INSIDE THURSDAY ... h ?BS SPECIAL DIRECTED BY (JVM STUDENT AIRS NOV. ai. (?AGE a) NEWS ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS A vote today by UWM Making It In the music Another basketball faculty could make Industry Is tough enough season Is upon us. See evaluations a reality for for those who start young. how the men's team farad the chancellor and deans What about the late against a young, talented at the university. (Page 3) bloomers. (Page 6) AAU team. (Page 8) The UWM Post November 18. 1993 Established 1956 Volume 38, Number 22 UWM professor stabbed to death in apartment By Jaci Gardell A Milwaukee Police Depart­ not a random incident. many. by the news of his death. ment official said police discov­ "They (police) are looking at Jones received his B.A. from "He was an extremely impor­ Police are investigating the ered Jones' body in an apartment specific suspects and specific cir­ Memphis State University in 1970, tant presence in the department, stabbing death of Robert B. Jones, after responding to a call from cumstances surrounding this in­ his M.A. from Southern Illinois- especially for African American a University of Wisconsin-Mil­ someone who was concerned dividual," Pountain said. Carbondale in 1972 and his Ph.D. undergraduate and graduate stu­ waukee associate professor. about his whereabouts. Jones came to UWM from Rice from the University of Wiscon­ dents," said Jane Nardin, chair of Jones, 45, was found dead in­ According to a story in the University in Houston, Texas in sin-Madison in 1981. the Department of English and side his Juneau Village apartment, Milwaukee Journal, Juneau Vil­ 1989. In 1990, he was a visiting At UWM, Jones served on the Comparative Literature. 1129 N. Jackson St., 3 p.m. Mon­ lage Apartment manager Marjean exchange professor at Justus- African American Faculty Coun­ School of Letters and Science day. Pountain said the stabbing was Liebig University in Giessen, Ger- cil, the Merit Committee, the Un­ Dean William Halloran said Jones dergraduate Curriculum Commit­ was a "warm and generous man." tee and chaired both the 19th Cen­ "His tragic death leaves a deep Nobody knows noses tury Recruitment and Minority void in his department and the Recruitment Committees. He was College of Letters and Science," a member of the Modern Language Halloran said. Association, the College Lan­ Student groups at UWM ex­ guage Association and the pressed their sympathy as well. Hemingway Society of America. "The English department, its "I knew him to be a very special faculty, staff and students have person and a promising scholar," lost a respected and admired edu­ UWM Chancellor John Schroeder cator who had a love for the sub­ said. "This is a tragic loss person­ jects he taught," said Black Stu­ ally, but a very big loss to the dent Union President Bernell Ross. university." "The Black student, faculty and Faculty members who worked with Jones said they were shocked JONES CONTINUED ON 3 • Sports: Swimmers have a successful weekend By Rob Peterson When attempting to qualify for the NCAA Zone Diving meet in March of 1994, if at first you don't succeed, dive, dive again. Freshman diver Melissa Titterington qualifying for the NCAA Zone -Post photo by Bret Holmes meet was one of the many bright spots during a busy weekend for the Professor Budwall takes some quality time to create a Highbutt from the Galaxy University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's and women's swimming Upthere. Budwall's collection of upnoses was presented to UWM sculpture and ceramic teams. students over three days by a grant from 20th Century Studies and the Lay ton Friday, the Panthermen defeated Loyola (111.) University, 99-72, atthe Foundation. Budwall is a visiting three-day artist from UW-Platteviile. Klotsche Center pool. It was a meet that had difficulty getting out of the blocks; Loyola was tardy for the scheduled 6 p.m. start. UWM coach Dave Clark said delays happen with swimming. Arts and Entertainment: "You try to be reasonable," Clark said. "There are things that happen, that are out of your control. You might get vans without gas or there might be an accident on the freeway. All of a sudden you're stuck." Eclectic duo's latest a success Clark granted the Ramblers a 15-minute warm-up period once they arrived at five minutes to six. When the meet finally started, UWM By Matt Michaelis and as long as we couldn't get a deal, we figured we'd wasted no time swimming circles around their competition. write songs for other people and at least have fun In the meet's first event, UWM's two 400-yard medley relay teams Let's face it, there haven't been many successful performing what we pleased. Then all of a sudden, it placed first and second. The foursome of Ben Bellile, Tyler Peyton, Scott duos in music over the past 10 years. Sure if you go back worked," said Dan Navarro. Kaufman and captain Mark Gorzek finished first with a time of 3 minutes, 25 years, there's The Everly Brothers and Simon and Although the duo's debut, Walking On A Wire, 41.62 seconds. The relay team of Kevin Bayer, Marc Hilliard, Dave Cliff Garfunkel. But what have the last 15 years given us? Lame didn't break any sales records, it was received warmly and Hootan Roozrokh finished second with a time of 4:00.88. pop duos like Roxette, Hall & Oates and Milli Vanilli. But by critics and fans. That disc's initial success paved the The Panthers kept the pressure on by sweeping the top two spots in don't fret duo fans, as the release of Broken Moon from way for the duo's second release, Broken Moon. the 1000-yard freestyle. Two freshmen, Sean McCarthy and Don Krueger the duo of Lowen & Navarro is an eclectic success. The album's title cut, the heart-warming "Broken swam strong heats. Combining their unique vocals and driving acoustic Moon," is the disc's center piece. Lowen & Navarro co- "Our freshman had their season best times by at least ten seconds," guitars, Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro color each of the wrote the track with Rob Lamothe of The Riverdogs. Clark said. "We had a number of season best times." songs on Broken Moon with their distinctive style. Also lending a hand was Lamothe's three-year-old Junior captain Jeff Sunn had a season best time in the 200-yard Lowen and Navarro are both accomplished songwriters son, who came up with the song's title during an individual medley at 2:02.69. Sunn finished first in the event. Sunn also who have both worked with artists ranging from Dave evening drive. swam as season best in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:03.66. Edmunds, Pat Benatar and David Lee Roth. Their expe­ Looking out the window, young Josh pointed to Bellile swam a season best time in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:59.62 rience certainly shows, as the songwriting on Broken the sky and said,"Look Daddy, the moon is bro­ and diving captain, Dave Arvai scored 315.70 points on the 3-meter Moon is top-notch. ken." board. Arvai's effort Friday was 35 points away from a school record. Initially, the duo never intended to write for other Other standout cuts include the romantically tinged "At this time of year people tend to judge a little conservatively," said artists, but when they realized their music was in demand, "Just To See You," and "I'll Set You Free," which Clark, who was incidentally one of the judges. "One-half point here or they felt it was an excellent way for two struggling features the great vocal harmonies of Susanna Hoffs. there, he might have made it." musicians to get their material on records. Lowen & Broken Moon, by Lowen & Navarro, is an enjoy- Another group that has made an impact early in this season has been Navarro also began playing at the Breakaway, a small ably eclectic disc. Driven by the duo's cutting acous­ two freshmen women divers, Titterington and Deb Carroll. club in Venice, Calif. tic guitar work and emotionally colored vocals, Bro­ "All of our divers are extremely talented," Clark said. "I thought the "When Eric and I started playing the Breakaway, we ken Moon is a definite winner! didn't call our music biz friends. We wanted to be happy GRADE: A SWIM CONTINUED ON 8 • IBB The UWM Playwrights Studio announces Forum on Conference on human rights to series of free monthly readings Islamic issues be held Dec. 4 at UWM Milwaukee's Playwrights Studio Theater announces the first of a series held Dec.1 There's still time to participate in the "Democracy and Human Rights: Progress and Pitfalls" conference, to be held Dec. 4 at the University of of free readings that will be held on the fourth Mondays of November, If you're interested in Islamic Wisconsin-Milwaukee. January, February and March. issues, you won't want to miss a The first evening of readings will be Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m., in the forum sponsored by the Univer­ The conference will be held in Room 175 Curtain Hall, 3243 N. Downer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, 2200 E. Kenwood sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ave. from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Blvd. Union Sociocultural Programming Scheduled to speak at the conference are Dr. Carol Edler Baumann, The first session will feature readings of "Calamity Jane Sends a Letter Department entitled, "Islamic Is­ director of the Institute of World Affairs; Dr.