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4 Letter to the Editor

By Arthur Talayko

By Heather Nemec

By Emily Marshall

Current MIAD student learns the value of service at local Milwaukee Bike Collective

The connection between two women from very different backgrounds.

The journey of finding what you believe in and how those shape your view.

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4 Letter to the Editor

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In this issue of Bridge Fall 2010, we are going on a journey with 3 unique individuals who not only tell us what they believe in, but what it is like to reach out to the others who come from dif-ferent backgrounds. You will explore what it is to work at the Milwaukee Bike Collective and what it means to build not only bikes, but relationships. Travel from Texas to Uganda and learn what it means to give a little of your time to make a big differ-ence to others. Finally, we explore the beliefs of a young woman and what keeps her motivated to keep moving. Every story has new characters, but each of them find what the true meaning of service and self. I hope you enjoy this issue as you are traveling along.

reaching outArt for Oil: Making Art for a Cause

On April 20, 2010 there was a great oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon caught fire and exploded. Swiss-based Transocean Ltd Owns the Deepwater Horizon and leased the rig to Uk-based BP PLC. The 56-million gallon oil spill created environmental and political dilemmas and has led to the largest natural disaster in United States History. When reading many articles about the disaster, writers put the main focus on how it is affecting tourism and people who live and work near the coast when they are forgetting how it is affecting natural habitat. According to federal authorities at Associated Press, nearly 800 dead birds, sea turtles, dolphins, and other animals have been found in the Gulf and on its shores. At MIAD, we have many enthusiastic artists who are eager

to help out in their community. Sometimes many students reach farther than just the community by also helping out with issues in the environment. Alex Perez, a painting major at MIAD, set up an art show labeled Art for Oil to help raise money for the clean up in the Gulf of Mexico. Art for Oil featured eleven artists whose work ranges from these categories: Printmaking, painting, photography, drawing, handmade, and digital artwork. Alex was inspired to start Art For Oil after she was given the opportunity to put on an art show. Her intentions were not only to help out the oil spill but also to support injured and disabled seabirds due to oil pollution. Alex states, “By purchasing an art piece through the show, you are supporting a young and upcoming local artist and also helping save the lives of wildlife struggling in some very important ecosystems.”

All donations go towards the National Audubon Society and Save Our Seabird, Inc. Save Our Sea-birds Incorporation helps to rehabilitate sea-birds. Lee Fox founded SOS in 1990. They have been privileged to receive permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Each year, they have saved hundreds of native and mi-gratory birds. Lee has been working with major oil companies, environmental groups, and state officials for almost ten years now. They have been pretty successful since they have a mighty fusion of science and education to protect and re-store local habitat in the U.S. and across Amer-ica. Alex originally picked SOS, but she says, “SOS really hasn’t seen any oil like NAS, who

will really reach out to oil soaked birds.” Audubon was the first non-profit group to have volunteers on the ground when U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service needed them because of their quick response. Alex Perez brought together not only students from MIAD but also Chicago, Madison, Indiana, and Mas-sachusetts. The artists from MIAD that donated their creative pieces are Alex Perez, Autumn Clark, Janson Rapisarda, Lilly Duermeier, and Nate Pyper. Other creative pieces donated were produced by: Erick Fruehling, Jeff Herwig, Erik Johnson, NERS, Cassandra Warren, and Lindsay Woods. These artists spent long hours on these pieces that they donated to help support the cause.

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Article written by Brittany Patz

Artwork by: Autumn Clark, Lilly Duermeier, and Janson Rapisarda

Imagine you are a small child

growing up beneath the broken

shadows and of a once great city. Playing in rubble searching for anything that calls to be found. The ghostly remains of a thriving metropolis now mimic what one might thithink of in a post-apocalyptic world. To this little boy, that place is what he calls home. His name is John Wycliffe. He is six years old and the son of Margaret Nasangi. Mar-garet, or Maggie as she prefers to be called, is a twenty-four year old single parent who has become the main provider for her close-knit family of five. This may seem like a daunting task for a woman in Uganda, but Maggie has something

A story of two women from different sides of the world find a connection that creates a lifelong companionship.

that many Ugandan women could only dream of: a college edu-cation. Because of this advantage, Maggie has been able to acquire a job as a teacher on the outskirts of Masaka. It is a smal orphanage and school aptly named The Good Shepherd Child Care Centre. She is among some of the highest paid women in Africa, bringing in just over three dollars a day. This allows This allows her to buy the bare necessities to live in a country where the minimum essentials are a luxury. Maggie now has access to an internet cafe, one of three Masaka has to offer, where she visits every Sun-

by Heather Nemec

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20% of children suffer from being severely un-derweight.

86% of 15 to 24 year olds are able to read.

Population under the age of 18 is 17,728.

Population under the age of 5 is 6,182.

Life expectancy in 2008 is the age of 53.

Annual growth rate of urban population between 2000-2008 is 4.1%

Texas on a base in the middle of the desert, I found myself looking for friends. I stumbled upon a pen pal website which I decided to give a try. I filled out my information and waited to hear if anybody was deperate enough to want to learn about me, sure enough, nobody did. So, I did a search on the computer and I found a woman whose profession was teaching and her passion was God; two things I highly admire. I wrote to her expressing my own de-sire to one day have a teaching career and our shared faith.

day. This small privilege has been her tool to finding friends from every corner of the world. A small group of friends of which I am a privileged to be a part of. While I was living in El Paso, Texas on a base in the middle of the desert, I found myself looking for friends. Maggie now has access to an internet cafe, one of three Masaka has to offer, where she visits every Sunday. This small privilege has been her tool to finding friends from every corner of the world. A small group of friends of which I am a privileged to be a part of. While I was living in El Paso,

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identity for the GSCCC, a logo

and compilation of pictures for

people to relate to. Then through

various pieces of art, I was able

to raise one-hundred dollars to

send to Uganda to the people

who needed it the most. It was

a big milestone for me because

it showed that all the hard work

and long hours spent at MIAD

paid off not only for me, but also

for the children who are less

fortunate in Africa.

All one needs to do is work upon

the skills they ahve and the skils

I know I have are in design and

photography. MIAD has been a

tremendous tool in aiding not

only in my skill development, but

in my confidence levels. I know I

have are in design and photog-

raphy. MIAD has been a tremen-

dous tool in aiding not only in

my skill development, but in my

confidence levels. I created an

This short note to a faceless profile would soon transform into a long standing freindship that created a union of two dif-

ferent worlds. Being an art

student, I would have never

thought that I would have any-

thing to contribute to a school

full of African children, but it

seems that being an art student

was all it took.

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By Arthur Talayko

Current MIAD student learns the value of service at local Milwaukee Bike Collective

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Individuality versus the state is a confusing battle. We live in a country of individuals who

trust the state to take care of things like jus-tice and overall well being. We believe the state should help people in need in our community or those people should help themselves because they are individuals who have the power to choose their own destiny. This belief is strange an paradoxical. We trust the authority of the state as though it’s a single ruler (which none of us here in America want) and we forget that we are what makes up the state and gives it power in the first place. We have the illusion as individuals that we are somehow alone. That our actions bare little consequence on the those around us in good or in bad. It’s easy to believe that we are indeed alone in this world and that everything around us doesn’t care we are here. I have believed this and tend to believe this as a trained response. However, I know it’s not right. Everything we do or don’t do influences others. There is an existential idea about politics that goes something like this: if you don’t vote, then you’re casting a vote for the winner. Thus, by not doing something, impact is still occurring and it’s measured in the status quo. If we see a problem and don’t engage in its resolution then we ourselves may be part of the problem. Enabling the problem like an alcoholic, to keep drinking until the social liver fails. How do we avoid the fate of inaction if we have still for so long, believing better was coming from those we choose to guard our sacred ideas and good

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...All I have is a voice

To undo the folded lies

The romantic lie in the brain

Of the sensual man in the street

And the lie of authority

Whose buildings grope the sky;

There is no such thing as the state

And no one exists alone;

Hunger allows no choice

To the citizens or the police

We must love one another or die.

Excerpt from “September 1,1938” in Collected Poems of

W.H.Auden(Random House,1940)

faith? One way is to serve, get involved in the community and understand the nuanced causes of problems, and maybe even the possi-bilities of solutions. What the service is almost doesn’t matter. As long as the will to serve is there, and the step to physical action can be taken instead of the just good will. Opportunities begin to surface if your are looking for them.When I first started volunteering at the Mil-waukee Bike Collective, a small not for profit bike shop, I had no idea what I even wanted to do, or whether I wanted to volunteer at all. However, as I spent more time giving my labor for free, I started to get back experience and information. A working, growing understand-ing of what a community needs and how that can be delivered. One thing that a community needs is transportation. And that is exactly what the collective provides; cheap used bikes that are restored to optimal function and sold for less than the time of the individuals fixing them is worth. Although, when you come to the MBC, it’s never only a bike or parts one gets. One also attains a relationship with a shop and community that know what they are doing in terms of bikes and shares that infor-mation free of charge, and with enthusiasm.My services at the shop are limited, and I am still only learning how to properly fix a bike on my own. Yet, I am building an awareness of what a community needs and a way that I could help fell the gap. I am not an agent of change or can I claim that I have done any-thing particularly significant. I don’t even have a specific cause that I am actively pas-sionate fighting for. I am helping in the cause for man powered transportation at an afford-able price. But I am only helping with that one. I am just a student following an assigned volunteer requirement. But, I am beginning to see the need for involvement and action.

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Entrance to Milwaukee Bike Collective

This semester I served at the Milwaukee Bike Collective. As of right now I have completed 31 Hours. While there I reported to Pops, Jason, and Chris who are all key holders of the organization. The only thing that sets these individuals apart from anyone else is their seniority and dedication to the Collective. While at the bike collective, I performed services ranging from organizing miscellaneous bike parts to fixing en-tire bikes, to helping customers pick out appropriate bike goods for the persons use and happniness.

Yes.The agency fulfills its mission by renting out a free space in Mer-rill Park. The owner of the building asks for no rent and takes care of the utilities. This is great for the overhead along with the entire staff being unpaid volunteers. Also, most of the bikes and parts are donated from all around Milwaukee. The Collective brings in money to give back to the community.

As far as problems go, the collective has an issue with tools going missing, organization of parts, and the lack of space. The bike collec-tive provides just about every tool one could need for taking a part and reassembling every aspect of a bike. Of course, this is great, but that is a lot of tools to keep track of, especially because there are 5 sets of each tool. There are so many people that come through the space that tools go missing easily. It’s just like the 3D lab here at MIAD; tools grow legs. There is not too much that can be done to prevent a certain amount of tools to be stolen, but some measures are taken. Every tools is labled with the color of the bench that it re-sponds to. This unforseen problem is something that we also deal with here, so I could relate.

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Aroundthe Collective

Out front of the Milwaukee Bike Collective.

Volunteers working to earn parts by building bikes for others

Collection of parts

One of the multiple work benches.

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Milwaukee Bycicle Collective

Mission Statement: The Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that provides a publicly accessible bicycle resource center for the city of Milwaukee. It is a place where bike construction and repair can happen in a creative and supportive environment and at and affordable cost. We feel strongly about working to create a world where human powered transportation is the norm and available to everyone. The Milwaukee Bicycle Collevtive has been working towards this goal since June 17, 2002.

FALL/WINTER HOURS:Saturday: Noon - 2 pm/ Open for Youth

2pm - 4 pm/ Open for Adults

ALWAYS CALL BEFORE YOU VISIT!

Information:2910 W. Clybourn Street

Milwaukee, WI 53208

414.431.0825

milwaukee@bikecollective.org

Twitter: @bikecollective

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ThisBelieveI

by Emily Marshall

The journey of finding what you believe in and how those shape your view.

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I believe that if my mom hadn’t taken away my gameboy in 6th grade I would have been the

ultimate pokemon master.I believe in babies.I believe in camp songs and singing them around a fire with friends.I believe in corny song lyrics.I believe in a thing called love.Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love. love love love. I believe in corny love. I believe that there are hundreds of kinds of love, but they aren’t really all that different. the love I have for my mother and the love that she has for me comes from the same place in myheart as the love that I have for apples. and the love I have for semi-trucks. And the love I have for myself. There are a million ways to love, but it’s all grown from the same seed. I believe in cliché’s. I believe that sunrises are still the most beautiful things I will ever see. I believe that the only reason I turned out alright is because there was never a doubt in my mind that my mother loved me with all of her heart. I believe in the loch ness monster. Ibelieve in dinosaurs. I believe in the possible exis-tence of extra terrestrial beings and that we should stay away from them. I believe in puppies. I really, really, really believe in puppies. I believe that time moves both fast and slow. I believe that hard work is always much better when you do it with a friend and a boombox. I believe that you should help people with out expecting to hear please and thank you. I believe in going outside and that rain and sunshine makes the flowers grow. I believe in life after love. I believe that it is important to accept people the way they are and give second chances. I believe that there are stereotypes and it is impossible not to generalize, but I also believe in being yourself

I believe that hard work is always much better when you do it with a

friend and a boombox.”

I believe in life after love.

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even when everyone thinks they have you pegged. I believe that it is ok to cry even if you are trying to be the tough kid. I believe that love stinks, but it stinks in a bunch of different ways. The smell of roses could turn into raw sewage, but even babies don’t smell good all the time. And like I said... I already believe in babies. Even when someone smells that doesn’t mean you stop loving them. I believe that people can change, but cannot be saved from themselves unless they do it on their own. I believe that being a good example is far far better than being a nag. I believe that these two lanes will take me anywhere. We got one last chance to make it real. To trade in these wings on some wheels. Always go forward and don’t dwell on the past. Keep Truckin’. I believe in waking up early. It doesn’t always happen with me, but when I do I feel a sense of pride and exhilaration at being awake on a Saturday while the rest of the city is sleeping off their hangovers. I believe I get by with a little help from my friends. And that the good ones are worth holding onto. I believe that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Being positive is the easiest thing one can do to alter their situation. Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. I believe that America is a great country. And although it is pretty popular to hat ethe U.SA. I am really glad that I was born here. It is okay to be critical of the country you live in. We

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all know the united States isn’t a shining example of perfection and truth. But it is harder to love your country and try tochange it then give up. I believe that people make mistakes. To err is human, toforgive is devine. I believe in the beach and the sun and a place called Cocomo.Sunlight is the best medicine.I believe that the best way to make friends is to beyourself. I believe that honesty is the best policy and a good smile can get youthrough numerous situations. I believe that little kids know whats up and they

could all become the president or a su-perstar, or a famous artist or a

banker if someone just believed in them. I believe that rock and roll dreams can come true.

“We got one last chance to make it real. To trade in these wings on some wheels. Always go forward and don’t dwell on the past.”

Keep Truckin’.

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Bridge: When out in the community, do you find inspiration interacting with new people and environments?

This semester for Service Learning, I volunteered at LifeStriders. It is a place for people of all ages to ride. The unique part about LifeStriders is that it is a thera-peutic riding center. In my past, I had assisted in therapeutic riding and found this to be a perfect fit for me. I have always been inspired by riding, but most do not know about the amazing effects it can have on individuals with special needs. I began thinking about what I could do to tell more about this program. In my own design publication, I dedicated my article and photo layout to the benefits of this treatment. The more I worked with the riders, the more I felt personally connected to what I wanted to show. That connection inspired me more than it had before. Displaying images and telling my own personal experience assisted in exposing the program to an audience that may or may not be aware of the benefits of riding.

STUDENT PROFILE

Getting to know your fellow classmates

Name: Kt Schramm

Major: Communication Design

Year: Senior

Hometown: Dubuque, IA

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Photo Credit: Kt Schramm

Volunteer Calendar for Fall 2010Join street team for injured veteran

Organization: Homes for our troops.

Interest Area: Community, Disabled, Veterans & Family.

Minimum Age: 15

Be a Business Mentor

Organization: MicroMentor

Interest Area: Community, Employment, Women

Minimum Age: 21

Waiting Area Host

Organization: Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County

Interest Area: Health & Medicine

Minimum Age: 16

Escort/Navigator

Organization: Volunteer Center

Interest Area: Health & Medicine.

Minimum Age: 16

Computer Lab Helper for Men’s Shelter

Organization: The Salvation Army

Interest Area: Computers & Technology, Homeless & Housing.

Minimum Age: 18

Road to Recovery Volunteer Drive

Organization: American Cancer Society

Interest Area: Community, Health, & Medicine

Minimum Age: 18

Be a MentorOrganization: StudentMentor

Interest Area: Children & Youth, Community, Education, & Literacy

Minimum Age: N/A

Indian Summer Festival VolunteerOrganization: Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful

Interest Area: Community, Environment

Minimum Age: N/A

Recycling VolunteerOrganization: Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful

Interest Area: Community, Environment

Minimum Age: 18

Seeking Hospice CompanionsOrganization: AseraCare Hospice

Interest Area: Health & Medicine

Minimum Age: N/A

Knitters, Crocheters, & QuiltersOrganization: Seasons Hospice

Interest Area: Arts & Culture, Seniors, & Women

Minimum Age: 12

Welcome an Exchange StudentOrganization: EF Foundation for Foreign Study

Interest Area: Children & Youth, Education & Literacy, International

Minimum Age: 25

Volunteer Information Found at: http://www.volunteermatch.org/

keeping in mindVolunteer Opportunities in Milwaukee

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Anne Ghory-GoodmanArthur TalaykoEmily MarshallHeather NemecKt SchrammLydia JarvisDavid MuellerBrittany PatzMilwaukee Bike Collective

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