Student Association announces gala winners

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Association presented awards to student organizations at its first Student Org Gala on Thursday, Dec. 8.

The awards are meant to showcase good deeds student organizations have done this semester.

Award winners:

Recruitment Award: Campus Organization for Israel (COFI)
Service to the Students Award: Habitat for Humanity
Building Block Award: National Residence Hall Honorary
Best Event: Student Wisconsin Education Association Student Leadership Conference
Outstanding Student Organization: The Leader
Outstanding Student Leader: Jonathan Brostoff, president of COFI and also a senator for the Student Association.

Regents OK WUWM to seek expansion

The Board of Regents on Friday voted to grant authority for WUWM (89.7) Milwaukee Public Radio to amend an existing lease for more space.

The vote, a resolution that passed the Physical Planning and Funding Committee, said that WUWM can seek to increase its space in Grand Avenue Mall from its current 9,900 square feet to 20,000 square feet.

The lease, with Polacheck Property Management, would be amended to include a space next to WUWM that is currently unused.

UWM prints restricted information

UWM printed student directories that did not restrict the names, phone numbers and addresses of students who chose to have that information restricted.

The directory listed that information because of an unintentional processing error, officials wrote in an e-mail.

The e-mail said, “About 3,500 copies of the directory were distributed to faculty and staff, and another 50 to students before the problem was discovered.”

UWM is asking that those who still have an old directory return them.

Questions should be directed to Dave Crass, Information & Media Technologies assistant director, 229-6383.

Commencement to be held Sunday

Commencement will be held on Sunday, Dec. 18, for students who are graduating this semester.

Commencement will be held at 1 p.m. at the U.S. Cellular Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave.

Tickets are not necessary for family and friends. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Post selects three to board of directors

The UWM Post elected three staff members to its board of directors on Monday, Dec. 12.

Account Executive Ameerah Abdullah, Assistant A&E Editor Tyler Gaskill and News Editor Dan Polley were elected to the board of directors.

Abdullah will be the Post’s advertising manager and Polley will be its news editor next semester.

Current Advertising Manager Daniel Schulze is set to graduate this semester, Editorials Editor Robb Manning has stepped down from his positions on staff and A&E Editor Diego Costa’s term expired. All three had served on the board for the past year.

Fire outside Kenilworth Building

Officials responded to a small fire outside the Kenilworth Building about 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, police said.

5th District Lt. Kim Steck said the fire happened in one of the construction trailers outside the building on the street level.

No one was inside the building and no one was injured in the fire, he said.

The fire may have been caused by a construction failure, he said.

A contractor on the scene contacted authorities about the fire on Friday.

Kenilworth Building is scheduled to be completed for fall 2006. The building will be used as housing for graduate students, non-traditional students and upperclassmen.

The building is located on Kenilworth Place east of Farwell Avenue.

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