Issue 1

Choose Your Poison, Quite Literally

knoecknc — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:05:20 -0600

Choose Your Poison hails from Appleton, WI and is one of those bands where it’s not necessary to enjoy their particular brand of music to have a blast at their show. They play a flurry of thrash, crust, punk, and hardcore and have the attitude to back it all up.

Made up of Shane on drums/vocals, Liz on bass, and Toban on guitar/vocals, I’ve known these guys for quite a while. The last time I saw them was when Flags Will Cover The Coffins (the band I’m in) played at The Cube in Minneapolis. The Cube is a basement venue run by our buddy Tony who actually used to play bass in CYP. It was also the last stop on a west coast tour for CYP, so going into it we knew it was going to get a little hairy. When I found out that Bitty and Ryan from Wartorn (also from Appleton) were going to be there I gave up all hope.

Sidewalk Politics

adamssa — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:15:25 -0600

Show us your tits. Whore, bitch, slut.

Now I've got your attention---with the same words shouted at my friends and I this summer.

Any woman living in Eau Claire this summer has to have noticed that over the summer the cat-calling became just absurd. I would need more hands to count the number of times I was cat- called this summer, and women I know report similar experiences.

A Morally Healthy Wisconsin Bears One Another's Burden

brandonbuchanan — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Like a number of people in Wisconsin, I consider myself to be a man of faith. I go to church twice a week, I pray every day, and I read my Bible. The August 19th sermon at my church was entitled "Bear One Another's Burdens" and centered on the key moral ethic of helping and showing compassion for those in need. During the sermon, I couldn't help but think of a woman named Annette who lives in Eau Claire.

The Flip Side’s Extravagantly Exciting Summer

eklofaj — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Welcome back, students, to another wonderful year of scholastic self-fortitude. The Flip Side remembers well its years of academic pursuit, and fondly recalls the practice of being called upon to report on its summer activities. No doubt you’ve had your own various adventures over the course of the seasonal hiatus, wonderful stories in which you flipped delicious patties of meat in the name of commerce or perhaps journeyed far and wide across the world in pursuit of self-knowledge, cultural wareness, and relaxed laws pertaining to the possession of absinthe. Paltry as it will seem in the wake of those rip-roaring good yarns, the Flip Side humbly offers its own recounting of events.

Soul Play: What Is Progressive Christianity Exactly?

lindjd — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600

As the co-creator of a progressive Christian campus organization, I am faced with this question a lot. The simple answer is that it is a movement in contemporary Protestant Christianity, sprouting from 19th century evangelicalism, which was actually quite progressive back then but has since evolved into what it is today, something our current right-wing Christians might align with. Other influences are 19th and early 20th century Christian liberalism, 20th century neo-orthodoxy and late 20th and 21st century liberation theology.

Letter From The Editor

andersgm — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Hello again, devoted Flip Side readers, and welcome to another year of antics and information! I’m Gloria Anderson, Managing Editor of our publication this year, and I’d like to send out an enthusiastic greeting to all the new readers at UWEC and in the community, and a hearty handshake to everyone else who have stuck by us through the years.