[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 129 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE

  Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
258 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 258) commemorating the 100th 
     anniversary of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MERKLEY. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements 
related to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 258) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 258

       Whereas La Crosse is located on the western border of 
     middle-Wisconsin, on the east side of the Mississippi River;
       Whereas the first Europeans to see the site of La Crosse 
     were French fur traders who traveled the Mississippi River in 
     the late 17th century;
       Whereas La Crosse was incorporated as a city in 1856;
       Whereas Thomas Morris sponsored a bill in the Wisconsin 
     State Senate that led to the creation of the current-day 
     University of Wisconsin-La Crosse;
       Whereas the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was founded 
     in 1909 as the La Crosse State Normal School for the purpose 
     of teacher preparation;
       Whereas the philosophy of Fassett A. Cotton, the 
     university's first president, was to train the whole person;
       Whereas ``mens corpusque'', Latin for ``mind and body'', is 
     the motto on the university seal;
       Whereas the college changed its name to Wisconsin State 
     College-La Crosse in 1951 when the Wisconsin State teachers 
     colleges began awarding baccalaureate degrees in liberal 
     arts;
       Whereas the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers 88 
     undergraduate programs in 44 disciplines and 26 graduate 
     programs;
       Whereas the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse celebrated 
     its 50th anniversary in 1959, the same year that presidential 
     candidate John F. Kennedy visited the campus and spoke to the 
     student body in Graff Main Hall auditorium;
       Whereas U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of 
     Wisconsin-La Crosse second among midwestern public 
     universities offering bachelor's and master's degrees;
       Whereas the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's 
     athletic teams adopted the nickname ``Eagles'' in the fall of 
     1989, and the women's teams adopted that nickname a year 
     later;
       Whereas the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse athletic 
     teams have won 59 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
     Division III titles in 9 different sports; and
       Whereas 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of 
     the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commemorates the 100th anniversary of the University of 
     Wisconsin-La Crosse; and
       (2) commends the university for its status as a leading 
     public university that excels in academics, athletics, and 
     quality of life for students.

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