and how to utilize them to their full
potential! (leading meetings, organization, holding
group members accountable, keeping up the momentum)

Working with others - Carrie, Learn how to work with
people outside of the progressives (coalition
building, planning events and trips, etc.)

In the Public Eye - Ryan and Jeremy, Learn how to be
an effective public speaker, working w/the media, and
public relations

We hope you can make it and that you bring all that
are interested in making our campus a stronger, more
unified base for positive social change!

peace,
Your UWL Progressives Cinco de Mayo planning team...
Chelsea, Kristen, Ryan, Liz, Jeremy, Andrew, Jackie,
Joe, Bree, Heather, Kyle and Carrie

minutes

2006-04-13T15:00:00.000-05:00

Minutes for 4/11

UNITED COUNCIL:United council is a state student association that works on many different issues for the student like tuition, diversity, and financial aid. Their most recent campaigns will be dealing with the amendment on Gay marriage/civil unions etc. and the other deals with the cost of higher education. Both are HUGE issues. If you want to know more information let David Glisch-Sanchez know at academic@unitedcouncil.net.
GOING TO BAT FOR STUDENTS: The Student Association and if you want YOU will be lobbying in Madison next Thursday (April 20th) to stop tuition increases and increase financial aid. Go spend a day in Madison and only pay for your own lunch. Go down to Madison to make a difference! If you want more information…b/c there is a lot more to know let Chelsea know at oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu.
WRAP UP ON PEACE WEEK Thanks to everyone who helped out with peace week! It was a great time with all sorts of awesome events. Good job to everyone that worked on it J
COALITION OF DEFENSE: Schryver is interested in starting up a Coalition of Defense on campus that would include a whole number of different groups on campus. It would allow us to come together at times when it would be good to stick together against things we all agree about and that are really important. If anyone is interested in these ideas, would want to help, and/or would like to know more information let Schryver know at schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu.
SB1-SENTATE BILL 1: The UW-L Progressives have officially endorsed a letter urging Wisconsin State Assembly Leader Mike Heubsch to bring ethics reform legislation to a vote. Republican leadership is currently preventing a bill titled SB1 from reaching the floor for debate. The bill would replace the currently corrupt Ethics Board and Election Board with an independent agency that can investigate and prosecute ethical and financial wrongdoings within the state government. In the wake of many state-wide corruption scandals it is largely believed this legislation would pass if brought to a vote. Hopefully our support helps move the bill along!
EARTH WEEK: Earth Week and Earth Day are both next week! There are tons of awesome things going on. One main thing that will be happening will be a FREE lecture by Dave Foreman (who is huge in the conservation world) on Wednesday, April 26th @ 6p.m. in Valhalla on campus. He should be a great speaker and have a lot of very interesting information to share with us. The next mtg. Will be today ThursdayApril 13th in 259 CC @ 7p.m. There will be a lot of Crafts to work on today so it should be very fun. One last thing…VOLUNTEERS are needed so if you are interested in helping out with Earth Week let Kristen know @ pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu.
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: The next Environmental Council meeting will be TODAY as well @ 4p.m. in CC (ask front desk what room number).
CAMPUS CLIMATE CHALLENGE: The next Campus Climate Challenge mtg will be TODAY too. There will be a meeting after the Environmental Council meeting on Thursday, April 13th, at about 5:00 or 5:15. We will meet in Cartwright near the Ward room. Come learn how to raise awareness on our campus about clean energy and make this new committee very powerful.
ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORY: The energy bill passed! A big part of why it did is thanks to Kapanke and his support. Sending him coal for Christmas and writing letters to the editor helped a lot. We are thinking of having a celebration to thank Kapanke for his support. This would give us the opportunity to do a lot more than just thank him as well (building more support for more clean energy in the future etc.). The tentative date is Monday April 24th in 259 CC, Port O’ Call, or the Concordia Ballroom. Watch for more info to come.
TATOOS: If you have a tattoo and would be comfortable talking about why you got it, where you got it, how big it is etc and would like to help out a friend in analyzing gender differences in tattoos let Janna know @ janna_dziak@hotmail.com.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International is re-starting! If you are interested in doing something about human injustices in the international community this group is for you! Come to the mtgs on Thursdays @ 7:30 in 329 CC.
SLEEPING IN THE CENTER OF TOWN: Every night children in Uganda have to commute to the center of town and sleep to stay safe and avoid being kidnapped. By going to sleep at the YMCA you will be showing your recognition and more for these children room. Watch for more info to come on sleeping at the YMCA on April 29th to take part in a national movement.
OPEN DISCUSSION CLUB: A group has been started here on campus by some awesome people that allows for the discussion of some very important issues in today’s world. If you are interested in discussing and learning about some important issues check it out on Wednesdays @ 6:00 p.m. in 263 CC.
MEETING STRUCTURE: It’s getting to that time of the year when we like to start thinking about possible improvements to our meetings for the following year. Start thinking about what you like and do not like so much about our meetings and what you would want to improve. At the next mtg we will also be thinking about new leadership within the group and possibly have elections. So think about if you are interested or know someone you would think is great to have as a leader within our organization
SKILLS WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING SESSIONS: Think about different skills and things you would like to learn and understand from our elder progressives J . We are thinking about having a day of training to pass down the skills we already have in some of our older members. So far this day is looking like it will be May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) and after all the training a little fun will be had…party party. This would be that Friday before finals, but there are no finals that Saturday or Sunday so this day would be perfect! Watch for more info to come.
WE GOT A YES!!!: A huge congratulations and thank you to everyone who worked the least little bit on the vote yes for victory campaign! You all did amazing things for the future of the country!! Your work payed off and we got a 54% yes vote…Ron Kind even mentioned La Crosse’s victory to Donald Rumsfeld J . GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE

March 07 minutes

2006-03-08T17:53:00.000-06:00

MINUTES for 3/7/06
And here are the minutes…oh so exciting!
FUND REQUEST APPROVAL
The people working on peace week needed close to 100 dollars for various supplies, copies, and other materials…we approved their fund request at the meeting. Any of the profit from various events our money went towards will go back to the progressives account. This should be great and exciting to see our money doing great things!
PEACE WEEK
Peace Week is April 3-7. There are going to be many awesome events throughout the week. There will be speakers, activities, and other sorts of cool events. The next meeting will be on Tuesday March 28 @ 6 p.m. in the lounge by 259 CC. This is the week after we get back from spring break. Another note if anyone knows any contacts let Kyle Barber know at barber.kyle@students.uwlax.edu.
*If anyone has any old, soft, bright materials (like cloth or old jeans) keep them around for a project peace week is doing with project Linus and making blankets. Watch for more information on this topic!
MARRIAGE BAN
The question of the marriage ban is coming upon us. On the November (November 7) ballot there will be a referendum posing the question of what defines marriage. If the state votes yes to the referendum on gay marriage gay and lesbian couples will be banned from recognizing their commitments to one another through marriage or civil union. The denial of marriage would also drop many legal benefits for gay and lesbian couples that straight married couples receive. This is pretty HUGE so if you are interested in helping to ma ke sure this referendum does not pass check out fairwisconsin, actionwisconsin.com OR come to the training session TONIGHT @ 5:30 in the La Crosse Library and learn more of how you can help with the campaign! This would be a great opportunity especially for next year when we are really going to have to be campaigning this issue J
MIDWEST CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE
The Midwest Clean Energy Conference sounds like it was a blast! Kristen, Kevin, and Carrie had a great time and learned A LOT. The conference boosted their excitement about clean energy on our campus even more! They would really l ike to get our campus to commit to using 90% renewable energy by 2050. The big idea is that if our campus is responsible our students will be to. There are many things that we have already done or are in the process of doing to make this happen. Check out campusclimatechallenge.com for more information or talk to Kevin about direct action. Watch for more news to come on this way exciting idea and how to make sure it happens.
HOEDOWN IN THE HEARTLAND
On April 28-30th there will be a social action training conference @ Grinnell College in Iowa. If you would like to know more information email ftp@grinnell.edu.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Zak and a number of others are ready to get Amnesty International back up and running. The meetings are on Thursdays in 329 CC @ 7:30. If you are interested or maybe just want some more information let Zak know @ wakefiel.zech@students.uwlax.edu.
SAMI RASOULI
Sami Rasouli is an Iraqi American that will be on campus on Wednesday March 22 in GMH @7 p.m. He will be speaking about his experiences and opinions on things like the war. It should be very interesting. There will be more information to come.
ASSASINS
The college Dems are putting on Assasins (Margaret Cho’s movie) in the Ward Room @ 6:00 p.m. on Thursday the 9th. It should be really funny and interesting…so go check it out J for a break from studying!!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We are really going to need people to start writing letters to editor and writing articles to get our voices heard in the upcoming months. If you are interested in a way awesome way to get your voice out there let Jackie know at Jarvis.jacq@students.uwlax.edu and she can help you get started, give you some more information, and direction. You would be a great help AND be heard!!
EARTH DAY
The next Earth Day mtg. Will be this Thursday the 9th@ 7p.m. in 259 CC. Come if you are at all interested and help you are willing to give is GREAT!! Bring plastic bottles if you have any…there i s a project going on with them for Earth Day.
Alright..done for now guys…spring break in a few short days J
Have an awesome break and even more spectacular week!!
Erizzle J

February 14- Minutes

2006-02-16T16:29:00.000-06:00

EARTH DAY
Earth day is coming upon us. There will be a meeting coming up soon. It should be way exciting and fun to be a part of so if you want to help let Kristen know at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Zak and a number of others are ready to get Amnesty International back up and running. It will be a group that will be trying to raise awareness about some very important global issues (a free Tibet etc.). The first meeting will be on Thursday Feb. 16 @ 7:30p.m. in 257 CC. This mtg will be mostly planning and possibly the creation of some posters.

WE NEED YOUR HELP…WANT TO CANVAS?
Come to 2225 Main St. (Jackie, Jeremy, and Andrew’s) on Feb. 25 around 12:30p.m. to learn how to canvas or just come to help canvas if you already know how. We will be going canvassing around the area in regards to the referendum that will be on the ballot in April (relating to the removal of troops starting w/the National Guard). This is a great opportunity to learn how to canvas and gain the experience you may have not had in the past w/canvassing. There will be food, beverages before and after, and a fun time. Most of all it is a way to try to get more support to bring the troops home. If you are not able to make it to canvassing don’t worry a lot of other help will be needed w/things like data entry and preparation for a way awesome rally we are thinking about having in April!

MOVIE NIGHT
Movie night will be back in action @ 247 GMH very soon! We just need to think of movies to show. Once we do, we have a set night each week. Watch for more information to come!

INVISIBLE CHILDREN
A few years ago, a group of people went down to Africa and Uganda. There they saw the troublesome effects civil war had on the children in these countries. They were deeply affected and created a documentary from this experience. This group of men will be ON CAMPUS to show their documentary on Sunday the 19 @ 8p.m. in Valhalla. It should be incredibly powerful and informative.

THE FOG OF WAR
The movie “The Fog of War” is being put on by the college democrats in the Ward room at 6p.m. on Thursday the 16th. Come and watch if you are interested.

PEACE WEEK
Peace week is sounding just awesome! It will be April 3-7. The whole week will be full of all sorts of events. If you want to help let Chelsea know at oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu.

WRITING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NEWSLETTER
The Environmental Newsletter is looking for people to write articles about things like upcoming events (Earth day etc.) and looking for artists to do cartoons or possibly the newsletter’s logo!! If you are interested in any of this let Heather know at mullee.heat@students.uwlax.edu.

ENVIRONMEN AL COUNCIL
On Thursday the 16 @ 4p.m. in CC (near 259), there will be an environmental council meeting. Discussions of an energy efficient campaign and various conferences coming up will be main topics. Help with the energy efficient campaign would be great and is needed so if you can make it that would be awesome.

REFLECTIONS OF EBONY
Soul food? Good music and entertainment? Free tickets as a student? Who wouldn’t want to come to this exciting event. Come celebrate Black History Month a little bit at this awesome event on Saturday the 18th in Valhalla @ 5:30p.m. Come get your tickets at the ticket booth in CC.

2nd SUPPER
Meetings are now at 8p.m. on Tuesdays in CC if you are interested in becoming involved in this great new spaper. They are still looking for anyone interested in article writing for the “supper square” part of the newspaper. Shoot your ideas over to Joe@secondsupper.com with any ideas for this more serious/satirical part of the newspaper.

GREEN BIKES
If you are interested in having a bike for the semester or in general stop by at the Outdoor Connection and put down a 15 dollar deposit and get it either back at the end of the semester or keep the bike! If you are interested in helping with fixing any of these bikes help is greatly appreciated on Tuesdays at around 4p.m. Stop by even if you want to get your own bike
fixed up.

February 7th - Minutes

2006-02-16T16:25:00.000-06:00

FAIR TRADE
Interested in helping our campus become more fair trade friendly? Do you want to raise awareness about this awesome idea and see how much our campus already knows? If so we need all the volunteers we can get to spread the word about fair trade and get involved. If you are interested in taking part in something that could have a huge effect on a lot of people let Gleb Kozlov know at illusions4-all@yahoo.com or Kozlov.Gleb@students.uwlax.edu.

NASA & PROGRESSIVE POTLUCK
There is going to be an amazingly fun potluck this Thursday, February 19th! It is at 6p.m. in the Three Rivers House on main and 8th. Bring your favorite food to share with the rest of us and members of NASA and come ready to have a great time. We want to try and use non-throw away containers for the food to reduce waste so if possible use a container we can wash at the end of the night J. There will be vegetarian and vegan options so no worries! A good time should be had held by all…not only will we get to meet some way awesome NASA members, but we can get to know each other better too.

GREEN BUILDING
Come to room 257 on Wednesday the 8th at 1p.m. to discuss the green building with the vice chancellor, members of the Department of State Facility, and others. We need a lot of people there to show our support for this amazing idea. We want to work together with many of these people to really make this dream happen. If you have time stop on by and show your support and bring forth your questions/ideas.

EARTH DAY
There will be an Earth day meeting on Thursday February 9th at 7:30p.m.in room 259 of Cartwright.&nb sp; Stop on by if you want to be involved in some of the planning and activities we are organizing to make this day unforgettable.

WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE
There are some tentative plans in regards to the white privilege conference coming up in April (27-29) in St. Louis, MO. The cost is l ooking at around 125$ per person but grants are really being looked at. There is not a lot of information at this point in time but let Kaitlynn (radloff.kait@students.uwlax.edu) or Carrie (dietz.carr@students.uwlax.edu) know if you are interested in this very interesting opportunity. Watch out for more information to come on this if you are interested!

BEATLES PARTY!!
The time has come and the Beatles party is quickly approaching. It will be a great way to give us all some much needed time to have fun and relax with a great group of people! The theme is the Beatles so come dressed as virtually anything you want related to the Beatles and we mean anything!! The party is taking place at 1104 State St (Schryver’s house) so be there or be square.

SAY NO TO NUCLEAR!
Keep the Moratorium in place, to prevent the construction of more nuclear power plants in Wisconsin!
Contact your WI legislators now. Urge them to NOT co-sponsor the proposed nuclear reactor construction bill, and to vote against it if it comes up for a vote. More Nuclear power plants could be devastating to Wisconsin's environment, economy, public health, and safety. We need people to "SAY NO TO NUCLEAR." We need to email them soon, the deadline for this bill to be introduced is Feb. 10th! It is currently identified by its LRB number 0419/1 and 1562/1.
E-mail: sen.kapanke@legis.state.wi.us
E-mail: rep.shilling@legis.state.wi.us

WOMEN IN BLACK
Join Dr. Bufton and other women on Thursdays at noon outside of Cartwright in a silent vigil for peace! This group stands outside for only about 45 minutes to show their support for peace through out the world. Show up if you are interested ready for a very, very powerful experience. No need to schedule anything, just come if you are interested.

THE CATALYST
Interested in being an editor for a really interesting and thought provoking magazine? If you are you could become an art editor or even a general editor for this magazine. Any help is appreciated! Let Mariano know at dompablo.mari@students.uwlax.edu.

2nd SUPPER
Not only is the Catalyst looking for help, but so is the 2nd Supper. They are looking for people who are interested in writing for the “supper square” part of the newspaper, which is a more satirical part of the newspaper and deals with more local and national issues. If you are interested shoot an e-mail over to Joe@secondsupper.com. He’s very open to any ideas you may have for an article and they would be very, very happy to have your help and ideas!

NUDE MODELS
If you are interested in modeling for art or photography classes let Roger Grant at grant.roge@uwlax.edu. Your help is strongly appreciated.

BREWING PARTY
Bree’s dad will be bottling and making beer this Sunday afternoon and would be more than happy to teach some of us how to make it. We will be going out to his farm at 2p.m. on Sunday and meeting at Bree’s house (910 Vine) and will be enjoying some time to relax and hang out. If you are interested in going let Bree know at breckel.bree@students.uwlax.edu.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN
There will be a presentation on parentless, homeless children in countries like Sudan and Uganda on February 19 at 8p.m. in Valhalla. This is very important information that can sometimes be easy to not think about. Come to this presentation to learn more about these children and why their lives can not be forgotten.

CALENDAR
If you thought the calendar for this year was cool wait until next year! If you are at all interested in the formation of any part of this calendar for next year let Kristen know at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu.

RON KIND VISIT
Thanks to everyone who came and saw Kind while he was on campus.Our presence made a huge difference and allowed us to show him we aren’t going anywhere. We won’t be ignored by him and we will let our voices and opinions be heard. Good job to everyone who could make it!

CRITICAL MASS
Interested in letting bikers get paid attention to a little more? When La Crosse has no bike lanes and we are not supposed to be on the sidewalks with bikes it is very hard to be biking around La Crosse. If you are interested in becoming part of a movement to show La Crosse you would appreciate if they became more bike friendly or you would just like more information on Critical Mass let Red/Chris know at vogts.chri@students.uwlax.edu. He has a lot more information on this.

SENATE
There are senate spots open on campus. It is a great opportunity, resume builder, and interesting experience. If you are interested at all let Mariano know at dompablo.mari@students.uwlax.edu or contact A.J. Clauss to let her know you are interested.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER REVIVAL
Justin Miller has been working on the Mississippi River Revival. This is hugely important to comment on. There are a few attachments relating to this including a comment sheet and information on why we all should comment. Take a couple minutes to make a big difference for our environment. If you have any questions you can let Justin know at jmiller.mrr@hotmail.com.

WE NEED YOUR HELP
Remember the petitions we were trying to get signed last semester so we could get a referendum on the ballot for April (to star t withdrawing troops). Well, it worked! Now we need to start brainstorming, canvassing, and developing ideas on how to get people to vote yes to this referendum. This is going to be a huge project for us this semester and any and all the help we can get will be amazing. This war is really affecting so many of us in ways we do not even realize! So much money is being taken out of Wisconsin alone. Everyone in the Progressives can help with this campaign! More information will be coming about all we can do. If you have any questions right away on our influence i n this upcoming election let Jeremy know at jansen.jere@students.uwlax.edu.

PEACE WEEK
If you want to help with Peace Week, there's lots to do! Contact Chelsea at oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu for more info.

January 31, 2006 - Minutes

2006-02-16T16:24:00.000-06:00

RON KIND IS COMING TO CAMPUS
* Ron Kind is coming to campus Thursday January 2 at 3:30 p.m. in Port O’ Call. He will be talking about higher education. This would be an excellent opportunity to confront him on some important issues to us (like how the war directly affects our education).
* If anyone would like to discuss some of these way important questions or develop any other questions to prevent him from side swiping anything we will be meeting Wednesday January 1 @ 3:30 p.m. We will be meeting in the Arts & Crafts area of Cartwright around room 212 to discuss.
INVOLVEMENT FEST
* Involvement fest is next Tuesday January 7 from 10-3 p.m. in Cartwright. We will need help setting up at around 9:30, cleaning up around three, and any assistance during that time at the Progressive table talking to any interested students. Merely sitting there and explaining some of the events we have taken part in or will be involved with can get us many new members! Any help is great!
PROGRESSIVE/NASA POTLUCK
* There will be a Progressive/NASA potluck on Thursday February 9 at 6p.m. in the Three Rivers House.
* Bring something to share! It is a potluck after all. We wanted to try to use dishes that we did not have to throw away and avoid things like Styrofoam at all costs.
* This will be an awesome opportunity to meet people from NASA and even get to know one another a little bit better! Come ready for a great time with all sorts of great food.
WANT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE BEER & WINE??
* Bree’s dad would like to teach a bunch of us how to make beer and wine one Sunday afternoon on his farm. Carpooling will be a definite option for transportation to his farm. This will be in the near future so look out for any more news to come on this way fun event!
WOMEN IN BLACK
* If any female is interested in being part of a silent vigil protesting violence all around the world, standing up for peace everywhere, and taking part in a silent vigil twice a week (or just once a week) join women in black! This amazing opportunity really can have a huge impact. If anyone is interested at all, call Katherine at 608-792-5880. Many of the people involved currently will be graduating in the spring so it is especially important to check this out if you are interested. We want to keep this thing going!!
THE CATALYST
* The magazine, the Catalyst is looking for help. Again, many people are graduating in the spring that are involved in this and now it needs some help to continue staying around. It is an awesome thing and it would be sad to see it go. If anyone would like to help coordinate things for the magazine or if anyone is competent with computers, your help would be greatly appreciated! If you are interested let Mariano know at dompablo.mari@students.uwlax.edu
A VISIT FROM MAGGIE GOMEZ
* Maggie Gomez, our campus’ very own Social Justice Director stopped by on Tuesday night to inform us about a number of things. She needs many help this semester with various ideas she has for improving campus (like gender-neutral bathrooms) and would like some Progressive help. She also would like to hear about any ideas we may have in regards to social justice. She is also thinking about creating another multicultural space because she would like to make it better and bigger than the existing one. If anyone would like to help her out or if you have any ideas yourselves, you can contact her at gomez.marg@students.uwlax.edu.
* She also came to talk to us about a FREE Building Unity conference taking place March 10-12 (yes it‘s the first weekend of spring break but, it will be awesome anyways!). Transportation will be provided and the conference will give opportunities to meet tons of new people, present some of our ideas to a wider range of people and have fun. If you have any questions about it or need more information, her e-mail address is again gomez.marg@students.uwlax.edu.
WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE
* There will b e a white privilege conference from April 26-29. Seeing, as there is not a lot of information here if anyone is interested feel free to e-mail Kaitlynn at radloff.kait@students.uwlax.edu. She would be more than happy to tell you all about it.
COALITION OF ACCEPTANCE & UNDERSTANDING
* On Friday February 17 there will be a group going to La Crescent High School to present on the issues of white privilege. We will be going from 8-12p.m. This is a great opportunity to discuss some important issues that are easily looked over in high schools through out our country. We can change this and make a difference just by going and talking to these kids! We need people interested in doing this so if anyone is interested let Kaitlynn know at radloff.kait@students.uwlax.edu.
CALENDAR
* Seeing, as our calendar was such a huge success this year, why not get ready for next year?? If anyone has photography skills or is really good with computers, (dealing with layouts etc) let Kristen know at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu. Your help would be greatly appreciated and you could be a part of these awesome calendars.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
* Amnesty International is expected to start back up on campus every other Thursday (the Thursdays opposite Environmental Council). Watch for more details about the revival or this great organization. Things such as a free Tibet are only one of the tons of issues that will be looked at.
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
* Come to environmental council this week on Thursday February 2. It will be in room 257 CC at 4 p.m. Issues like the green building will be discussed plus much more.
DIAMOND WAY BUDDHIST CLUB
* There will be a four part lecture series taking place in the coming weeks. The first part of this lecture series will be taking place at 7p.m. on Thursday February 2 on the basics of Buddhism. It will be in 247 GMH and is bound to be quite fascinating.
KNITTING CLUB
* Come join the knitting club at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, by the Cyber Café at CC. Even if you do not know how to knit someone will be happy to teach your or just come to have good conversation.
BEATLES PARTY
* The date of the Beatles party has been moved !! Take note it is now on Friday February 10 instead of this Friday the 3. The theme has not changed though! Still come to Schryver’s at 1104 State St. dressed as virtually any person, place, thing, concept or anything related to the Beatles. If you need ideas, do not be afraid to ask Ryan. He has tons and tons of ideas. Just send him a quick e-mail asking for ideas at schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu. He would be happy to help!!

2006-01-25T16:30:00.000-06:00

Chancellor Doug Hastad and Campus Climate Coordinator Beth Hartung would like to invite you to log onto

http://www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/htm/commitment.htm

and pledge your name in support of U W – L’s commitment to diversity. A copy of the commitment and the names of those who pledge will be proudly displayed March 1st in the Office of Campus Climate.

New Semester, New Ideas

2006-01-24T23:33:00.000-06:00

Progressives Meeting: January 24, 2006

***events, opportunities, meetings, impor tant dates, etc. are now underlined and italicized for easy identification

Alternative Spring Break
An alternative spring break to help with Hurricane Katrina clean-up is being planned. Anyone who is interested in going should attend an informational meeting on Monday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Valhalla, Cartwright Center. Applications are available in 212 Cartwright Center, OMSS (243 Graff Main Hall), or the Office of Residence Life (213 Wilder). Costs will be $180 (includes bus fare, meals, and lodging on-site [tents/sleeping bags] ) + spending money for food during travel. You would leave Friday, March 10 and return Friday, March 17.

The Progressives Bus
The dream of a Progressives’ Bus is starting to take shape. Owning a bus would greatly decrease the cost of attending events such as SOA and Fighting Bob Fest. The possibilities are endless! There will be a lot of work that needs to go into making this dream a reality, and anyone who wants to be a part of helping should contact Ryan Schryver. One of the major init ial discussions will be fundraising. This Friday at Concordia Ballroom (La Crosse St.) the Progressives in the La Crosse area will be having a State of the Union P-A-R-T-Y! We will have a Progressives’ table there to help raise money for the bus so if you are available that night around 5:30 to help staff a table…show up! J

State of the Union P-A-R-T-Y!!!

Friday, January 27
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1129 La Crosse St. (across from Little Caesars ® )

This Friday the Coulee Region Progressives will be hosting a State of the Union party! There will be music, food, speakers, and reflection s on what we have accomplished and what we have to work on in 2006. The night kicks off at 5:30 with a Progressives’ Fair where you can learn about progressive causes, candidates, and organizations. A pot luck buffet style dinner to follow and at 7:00 they will be starting the program. Festivities following the program will go until 11:00. Bring a non-perishable food donation for WAFER food pantry.

Earth Day

Earth Day Meeting!!! Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. in 257 CC. We will be breaking down into committees so if you want to be a part of the Earth Day Celebration planning this is the meeting to make it to! If you want to be a part of it but for some reason can’t make it on Thursday, please let Kristen Pitts know. pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

Idealist Conference

The Idealist Conference in Nashville, TN will be held March 3rd through the 5th. The C.O.O.L. Idealist National Conference is the largest convening in the country of students involved in service, activism, politics, and socially responsible work.

A group of UWL students are planning on attending and if you'd like to join them there's an informational meeting, January 31st at 6pm, Room 342 Cartwright

For more information on the conference you can visit the website: www.idealist.org/conference2006 or contact
Chelsea O’Neil. E-mail: oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu or Phone: 608.445.6516

GET INVOLVED!

It is now the beginning of a new semester and everyone is back, refreshed, and ready to begin another semester of working on Progressive issues. We have brainstormed a number of really great issues that we might want to tackle this semester. We have come up with a lot of great issues, but it’s going to take a lot of you energetic and inspired individuals to accomplish our goals. A number of the issues that we will be working on could use a second, third, or tenth person to jump in and help. If any of the issues that we discuss in the meetings or that you see in the e-mails interest you please e-mail Jackie Jarvis at jarvis.jacq@students.uwlax.edu. Some of the issues that we discussed were:
Earth Day
Peace Week
Green Bags
Getting Progressives T-shirts
Working on the April Elections
Progressives’ Bus
Fighting Bob Fest Food Booth
Boxes and Walls
Movie Nights
Weekly Dinners

If you have any questions about any of these issues or if you are interested in helping…please e-mail Jackie.

Knitting Club

The first meeting of the Knitting Club will Thursday at 8:30 at a table by the Cyber Café in CC. If interested in more details please e-mail Bjorn or Jill at bergman.bjor@students.uwlax.edu or hayes.jill@students.uwlax.edu

It’s Sexy To Be Green Calendars

100 more calendars are expected to come in tomorrow! Progressives and Environmental Council have raised approximately $600 each with the calendar sales. If you want a calendar please e-mail Kristen Pitts at pitts.kris@students.uwlaxe.edu Congratulations and great work to Kristen Pitts and everyone who participated in making the calendar a huge success!
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International is expected to start back up on campus every other Thursday (the Thursdays opposite Environmental Council). Watch for more details about the revival or this great organization.

Environmental Council
First environmental council meeting of 2006 will be next week Thursday, February 2nd at 7:00 in CC.

PARTY!
In typical Progressives’ tradition, we will be having a social gathering to kick off the semester on February 3rd at 1104 State Street (Ryan’s house). This will be a theme party…the theme being The Beatles. Come dressed as your favorite song or something out of your favorite Beatles song. You have two weeks to create a costume. If you need help with any clever ideas, Ryan has come up with a list of ideas and would be willing to help you out if you e-mail him. This should be a fun one!

C.O.O.L. Idealist National Conference

2006-01-03T16:50:00.000-06:00

Vanderbilt University
March 3-5
Nashville, TN

The C.O.O.L. Idealist National Conference is the largest convening in the country of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, and socially responsible work. For 21 years, this conference has brought together student leaders and activists, campus administrators, and nonprofit professionals for three days of networking, storytelling, and learning.

In organizing this conference, as in all our work, we are committed to fostering an environment which reflects, supports, and celebrates our collective diversity including age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, class, sexual orientation, ability, spirituality, life experience, and point of view.

Highlights of the conference include:

1,500 participants -- college students and professionals from across the country who are actively and creatively engaged in service, activism, and civic life on their campuses and in their communities.
150 workshops on everything from leadership skills, to international human rights, to career development, to activism through art.
60+ local, national, and international nonprofit organizations offering volunteer opportunities, jobs, internships, year-of-service programs, and more for students and administrators of all levels.
The power and inspiration of a national campus-based movement!

If you're interested...please check out the website!

http://www.idealist.org/conferences/cool/2006/

Dates to be aware of (check website for more info):
If you'd like to present a workshop you must apply by January 23rd
If you would like to be a keynote speaker you must apply by January 20th
If you'd like to nominate someone for an award you must do so by January 20th

If you would like to learn more about the conference or would like to reserve your spot please contact me , Chelsea, at oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu ASAP! I'm the official ambassador for our campus so I'll be the contact person for organizing meetings and fundraising, etc

peace for now,
Chelsea
oneil.chel@students.uwlax.edu

‘Greens’ shiver for a passion / PSC

2005-12-22T23:36:00.000-06:00

By REID MAGNEY | La Crosse Tribune

Is recycling sexy? How about organic food and hybrid cars?

Progressives at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse think so, and they’ve produced a “Green Is Sexy” calendar to buff the image of environmentalists. It features 12 pictures of students in various states of undress promoting green causes and products.

“Whether you call yourself a green, an environmentalist, a conservationist, an ecologist, a tree hugger, a dirt-worshiper, or a simple friend of the earth, you are sexy,” said Kristen Pitts, who helped put the calendar together.

Greens get unfairly cast as “eco-terrorists or crazies,” Pitts said. The calendar shows “we know how to have fun.”

Though the calendar’s theme is Green, several models may have turned blue during photo shoots. Six of the photos were taken outdoors in mid-November, and “every shot was cold,” Pitts said.

For the cover photo, which promotes alternative transportation, 18 students wearing only socks and shoes posed with bicycles from UW-L’s Green Bikes service.

Pitts said the coldest photo shoot was in the La Crosse Marsh, where they portaged a canoe so three women and one man could paddle naked. There was ice on the marsh that day, so the picture was digitally altered to put the canoe in a more summer-like scene, she said.

Indoor photos promote water conservation (“shower together”), eating low on the food chain (five naked co-eds eating a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner) and education (20 naked people in a classroom).

Photographer Daniel Durtsche took all the pictures and managed to pose the models so most of their privates are strategically covered. Joe Gullo handled publishing.

“We’re all graduating this year,” Pitts said. “Hopefully, someone will pick it up and do it next year.”

Proceeds from calendar sales will be divided three ways between Campus Progressives, the UW-L Environmental Council and The Second Supper, a campus humor magazine published by Gullo.

The group also got sponsorships from Organic Valley, Popcorn Tavern, Simply Living and the People’s Food Co-op, Pitts said. They printed 250 copies to start and will order more if sales warrant.

The calendar is dedicated to Professor Kenn Maly, who is retiring from the philosophy department. Pitts said Maly, who also is the director of environmental studies, is an example of how one person can make a difference in the world.

PSC allows Xcel to increase rates

By STEVE CAHALAN | La Crosse Tribune

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Xcel Energy will be allowed to raise electric and natural gas base rates in January, but less than the company had requested, officials said Thursday.

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Thursday verbally approved an 11 percent increase in overall electric rates, and a 2.5 percent increase in overall natural gas rates.

The PSC said it trimmed the company’s electric request by about 4 percent and its natural gas request by 2.5 percent.

Under the PSC decision, an Xcel residential customer using 750 kilowatt hours a month will see a monthly increase of $8.50 for electric service, the company said. A residential customer using 65 therms per month will see a monthly increase of $2.25 for natural gas service.

Xcel said the new base rates are expected to take effect in mid-January, after the commission issues a written order to finalize the rates.

The utility said the increase in base rates is needed for major electric and natural gas system improvements for its growing customer base in Wisconsin, and also to cover higher costs for purchased power and fuel. It said the approval marks the first time since 1998 that Xcel has increased base rates for capital and operating expenses, other than periodic changes for the cost of fuel.

The company said when the new rates are finalized, its residential electric and natural gas customers will continue to have the lowest rates of all major utilities in Wisconsin.

“We’ve worked really hard keeping our rates low through efficiencies and minimizing expenses,” Xcel spokesman Brian Elwood said.

Charlie Higley, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board consumer watchdog group in Wisconsin, said he is glad the commission approved smaller rate increases than Xcel had sought. “But given high energy prices, we feel the commission should do far more to reduce utility profit levels and take other steps to lower rates for consumers,” he said.

“The commission, not only in this decision but with other utilities, has made movements in the right direction toward more reasonable rates, but more is needed,” Higley said.

In its decision, the commission set a return on equity for Xcel shareholders of 11 percent, down from the current 11.9 percent. It also decided to require quicker rate reductions when natural gas market prices go down.

Xcel filed its application for a rate increase in June and updated its request in August and December.

Calendars!!

2005-12-18T15:55:00.000-06:00

Hey Everyone,

Sorry about so many e-mails about this darn calendar, but this is the latest for those of you whom want a calendar or ten...

Joe Gullo has been working on the layout of this calendar and I went and checked it out yesterday and it looks absolutely, positively amazing. Dan Durtsche, our photographer, took some fabulous pictures and seriously, it looks so good and so tasteful and so professional! Joe's taking this to the printers tomorrow (Monday) and will most likely have these things out and ready for you all by Wednesday at the latest.

I plan on being in Cartwright for most of the day on Wednesday to be available for people to pick up and pay for their calendars. Again, they are $10 and checks can be made to UWL Progressives. I know a lot of you may be leaving for the semester break before that so if you want to make special arrangements to pay/send/pick-up the calendars, let me know...at 608 385 9540 or e-mail at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu.

If you haven't put in your request for a calendar and would like one, just let me know how many you'd like. If you have any questions, you know how to reach me.

Thanks,

Kristen Pitts

COAL this Christmas

2005-12-13T23:07:00.000-06:00

Want to mail Republicans a lump of Coal for X-mas? I thought that might get your attention...

The Progressives will be sponsoring a table on Wednesday (tomorrow) in Cartwright Center from 9:30 - 3:30. We will be lobbying State Senator Kapanke to support a more environmentally friendly version of the State-wide Energy Bill. We need lots of support from you and other members of the group to help gather support, and make a good showing for local TV, Radio, and Newspapers. This should be really fun, and will be one of the last group events of the semester. Please help make sure the semester ends with a bang by showing up to help out! Details below...

Wisconsin deserves a clean environment for Christmas, not a lump of coal!

Good Legislators will protect Wisconsin's Environment.
Naughty Legislators get COAL in their stockings.

The State Legislature recently introduced a new energy bill for Wisconsin. The Bill has some good portions but has four sections which could be potentially disastrous for Wisconsin's environment. We call these secti ons the "FOUR POISON PILLS." Students will have the opportunity to write letters, email, or call Senator Kapanke asking him to remove the Four Poison Pills from the Energy Bill.

We will be mailing Kapanke lumps of coal to let him know that good legislators end up on the "Nice List" by supporting our environment. Legislators who don't support the environment end up on the "Naught y List" and get coal for X-mas.

PLEASE STOP BY TO SEND A LETTER OR TO HELP OUT!

Thanks,
Ryan Schryver

PS. Good luck on finals and have a great J-Term!

Get Your Calendars!

2005-12-08T17:15:00.000-06:00

So you may have heard of the new 'Green is Sexy' calendar...this is an effort by Environmental Council and UWL Progressives to let people know about regular environmental actions they can do in their daily lives to be a more responsible citizen. The basis behind this is showing that everyday environmental actions have an impact and are easy to do. How we are posing our monthly scenes is similar to calendars you may have seen before in floral shops and the like. The scenes will be of students, in their birthday suits, doing environmentally-friendly actions with strategically placed items to cover themselves. The photography, coordinating, editing and modeling of this calendar was all done by students and they have been doing an exceptional job with some really great scenes.

Anyway...
These calendars will be in print as soon as next week and I would like to get an idea of how many to print in our first batch of printing. So if you are seriously interested in buying one, two, or ten, please let me know. The calendar price will be $10 and the profits will go to benefit both Environmental Council and UWL Progressives. I will be taking orders by simply getting a name, number of copies and contact (phone preferably).

This will greatly help the printing process, so please let me know if you are interested!

Thanks,

Kristen
pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

neo-cons and long johns

2005-12-07T17:14:00.000-06:00

Musical Perfromance
The meeting started off with a wonderful performance of the pigtails for peace song performed by Erin, Jill, and Julie. Thank you ladies for the excellent song

Troop Withdrawl
There are amendments being made to the troop withdrawl referendum question that we all worked so hard to get on the ballot. If you collected signatures for this petition you MUST sign a form to support the amendments being made in order for your collected signatures to be valid. If you were not at the meeting and collected signatures PLEASE make sure you sign this form. If you need this form see Jessica Thill by t his FRIDAY! Her office is located in the upward bound office in Murphy Library. Not sure if you collected signatures for this petition? Jeremy has a list of names, contact him at jansen.jere@students.uwlax.edu to check it out.

SOA Education
TONIGHT at 7pm in 332 CC! If you went to the SOA protest or are looking for more information about SOA please come to this education event and discussion. Share your experiences and get your questions answered. This is a great thing for everyone to be aware of, so tell everyone you know to go!

Department of Peace
A department of peace is trying to be created at the cabinet level, you should all know about this by now...2 of our WI congress representatives have signed on with this new department, but Ron Kind has not. We need to start putting pressure on him during holiday season of peace to remind him that if he is supporting war, he should be counter balancing this with supporting peace. Ryan had some beautiful christmas cards at the meeting that we signed and sent to Ron Kind's home to remind him that all we want for chirstmas this year is peace. We are encouraging you to send him a letter, card, or what have you to his home Ron Kind 205 5th Ave. S Suite 226, La Crosse WI 54601 and remind him what this time of year is all about and encourage him to support the creation of a department of peace.

Bell Ringing
If you signed up to be a bell ringer for the salvation army at Skogans, look for an e-mail from J ill so you know when you are signed up and when you need to ring those little bells!

Wal-Mart: The high cost of low prices
Kevin is looking for some help. He has reserved a table at CC TOMORROW (thursday) from 9-3. He will be showing the dvd and will also be selling anti-wal mart buttons. We passed a sign up sheet around at the meeting, but if you werent there and can stop by the table anytime between 9-3 Kevin would greatly appreciate it! Also if you have a Santa Suit or know where to get one...let Kevin know!

Sexy to be Green
Last Calendar shoot! This Friday from 12-245! Pitts will be sending out an e-mail later with the location to meet. Calendars will be printed next week if we can fin ish this last shoot friday and when they are complete, you can purchase them for $10

Peacemaker Kidnapping
Christian Peacemakers in Iraq were kidnapped and are facing execution, but because the US has a policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists, we are doing nothing to help these peacemakers! there is an on-line petition, if you want to know more or you want to make your opinion heard go to http://www.freethecpt.org

TABOR
Taxpayer Bill of Rights...this is a proposal to freeze property taxes exactly how they are, no consideration for inflation...This would greatly affect our social services such as education system, trash system, police, firefighters, and all other services payed for by property taxes. Colo rado had tried this a few years ago and it did not work at all, it was horrible and they even had inflation taken into consideration. They have decided to abolish it all together. on Dec 8th from 630-730 there will be a discussion about TABOR in WI...it will be at the Acedemic Resource Center in room 200 A & B at WWTC (7th street)

Health Care Forum
Also on Dec 8th frm 530-7 there will be a forum on health care issues, if you are interested it will be at the La Crosse Health and Science Consortium on 1300 badger st in suite 3065

Earthday
The first earthday meeting was last night after the progressives meeting. If you have any ideas about earthday this year, or have feedback from last years earthday contact Kristen Pitts. pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

Facebook
Note from Guy Wolfe...Clean up your facebook profile! If you are underage, remove pictures of you drinking, remove pictures of other illegal activities and remove groups that would associate you with such activities...students are being prosecuted and ticketed for the contents of their facebook profiles...

Snapshots with Santa
On thursday, the study day, there will be the second annual snapshots with santa program in cc. you can pay $1 to have your pictures taken with santa and the money goes to benefit the new horizons womans shelter...it was amazing last year, so try to go this year! moms l ove that kind of stuff...and its only a dollar and its going to a good cause!

PARTY!
This Friday night at 1104 State St. (Schryvers house) There will be a $5 donation asked for to consume fermented adult beverages. This was going to be a theme party, some possible themes discussed included: ugly christmas sweaters, long underwear, dickies, neo-con, and inside out...we concluded this discussion with a decision...it is a create your own theme party and the person with the best theme will win a door prize...come on over on friday night, a good time will surely be had by all

VOTE NO

2005-12-05T15:34:00.000-06:00

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the constitutional ban on civil unions and marriage on a 3-2 vote. The two Democrats, Senators Tim Carpenter and Fred Risser, voted against it.
The full Senate could still vote as soon as tomorrow. If you haven't yet, please ask your lawmakers to vote "No on the Amendment":
http://www.actionwisconsin.org/voteno
Supporters of the ban are turning out hundreds of phone calls and emails to the Capitol.
It's our last chance to pump up the pressure on the state Senate.
Now more than ever, we need to ask our friends and family to contact lawmakers too. Please send them this link: http://www.actionwisconsin.org/voteno

SOA

2005-12-04T18:31:00.000-06:00

Hi there all you fellow progressively-minded people,

Your help is needed!

Tomorrow (Monday) at 7:00 AM at the clocktower. We will be putting up posters and crosses to educate people about the School of the Americas. This is also to promote the SOA Education and Discussion night on Wednesday night. Come early tomorrow morning to get some free food.

Tuesday, All day at the clocktower we want people to be handing out literature with SOA info and answering questions anyone might have. This will probably be our last clocktower day of the semester... don't miss it, they're always a good time.

Wednesday at 7:00 PM in 332 Cartwright: SOA Education and Discussion Night. This event is intended ;both for people that know a lot about the issue and those who know nothing. We want there to be a large number who went to the protest to come and share their experiences and thoughts. Please find the time to come!

Feel free to email me with any questions. All of your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Jill Hayes

Get on the Love Train

2005-12-01T00:53:00.000-06:00

What is the love train? Imagine a locomotive that stops in every town, in every city, in every country, filled with people who share the same vision: to be the change they wish to see in the world; to make the world a better place for each and every person who lives in it. A place filled with courage, strength, respect, acceptance, kindness, generosity, fearlessness, and most importantly, love.

Want a ticket? Open your heart. Seek guidance when you are struggling. Take care of your body. Fill your brain with knowledge and your soul with light and inspiration. Explore your spirituality. Trust your instincts. Transform negative thoughts into positive ones. Water your internal garden so that you may continue to grow. Accept who you are and embrace your individuality. Be honest. Stand strong. Speak your mind. Love yourself. Then-

Share it. Treat people the way you wish to be treated. Give more than people expect. Do it with joy in your heart. A small act of kindness will mean more than you'll ever know. One of the best ways to give is to volunteer for an organization or cause you believe in. Check out the web sites below or think about what might be the best fit for your abilities and interests and find your own. The rest is up to you. And remember, you don't have to be a super-hero to change the world. You just have to be you.

Amnesty International
Protect human rights worldwide.
website: www.amnesty.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Mentor a child between the ages of 5 and 18.
website: www.bbbsa.org

CoachArt (Los Angeles)
Improve the quality of life for underprivileged children and adolescents with life-threatening illnesses by providing free, personal lessons in the arts and athletics.
website: www.coachart.org

EarthDay Network
Keep the environment clean.
website: www.earthday.net

God's Love We Deliver (NY)
website: www.godslovewedeliver.org

Heifer International
End world hunger.
website: www.heifer.org

SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
A peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen depression and suicide.
website: www.saddonline.com

Seeds of Peace (NY)
Help empowering young leaders from regions of conflict.
website: www.seedsofpeace.org

Volunteers of America
Search by state and category of service (e.g. Children and Youth, Elderly, and Homeless) for places to give your time.
website: www.voa.org

Wilderness Volunteers
Preserve America's "wild lands."
website: www.wildernessvolunteers.org

World Teach
Live and work as a volunteer teacher in developing countries.
website: www.worldteach.org

* from www.mariska.com

EARTH DAY

2005-11-30T16:35:00.000-06:00

EARTH DAY!

The first 2006 Earth Day organizational meeting is next Tuesday, December 6th at 8 p.m. in room 332 Cartwright Center. This year myself (Kristen) and Kaitlynn Radloff will be co-directing the Earth Day Celebration, but we will need mucho helpo from all of you. In fact, one of my major goals this year is to create more of an actual coalition with local businesses and organizations, which I will expand upon at the meeting.

The foci of this meeting are:
1) To create committees (see below for what committees will be forming)
2) To discuss likes/dislikes of last years event (what to change, what to keep)
3) To brainstorm new ideas, new events, new set-ups, new locations, new weather

Now, I understand that 8 p.m. on a Tuesday does not work for everyone, so if you've got ideas or thoughts you'd like to share, please let me know. We really want to make this year's celebration the best possible and it's best if we address new ideas now while we're just starting the planning. Also, like I said above, we'd like to make this coalition more of a coalition, so if you know anyone from organizations, businesses, or the gym who you think would be interested in this, please let them know.

Thanks a bunch and I hope to see all your lovely faces next Tuesday!
Kristen

Committees to be formed (can be revised):
Fundraising (we need you now!)
Education (this may be split into K-5, 6-12)
Entertainment (musician line-up and speaker system arrangements)
Food/Refreshments
Booths
Education Events during week
Public Relations & Media
Designers (brochure, posters, banners)

Prog bus and more

2005-11-30T15:26:00.000-06:00

“Weekly Installment” of the Progressives Minutes
November 29, 2005

SOA- We had a great little discussion about the experiences that we had on the SOA trip. Seems that everyone had a “kick ass” time! Let’s keep the energy and motivation that we’ve obtained at SOA flowing strong and use this to educate others about what we’ve learned.

SOA Education- There will be an SOA educational event and discussion on Wednesday December 7th @ 7:00 in 332 CC. We would like individuals who have gone to SOA to join in to tell about their experiences as well as new faces who are eager to learn about SOA. Talk to your professors and make announcements in class about the event. We want to spread awareness about the SOA.
On Monday morning at 7:00 a.m. we are meeting at the clock tower to put up crosses and posters to raise awareness as well as promote the event on the 7th. It’s early, but if enough people come we should be able to get it done quickly. Jill promises to bring food!!!
Also…if anyone has pictures from SOA, please e-mail them to Jill Hayes or Heather Mullee. They are trying to put together a power point.
hayes.jill@students.uwlax.edu
mullee.heat@students.uwlax.edu

Iraqi War Petitions- GOOD WORK! We’ve reached our goal and collected 2,606 signatures. That’s 10% more than our goal. If for some reason there aren’t enough after all the illegible are thrown out we may need to hold an emergency petition signing event. Keep your eyes open. We’ve worked this hard, let’s make sure we get this thing on the ballot!

WalMart- The video was a huge success! Kevin and a few others are working on possibly showing the movie at the Riv. We might be doing a table in CC handing out lit and talking to people about WalMart while promoting fair trade. Kevin will be e-mailing more information about that at a later date.

Earth Day- Earth Day is not as far away as we think folks. It’s time to start planning!!! The first meeting will be on Tuesday December 6 @ 8:00 p.m. in 332 CC. Come and join us to talk about new ideas, how last year went, and what we plan to do this year!!! Got questions? email lacrosseearthdaycoalition@yahoo.com or pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

It’s Sexy To Be Green Calendar- The LAST photo shoot for the “It’s Sexy to be Green” calendar will be this Saturday. The time and meeting place have yet to be determined but Kristen will be e-mailing you that information this week. We still need 4 more pict ures to fill the calendar and our goal is to get these printed before Christmas. Come get naked and have a great time! Remember, you’re educating others on the importance of responsible living….and you’re naked! What could be more fun?

Fighting Bob Fest- Fighting Bob Fest is a great festival where liberals across the Midwest get together to talk about Progressive issues. In the past there has always been a shortage of food vendors. We were thinking that having a booth and selling food would be a great way to raise money for Progressives. However, we need to start the planning soon! Anyone who is interested in working in a committee on this please contact Ryan Schryver. schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu

The Bus- Every year we spend a great deal of money on transporting people to events…SOA, Fighting Bob, D.C. (just to name a few) It would be extremely beneficial if we would have our own bus to do this AND it would save us a lot of money in the long run. Getting a bus would take a great deal of planning though so we need to find a group of dedicated individuals who are willing to see this project through. We would need to research the bus, find out how to convert it into biodiesel, and figure out how to raise the necessary funds to buy the bus. If you are interested in helping out e-mail Ryan Schryver. (see e-mail address above)

Move On Converence- There will be a week long political organizing conference in February put on by Move On. Anyone interested??? E-mail Ryan Schryver.

Moustaches For Peace- Moustaches for Peace and Pigtails for Peace got off to a great start at the beginning of the year but it’s lost a little bit of momentum. If we are serious about starting an international peace movement, we need to really start growing out our facial hair and tying our hair into pigtails. Everyone who sees Andrew Gilbert, tell him he needs to start growing his moustache out again.

Stop Global Warming Day- This Saturday is stop global warming day. Since we can’t stop it in one day, what we’d like to do is educate people on the effects their daily activities have on the environment. We were thinking of possibly taking a walk through Riverside Park through the Rotary Lights and talking to a few people and handing out some lit about the energy that’s wasted during the holiday season on decorations. More to come. Keep your eyes open.

Salvation Army Bell Ringing- The Salvation Army would like to have an all UW-L Bell Ringing day on December 10th. Jill found a local grocery store that needs bell ringers and she still has times that need to be filled. If you are interested in having a great time and raising some money for a great cause, e-mail Jill Hayes @ hayes.jill@students.uwlax.edu

Is Anyone Missing a Blue Fleece Blanket??? Andrew found a blue fleece blanket on the bus after SOA. If you are missing yours, e-mail him @ gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu

P-A-R-T-Y!!!- Rumors have been circulating about a Progressives party i n two weekends. We want to make it a theme party so we’re accepting suggestions. If you happen to come up with the theme that is selected for the Progressives bash, you get to drink for free. Be creative and e-mail your ideas to schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu or gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu May the best theme win

MEETING

2005-11-16T12:42:00.000-06:00

James Kinsman
James came to talk to us about his upcoming campaign. He is running for the 94th assembly district position. He is currently a labor union representative in the state of WI, and a lobbyist. James is pro-choice, does not support the ban on birth control, faught to raise the minimum wage across the state, he worked on the budget to help the students fight against cutting financial aid and raising tuition. He came to us to ask if there was anyone interested in helping him with his campaign this summer, he is willing to open his house to students who want to work on this with him....look for more info on this and other events from Ryan...

SOA
WE NEED TO FILL THE BUS ASAP! There have been many cancellations in the last few days and the bus is no longer full...if you know ANYONE interested in going please contact Andrew ASAP. Also, if you have no t yet paid Andrew, he needs your check or cash right away! The protest is this weekend and all of this needs to come together as soon as possible...

Sexy Calendar
The first photo shoots for our calendar happened last Sunday and they were able to get 5, maybe 4 scenes completed...one may be a little questionable...the next photo shoot will be sometime this Sunday afternoon, look for more info from Pitts on this to follow...also if you are interested in helping look for sponsors for this, that would be amazing! contact Pitts pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu if you are interested

Acedemic Oversight Committee
TONIGHT at the senate meeting in 337CC at 600pm come to support the nomination of 2 progressives/environmental council representatives to an oversight committe to ensure energy efficient and environmentally friendly things happen with this new aced emic building that is going to be built...they need your support tonight so if you have nothing going on at 600 come to this meeting!

Environmental Council meeting Thursday at 4pm in CC - We will be talking about the new academic building and more. Please come and show your support for making this building as environmentally friendly as possible!

Wal-Mart
Movie premier TONIGHT at 7pm in PORT'O CALL come to watch this new documentary about Wal-Mart!

Fair Trade Coffee Month
Fair Trade Coffee is the same price as normal coffee this month at the Cyber Cafe...they are also selling our mugs for $5 so go down and support this! Good work Jill!

Troop Withdrawl Signatures
We are almost there! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED GATHER SIGNATURES AT THE CLOCKTOWER! We can make our goal if we keep working this week! The signatures are due by this FRIDAY so hand out petitions in your classes today and tomorrow! Need more petitions? See Ryan ASAP have completed petitions? Drop them off in Guy Wolf's office located in GMH

Joint Legislative Hearing
1-2pm Cleary Alumni Center, room TBA next Monday...there will be an opportunity to speak with Kapanke, Shilling, and others about the current legislature...thank Jen for opposing AB343!

AB343
If anyone missed the article in the Tribune last Sunday that talked about the work done by our very own Jackie, Erin and Jill...go to http://www.lacrossetribune.com and search birth control ban to read the article...Keep going on this issue, it's not over!

NEXT WEEKS MEETING TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 7PM 259 CC

Getting busy

2005-11-15T11:58:00.000-06:00

There is a lot of stuff going on this week, so here is a quick break-down of what is happening.

Tuesday:

7:00pm 259 Cartwright Progressives Meeting: There is a lot coming up this week and next, so stop by to hear what's up or bring some new ideas to the meeting. We will be joined by State Assembly candidate James Kinsman for the beginning of the meeting.

Wednesday:

All day in the Ward Room (Cartwright) Fair Trade Fair:

10,000 villages has sent thousands of dollars worth of fair trade products to be sold at UW-L. This is a great opportunity to put our $ where our mouths are. We have promoted fair trade from the human rights, environmental, and economical perspectives over the last few years. This would be an easy chance to pick up holiday gifts that actually improved the world instead of lining the pockets mega-corporations

6:00 pm 339 Cartwright: Student Senate
The Environmental Council introduced a resolution that would place two members of the Environmental Council on the committee which will oversee the construction of UW-L's new academic building. If we want to have a chance at making this building environmentally sound, we need to be involved at every level. Please come and make your voice heard. Showing up at Senate meetings is extremely effective.

7:00 pm Port o' Call: Progressive Movie Night< /DIV>
Wall-Mart the High Cost of Low Prices will be shown. A discussion will follow about the application of pragmatic principals in our daily consumption. This movie is very well produced and is spreading like wildfire across the country. Check it out and find out why Wall-Mart is scared.

Thursday:

All day Ward Room (Cartwright) Fair Trade Fair Continues...

4:00 pm 257 Cartwright: Environmental Council meeting
The Campus Planner and the Chief Financial adviser for UW-L will be at the EC meeting to talk about the new Academic building. We need to show them that EC and the progressives are strong in order to put pressure on them to make the building as environmentally friendly as possible.

Friday:
Iraq War Referendum Petition:
Signatures must be turned in order to place this question on the April ballot "Should the United States begin an immediate withdrawal of its troops from Iraq starting with the National Guard and Reserves?" Make sure petitions are turned into Guy Wolf's office in the Multi-cultural Student Services lounge. We need to make sure we reach our goals... we're close but not there yet... keep collecting!

11:00 am SOA Protest / trip to Georgia
Students from UW-L and Viterbo will be heading down to Fort Benning Georgia to protest the School of Americas which trains Latin American militants in suppression tactics including torture, assassination, and other inhumane practices meant to suppress indigenous populist movements. THERE ARE STILL A FEW SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THE BUS. Contact Andrew Gilbert for details (1- 612 310-1340)

Nuclear Waste!!!!

2005-11-09T18:18:00.000-06:00

Nuclear waste could be traveling through our backyard (1/2 mile from campus) within the next few years if we don't do something about it. Private Fuel Storage L.L.C. (includes Xcel Energy!) is proposing (and was recently granted a license) to build a nuclear waste facility on the Goshute Nation in Utah. IF this goes through, massive amounts of high-level nuclear waste will come from all corners of the states and be shipped on train. But what if the disaster is derailment of the nuclear waste train? Would anyone be safe...the routes (linked too below) clearly indicate that waste could travel through the City of La Crosse, through Rochester, Stoddard, and hundreds of cities from here to Utah. Are we prepared?

This conference may be one of the most important safety, environmental, and educational forums you have ever attended. Please consider coming!!

Saturday Nov 12 2005 1-5 PM
UW-L Cartwright Center

Radioactive Waste and Public Safety:
Municipalities, Counties, and Tribal Governments
free and open to the public

You can see some possible scenarios by visiting the state of Nevada's nuclear waste tranportation routes web site at:

http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/states/wiscon.htm

http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/states/minn.htm

Also Public Citizen has a nice factsheet on the PFS project and the concerns at: http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/nuclear_power_plants/nukewaste/pfs/articles.cfm?ID=12740

It's Sexy to be Green!

2005-11-09T18:17:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone,

So a few of us got together last night to hash out some 'Green is Sexy' Calendar decisions. We'd really like to get this calender up and in the hands of people by the first week of finals, which gives us appoximately one month. This is not a lot of time, so this Sunday is our first photoshoot! We will be meeting at 1104 State Street at 9:30 a.m. to drive out to Eric Earle's house (where the barn dance was). This is where we will be doing our outdoor shots. We will be taking pictures from 10 - 1 that day. If you can not make it at 9:30, but want to come anyway, here are the directions: Take Hwy 16 towards Onalaska, take a right at Hwy B (at the stoplights), take another right on Smith Valley Road and go down a few miles until you get to N2931 Smith Valley Road.

The scenes by month are as follows (* we will be taking on Sunday):
January: New Year's Celebration focusing on recycling
February: Save Water, shower together with organic, cruelty free shampoos and soaps
*March: Backpacking focusing on ecotourism, enjoying nature, etc.
*April: Tree-hugging for Earth Day focusing on sustainable logging
*May: Biking...alternative transportation, reduced dependence of fossil fuels
*June: Canoeing and invasive species
*July: Carpooling in a hybrid car
*August: Organic harvest
*September: Green building and energy efficiency
October: Mustaches/pigtails for peace
November: Thanksgiving dinner (eating low on food chain) and waste
December: Alternative Christmas; living Christmas tree and fair trade, eco-friendly presents

As you can see we have a lot of pictures for this Sunday, so the more people the better! Bring your friends, your friends friends, your roommates, whoever. For these pictures, we will need props and we will need a people to help with scene set-up, etc. So if you're not comfortable showing off your bod, we could still you your help. I guarantee this will be a good time.

We really need props for this Sunday, so if you have access to any of these items, please let me know!!
Backpacking backpacks
Chainsaw / saws
bikes / bike helmets
Canoe paddles
Canoe
Life Jackets / Boat seat cushions
hybrid car
vegetables..squash, tomatoes, potatoes, whatever you've got
hoes, rakes, garden equipment
tool belts and tools
construction hats

If you've got any questions, please contact me at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu
We will be having another photoshoot the following Sunday from 10 - 1 as well. If you know of any business or organization that you know would want to help sponsor this, please let me know!
I think that is everything, so I hope to see you all there!!
Thanks,
Pitts

A little message from RFK Jr.

2005-11-03T10:30:00.000-06:00

Stop Global Warming...
join the march, it's easy, just sign on!

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/campaigns/sgw/impact/535910ba26f0aadc1423c7f14473275e/

October 18 - Minutes

2005-10-19T13:09:00.000-05:00

Lena
Wal-Mart: The High Costs of Low Prices November 14 there will be an underground grassroots screening of this documentary. Lena came to the Progressives becuase in order to make a room reservation a student organization name must be attached, they would like the help of the Progressives to make a room reservation to show this movie on November 14 and also to facilitate a discussion afterwards. We already had a room reserved for movie night, so this worked out perfectly!

Jessica
Petition initiative for troop withdrawl from Iraq, 2500 signatures from residents of the city of La Crosse are needed in order to get this question put onto the referendum in April. Jessica would love some help collecting these signatures, if you are interested she handed out petition packets, but you could stop by her office (upward bound in murphy library) or see Ryan, I think he might still have some? Also, Jessica will be canvasing on Nov. 2 before and after the RFK Jr. event, and also on that day there will be a table set up in CC for petitions to be signed. Wednesday November 9th the Progressives will be helping out by having a clocktower day to get in peoples faces, which is what we do best, and get some more petitions signed...Jessica offered donuts if you help out, so theres some incentive! If you would like more information, want to help out, or for anything else, you can contact Jessica at either thill.jess@uwlax.edu or jessica@wisconsingreenparty.org

SOA
If you are going to this event you should have already recieved an e-mail from Andrew about the specifics and the bad news of only being able to take one bus due to lack of monetary support. Fundraising for this event is essential! Think of idea, send them to Andrew, lets get this thing rolling! Right now if you are signed up, and recieved the e-mail from Andrew, he needs your check or money or however you are paying ASAP it is going to cost us $174 right now and checks can be made to the UWL Progressives. If we do enough raising of funds we can probable all be reimbursed for some of this money. If you live in the halls, please go ask your Hall Council/Exec Team for funds! For more informaiton on this you can contact Jill Hayes (she already asked and has some experience) or Jackie Jarvis...they can get you the info on how to approach your hall for funds, as it can be tricky for this kind of thing!

Movie Night
This weeks movie will be TONIGHT at 7pm in the Ward Room at CC and will be The Revolution Will Not be Televised. This is an amazing movie about the overthrow of an overthrow of Venezualan President Hugo Chavez...I suggest you go see this movie if you have not already!

RFK Jr.
Tickets are now on sale for $3 this event will again be Nov. 2 at 6pm at the REC. If you are still interested in volunteering contact Kristen Pitts pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu you can get free tickets by volunteering...

AB 343
Kapanke will be on campus TONIGHT at 6pm at the student senate meeting in room 327 CC please pack this meeting and let him know how we feel about this ban on birth control! Write him more letters and make more phone calls, he needs to know how we feel and we need to know which way he is planning on voting!

Democratizing Education
Conference in Madison. This will be a conference with people from all over the country and some from outside the country. Registration and housing is completely free. This is an excellent opportunity to creat a network and also to hold open discussions regarding affordable and accessible higher educationg. Contact Ryan ASAP if interested! schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu

Spanjar
Xcel Energy rate increase of $8.19 per month and an increase in fuel prices is going towards a horrible cause that can prevent us from ever recieving a renewable energy source! The PSC is holding a public hearing about this rate increase, but they are holding it in Madison, which is not even in Xcels customer area....they have agreed to hold a live video broadcast of this meeting in La Crosse and in Eau Clarie...we need to get them to agree to hold an actual meeting here, it is very important that they can see how many of us are opposed to this rate increase and what it means! Contact Candice Spanjar at candice.spanjar@psc.state.wi.us and tell her that we do not support the rate increase and feel strongly about having a public hearing held here in La Crosse, since we are the ones who will be affected by this rate increase...there is SOOO much more information on this subject, contact Ryan Schryver if you are interested and im sure he could go on forever about all you ever wanted to know about this horrible idea...

Anti-Racism Taskforce
There will be a meeting this Thursday at City Hall at 1pm...if interested in going or working on this issue contact Carrie Olson olson.caro2@students.uwlax.edu

Protect our Organic Foods!
www.organicconsumers.org for more information on how to do this!

Environmental Council
Meeting this Thursday at 4pm!

NEXT WEEKS MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 25 AT 7PM IN 257 CC

Give us our Birth Control!

2005-10-12T15:28:00.000-05:00

AB 343
Big success with AB 343 petitions, however, if you had your classes sign the petitions without their addresses, please get the new petitions and have them resigned. Phone call campaign at the clocktower went wonderfully...well all except the lies we recieved from John Perlich. John is an aid in Kapanke's office and was misinforming us about the bill already being voted on and on the governors desk. The bill is still in committee and has yet to be heard...so it will be a while before this bill is voted on. To go along with this October 27th is lobby day in madison to let our representatives know directly how we feel about this issue. Coincidentally it is also "sweep out the lobbyist" day in Madison, so if you are lobbying that day make sure to bring your brooms to let the professional lobbyists know that our voices need to be heard as well. This is brought to you by the People's legislature.

Mug Campaign
Reusable mugs for sale once again this year! Jill and Adam have been been wonderful enough to restart this program as a fundraiser for SOA. The mugs are now available in both red and blue and cost $5. You can use this mug on campus at any of the food locations and recieve 4oz extra free, and you can save waste by not using a new cup everytime you drink something on campus! This Thursday from 8:30-11 am at the clocktower we will be selling these mugs and giving out samples of Fair Trade coffee! If you would like to help out with this on Thursday (Tomorrow) Please feel free to show up and help out...its always a good time at the clocktower!

SOA
55 People have already signed up which is amazing, but we would like at least 70 people in order to fill more than one bus! Also, we need people over 25 to ride on the busses with us, so if you know any professors or community members who are interested in going on this trip with us, PLEASE contact them and let Andrew know! Hotel rooms can be made available for them if they wish to not camp along with us. New this year, we are camping! So if you have extra tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, other camping gear...please bring it along! Right now we are looking at a base price of around $120 if no fundraising is done...so we need to get going on the fundraising! We are planning on leaving Friday Nov 18th around 11am and returning Monday Nov 21 around 10am...last year we were back in time for Monday classes, so dont worry about those! This trip will be well worth a missed class or two...trust me! If you have any questions or know people interested in going, ple ase contact Andrew at gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu

Liza's Birthday!
Next Tuesday is Ryan's dog's 1st birthday, in honor, there will of course be a party at Ryan's house. This is also a progressive party/fundraiser idea/green calendar planning party. So come prepared for a good time and with lots of ideas to get the progressives some money!

Adopt and Off-Campuser
New program that was tested out last Sunday by a few of the progressives. Any progressive living on campus that would like to donate a meal to a progressive living off campus is encouraged to participate in this new program. On Sunday's we meet at Whitney for brunch at 12:15, so find your on/off campus pal and meet us there!

Guy Wolfe is Amazing
Second year in a row to be names peacemaker of the year in Wisconsin, by two seperate organizations, if you see this elusive man around, congratulate him...he's too modest!

Week Without Violence
October 24028th WSSA is putting on a week without violence There will be various happening at the clocktower throughout this week and the 27th will be take back the night...so keep your eyes open for more information on this excellent event!

Depeleted Uranium
Sad, sad thing... check out this video to see for yourself, but be warned, this is nothing that is to be taken lightly, it is serious and it is disturbing: http://www.bushflash.com/animation.html when you open this site click on the video for poisonous legacy to watch it. Bree, Joe and Zach are working on this for a project, if you are interested in helping them out or want more information I encourage you to contact them or research the details

RFK Jr
if anyone is still interested in helping out with RFK Jr. and hasn't signed up yet, there are open spots open for various volunteer opportunities that night (Nov 2). Contact Pitts for more info on what is still available pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting! If anyone has anything they are passionate about working on and what the help of some progressives, or if you just have annoucements or ideas feel free to share it with us all at the next meeting, this group or at least a few people in it are usually up to taking on almost anything!

Next meeting as always will be next Tuesday, October 17 at 7pm in 259 CC

Sept. 27th Meeting and events

2005-09-28T15:17:00.000-05:00

Camp Wellstone
Camp Wellstone will be taking place October 14-15. Camp Wellstone is a very well-known activist training. See http://www.wellstone.org/ for more information. Sign up sheet was passed around at the meeting, if you were unable to make the meeting and are interested in signing up still, contact Ryan Schryver at schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu There is a $10 registration fee that also needs to be paid to Ryan by next Tuesday's meeting at the very latest. Checks can be made payable to the La Crosse Peace and Justice Coalition.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
RFK Jr. is an environmental lawyer and has worked on many environmental campaigns through out the Americas. This is a big event, 2000+ people and guaranteed to motivate the hell out of you. CAB still would like our help in publicizing this event as well as set up for this event. It will be taking place November 2 at 7pm in the REC. If you are interested in helping with this event there is an informational meeting October 5th at 9pm, location TBA. If you volunteer for 3 hours the cost of your ticket will be free. So if you are interested in helping and going to this event for free come to the informational meeting or contact Kristen Pitts at pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

Troop Withdrawl from Iraq
Canvasing help is needed! Signatures to get troop withdrawl put onto the April referendum are being collected. 2500 signatures are required from La Crosse residents in order to get this on the referendum. If you are interested in helping canvas for this cause there will be a gathering Saturday October 7th at the Maple Leaf Parade for Oktoberfest. The meeting place will be outside of Jules Coffee shop on Pearl street at 11am. If you are interested in helping to collect signatures, but cant make Saturday...see Ryan Schryver for he has petition packets that you can take to collect signatures. More information on this issue: http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org/iraqreferendum/

SOA
We need to know numbers of how many people are interested in attending this years School of the Americas aka School of the Assassins Protest at Fort Benning, GA November 18-21. School of the Americas is government-run program where the U.S. military teaches Central American armies torture tactics, counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation tactics and forced oppressions to keep citizens from uprising against the government. Our tax dollars pay for this school. If you are interested and did not sign up at the meeting, please contact Andrew Gilbert gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu also contact Andrew if you have any questions regarding the protest and what goes on there or why it goes on. Andrew attended last year and is a good resource for those of you who have questions! For more info: http://www.soaw.org/new/

Upcoming Announcements
If anyone has anything they would like to bring up at future Progressives meetings there will be a new format. If you could arrive 15 minutes before the meeting starts (6:45 for those of you who are mathematically challenged) Contact either Jeremy Jansen, Jackie Jarvis or Erin Lavoie We are hoping to bring a little bit more organization to the meetings. As always if you think of something during the meeting there will be time to make announcements at the end.

Birth Control
As you all should be aware...there is a bill right now talking about prohibiting the distribution, prescribing and advertising of hormonal medications on UW system campuses. This is totally NOT ACCEPTABLE! Jill and Erin are leading the way in taking action on this issue on our campus. We need to focus on contacting Dan Kapanke and letting him know how we feel about this issue, this bill simply can not be passed! Letter writing campaigns, phone calls, petitions, etc...anything we can do to not have this bill passed! The sub committee for working on this issue will be having a ameeting this Thursday (sept 30) if you have any questions contact either Jill hayes.jill@students.uwlax.edu or Erin erin_lavoie@hotmail.com

Students for Choice
This Madison organization is going to be speaking and lobbying at the capitol regarding this birth control issue..if anyone from Lax is interested in attending Thursday October 27th please contact Erin erin_lavoie@hotmail.com asap so we can see if a bus is needed or we can just carpool

Endangered Species Act
VOTE NO! Bill HR 3824 Please contact Ron Kind asap at 220-225-5506 about this act. It is going to be taking away from critical habitat that is currently being protected by the endangered species act...if this new act is enacted it will no longer be protected which will lead to endangered species becoming extinct! Questions on this can be directed to miss Kristen Pitts pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu

Bluff Clean Up
Trekker Club is having a bluff clean up this Sunday sometime in the afternoon. A sign up sheet was passed around, but if you missed it contact the trekker club for more info and for a time.

Women's Leadership Conference
If you are not attending SOA, i highly reccomend you attend this conference in Eau Claire as it is the same weekend and you can not attend both. If you would like to sign up there is a sign up sheet in the Student Association office on the second floor of CC or contact Liz Peyer peyer.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Progressive Movie Night
The second half of the Corporation will be shown TONIGHT in the ward room, cc at 7pm.

Did you know that La Crosse has no racism? If you buy this...well you shouldn't be getting this e-mail...if not we are planning on attending the next anti-racism taskforce meeting. If you are interested contact Carrie Olson

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS IN ATTENDACE...YOU ARE ALL AMAZING! :) NEXT WEEKS MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH AT 7PM IN 259 CC

Sept. 20th Meeting

2005-09-21T20:30:00.000-05:00

Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Robert F Kennedy Jr. is an environmental lawyer coming to La Crosse to speak. This is an even that CAB has asked the Progressives to co-sponsor. They want our help with publicity and help with set-up. We are trying to get a set of chairs in the front to be reserved for us for helping out. This even will be at the Eagle REC center on November 2 at 7pm. This is a great place to recycle those old November 2nd t-shirt in the back of your closets!

Camp Wellstone
Camp Wellstone is a politcal action committee that is holding a workshop in La Crosse the weekend of October 14-15. This organization trains people all over the country on how to take action on many social issues. The La Crosse workshop will primarily focus on environmental activism. We are thinking that there will be room for approximately 75 students to take advantage of this amazing opportunity for a registration fee of only $10. This is an opportunity that we are fortunate to have here in La Crosse, so definitely take advantage of this! Sign Up sheets will be coming around soon....

Peace Rally
Saturday September 24th 5-8pm Cameron Park (King and 5th)
5pm - Open Mic for Peace (audience invited to speak out for peace)
6pm - Invited Speakers
7pm - Candlelight Peace March
8pm - Candlelight Vigil and Peace Sing
This is a sister rally for the one that is taking place on Saturday in Washington DC to bring home our troops. If you can't make it to the DC rally...come to this one! For questions, more information, or if you are willing to help...contact Carrie Olson at olson.caro@students.uwlax.edu

SOA
Keep your eyes open for more information to come on SOA. We, along with Viterbo, are organizing another trip down to Fort Benning in Georgia Nover 18-20 to protest the School of the Americas. Fundraising is going to be huge for this event...start brainstorming ideas! For more information on the SOA contact anyone who went last year, or visit www.soaw.org

Progressive Movie Night
TONIGHT! Sept 21 at 7pm in Port O Call we will be showing the Corporation. We will only be showing the first half of the movie, since it is long and a lot to take in during one sitting. So if you can't make it tonight, come next wednesday at 7pm to the Ward Room to see the second half.

Panel
Teach for America, Americorps, and Peace Corps volunteers will be on campus next Tuesday, Sept 27th at 5pm in room 332 CC. If you are interested in any of these great programs, stop by to hear what people who have experienced them have to say!

Coalition for Acceptance and Understanding
New diversity org on campus started by Carrie Olson. An exec team has now been elected and meetings will be held on Mondays at 7pm in room 259 CC

Environmental Council
Meetings will be held on Thursdays at 4pm in Room 259 CC. This organization has worked on the green bike program, and is currently working on a campus compost program. If you are interested check out the meeting next monday!

Moustaches/Pig Tails for Peace
Ryan is looking to help you build your resume! All you have to do is grow a moustache and you can be co-founder of this international peace movement. Talk to Ryan for more details or just stop shaving that hair on your upper lip. To go along with this movement, Jill and Erin have started a national movement, pig tails for peace...with their catchy theme song this movement is really picking up fast. For more information on these movements stop by their table at this Saturday's Peace Rally at Cameron Park.

Critical Mass
This September 30 (the last friday of the month) Critical Mass will be taking off in La Crosse. They will be meeting at the large eagle statue at Riverside Park at 5:30pm. Look for flyers for more information or visit their website. http://www.geocities.com/criticalmasslax

LIFE (La Crosse International Frienship Exchange)
LIFE will be holding their kick off even this Saturday at Pettibone Park from 1-4pm. Come and hang out and play some volleyball or frisbee and enjoy the company of our international students. They will be meeting in front of Baird Hall at 1:00pm Anyone who is able to drive, please contact them at life@uwlax.edu Anyone who is interested in biking to the event can join Justing (VP). For more information check out their website: http://www.uwlax.edu/oie/SA/LIFE.htm

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THE AWESOME ATTENDENCE AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING! NEXT MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 7PM IN 259 CC! WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

Film tomorrow night

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SKULL VALLEY----RADIOACTIVE WASTE< LACROSSE< AND THE AMERICAN WEST
(A documentary film from KUED, Salt Lake City)

WHEN: THIS TUESDAY< SEPTEMBER 20th, 6:30 PM
WHERE: La Crosse Public Library Auditorium
COST: Free and Open to ALL

A discussion of the issues will follow.
SPONSORED BY
Open Eye
Documentary and Independent Film Society
La Crosse, WI.

WHY SHOULD I CARE TO COME???

10 days ago the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to approve the plan for Private Fuel Storage (of La Crosse, WI!!) to ship about 80 million pounds of high level radioactive spent fuel rods to a Native American Indian Reservation in Utah. Dairyland Power and Xcel Energy are two of the utilities--a totally private venture---who will be responsible for the shipment, placement, and upkeep of that nuclear fuel. This will mean more than 10,000 shipments of such fuel across nearly every major city in the United States on its way to a site managed by a "limited liability corporation".

Learn about our community, learn about why you have heard nothing about this in La Crosse even though its headquarters and chief operating officer is from La Crosse. Learn why Tribes across the country are opposed to such a movement of waste...and why one Native Community---in spite of a contested election (as of yet, unresolved and in the courts) is willing to accept the waste.

Pigtails for Peace and more...

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After a confusion over the starting time for the meeting, our meeting began with a duet of two curly haired, pig-tailed women singing about their love for peace. Although the international movement, Mustaches For Peace, started by our very own Ryan Schryver, has taken off with a ba-boom, Jill and Erin felt a little left out by their lack of hair on their upper lip. So they've started a new movement, it's currently a national movement, but will soon catch like wildfire and pigtails, mustaches and any other body hair one can muster up will be the way to peace. The power of hair is a beautiful thing.
So anyway, here is what was talked about this evening at our meeting...
By the way, the next Progressives meeting will be:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th at 7:00 p.m.

(not 7:30 p.m.)

Minutes:

Friday, Sept. 16th...2:30 p.m. at the clocktower, meet and post fliers for meetings, bike movement, movie night, etc...the more people the easier this will be!

Monday, Sept. 19th...7:00 p.m. in 257 Cartwright...Anti-isms support group. A new anti-hate support group. Come, share, learn and become more aware. Contact Carrie for more info. olson.caro@students.uwlax.edu

Tuesday, Sept. 20th...10-3:00p.m in Valhalla, Cartwright...Come and spread the progressive word at this all-student organization gathering for students. Contact Jackie to sign up for a time slot to sit at our table and chat with people about what progressives do, etc. jarvis.jacq@students.uwlax.edu

Wednesday, Sept. 21st...7:00 p.m. in Port O'Call, Cartwright...Movie night...tonights documentary is The Corporation. http://www.thecorporation.com/ Don't miss this!

5th District County Board Seat...is open. This district includes campus and some apartments around campus. We really need a strong progressive voice to represent us. If you live in this area and are interested, contact Ryan at schryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu

Critical Mass...www.geocities.com/criticalmasslax

Chris wants to start a critical mass group here in La Crosse. Critical Mass is a worldwide movement, where basically groups of local bikers go out on the last Friday of every month and bike down the streets to promote bicycling. 'It is, more than anything else, a reclamation of space, a demonstration to show that the city belongs to people and not machines.' Email criticalmasslax@yahoo.com for more information

Saturday, Sept. 24th...5-9:00 p.m....La Crosse peace rally at Cameron Park (5th and King). Contact Carrie for more information. olson.caro@students.uwlax.edu

Friday-Saturday, Oct. 14th & 15th...Camp Wellstone...http://www.wellstone.org/camp/ Organize for Progressive Change...more to come on this event.

Blue Bikes...The new green bike...Blue bikes are basically rental bikes available at the outdoor connection by a collaboration between Environmental Council and the Outdoor Connection. The bikes are 'rented' out long-term with a deposit of $20 and when you return your bike, you get your deposit back. There is currently a waiting list of 30-50 people and we need help getting these bikes fixed up. Bike work days are Tuedays from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Outdoor Connection.

Miscellaneous...

WSSA (Women Studies Student Association) meets on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. and is going to a conference Sept. 29th-30th...Contact Emily Salava salava.emil@students.uwlax.edu

Possible Thank you to our generous donors coming up...possibly yard work?

Check out Hispanic Heritage events this month...info at Multicultural students office in Graff

Congratulations:

We have a new secretary...Stacy Sumwalt!

Happy 21st bday Jackie Jarvis!

Congratulations on the new Peace Movement Erin and Jill!

I think it's going to be a good year.

lubdub - Pitts

First Prog meeting of the year...

2005-09-07T21:45:00.000-05:00

Upcoming events: NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPT 14th 7:00 p.m. (259
Cartwright)

Sept. 8th: Peace Rally Banners (Student activities room, 2nd floor Cartwright)
6:00 p.m. - Help make banners for the Peace Rally on Sept. 24th

Sept. 10th: Fighting Bob Fest (Baraboo, WI)
www.fightingbob.org
Bus leaves at 7:00 a.m. from Valley View Mall and returns at 7:00 p.m.
contact scryver.ryan@students.uwlax.edu for more info and to reserve a seat

Sept. 13th: La Crosse Greens Meeting (South Community Library, La Crosse)
6:30 p.m. - Come and help with the Bring Home the Troops campaign
contact thill.jess@uwlax.edu for more information

Sept 13th: Wheels of Justice (UWL Campus)
noon - 4:00 p.m. - Peace bus/classroom tours (Wimberly parking lot)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Presentation (140 Cowley Hall)
Wheels of Justice is a group of veterans and peace activists
advocating justice and civil rights

Sept. 13th: Anti-racism Support Group Organizational Meeting (UWL Campus)
8:00 p.m. - Come and help this new organization create goals, objectives, meeting
times and discussion topics. Topics may go beyond anti-racism issues.
(257 Cartwright Center)
contact olson.caro@students.uwlax.edu for more information

Sept. 24th: Peace Rally (Cameron Park, La Crosse)
5:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Open mic, speakers, candlelight peace march, vigil and song
Speakers include Bethany Jacobson, John Medinger, Rev. Daniel
Bruch and Senator Russ Feingold
contact olson.caro@students.uwlax.edu to volunteer and more information

Other upcoming activities and contacts:

Movie Nights - contact gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu

Second Supper articles and ideas - contact dreaab@yahoo.com