Spring Break
They dance. He buys her a drink. They shoot a game of pool. He buys her a drink. They hold hands. He buys her a drink. They kiss. He buys her a drink. He walks her home, up the stairs even. He helps her into her room. It's just the two of them. His hand smoothes her hair. She says no. He doesn't stop. She says no. It's too late now.
Unfortunately, scenarios like this are all too familiar to college campuses. In fact, every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted. Even more shocking, in 2006, 25 sexual assaults were reported to the Office of Student Life at UW-Whitewater. In 17 of the 25 cases, the offender was an acquaintance.
Inventors and entrepreneurs walked away a bit more business-savvy following this year's Ideas to Profits conference. The annual conference, presented by the Wisconsin Innovative Service Center, was held on campus last Friday and Saturday. More than 100 people attended.
Before Jim Butchart became a theater professor at UW-Whitewater, he was an extra for major motion pictures, he worked as a touring actor and acted in industrial films.
The Chinese Students and Scholars Association organized a Whitewater Chinese Moon Festival Saturday at Cravath Lake Park. The Chinese Moon Festival is celebrated throughout China in the month of September. According to legend the Moon Princess can be seen dancing on the moon the night of the festival.
Kimberly Ashby is a college student who can inspire others. While some prefer their life at college to be consumed by school, work and bars, others, like Ashby, do all those things while devoting hours to one or more passions.
The band that captured and kept an audience for four decades is coming to UW-Whitewater. America has been on the concert circuit for 34 years, and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. they will perform at the Irvin L. Young Auditorium.
UW-Whitewater's management department held a social Sept. 7 in Esker Hall to help students develop networking and professional skills.