SA Candidates Trade Accusations Non-Students Cause Crime on Campus
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vol. 24, No. 53, March 20, 1980 SA candidates trade accusations Student Association presiden minority representation in the tial and vice-presidential candi whole election." dates debated the issues Wed nesday in the Union's Eighth Cieslewicz disagreed. He said Note Coffeehouse. the only reason the SA was on probation was because then-SPC Much of the debate consisted member Enis Ragland, SA minor of a series of charges and counter ity representative to last year's charges between the candidates of U.S.S.A. Convention, failed to the Union of Progressive Students attend the convention. mmm and Students for Progressive Change parties. SPC candidates asked Cies lewicz and Dan Wilhelms, UPS Albert Jones, SPC presidential vice-presidential candidate, what candidate, accused the UPS party the racial makeup of, their party of not representing minorities.' was. Jim Cieslewicz, UPS presiden "We have Chinese representa tial candidate, countered by ac tion and black representation," cusing SPC of fiscal mismanage Cieslewicz said. "We have al ment, during its control of the most as many female candidates mm SA last year. as SPC has candidates.'.' S A probation "The Student Association, un Financial problems der the UPS administration, is on Cieslewicz reiterated charges probation with the U.S. Student he made earlier this year of al Cieslewicz' opponent, Albert Jones of Stu SA President Jim Cieslewicz of the Union Association for failure to imple leged illegal loan taking, ques dents for Positive Change, also spoke si the of Progressive Students spoke at the SA ment affirmative action," Jones tionable appropriations and in- debate In the 8th Note Coffeehouse." presidential debate Wednesday. said. "Last year, they had no [tnrn to p. 4, col. 3] Non-students cause crime on campus by Steve Jagier campus property, although a 15- cies, but were arrested whiie of The Post staff year-old youth committed two on campus, he said. sexual assaults on campus last Collins said the most dramatic ^ Of the 519 arrests made on year, he said. incident that involved a visitor campus last year, 161 involved to the campus occurred in the adults who were not UWM stu Golda Meir library last Decem dents, said Paul Collins, chief Arrested adults ber. After a man was reported of the University Police. Although 519 arrests were to be behaving suspiciously In addition, he said a fair num made, the number of people around 2 a.m., an officer observed ber of the other arrests and arrested was less than that, the man, who had a concealed apprehensions involved juveniles Collins said; "We arrested some weapon that turned out to be a who are not UWM students. people on three or four different loaded .357 magnum revolver. counts, so the actual number "Most visitors to the University It was later learned that the do not cause any problems, but of people arrested is less than that total." man had a history of psychia obviously a fair number do," tric problems and that the gun Collins said. Some of the people arrested was stolen. Most of the charges against had warrants made on them juveniles involved vandalism to from other law enforcement agen- Arrest types Collins said most of the other arrests involved disorderly con duct, possession of drugs or theft. Committee refers Doug Arthur, "manager of the UWM Bookstore, said he didn't know how many of the shop Walters grievance lifters apprehended were adults who were not students. After meeting in a closed ses lor William Walters for the pur sion Tuesday for the second pose of seeking a resolution of "But I'm* sure that some of straight week, the University this matter." them were,'' Arthur said, ' 'There is no typical shoplifter, as we get Committee referred the griev The grievances, filed earlier Parking and Transit director George McDonough has been tSie ances of the Department of Cul this month, charge Walters with all kinds. We've caught a minis ter, some faculty members and a driving force behind UWM transit programs the last four years. He tural Foundations of Education "systematic inaction on matters is leaving UWM. against Vice-Chancellor William affecting the well-being of this foreign student who begged me Walters to the Graduate Fac Department's graduate pro on his knees to drop the charges." ulty Council. gram." He said it was not in his Marilyn Miller, the chairman of Walters failed to act on a re authority to drop charges, as Transit director the University Committee, ex view by the Graduate Faculty the incidents involve state prop plained the decision in a letter Council of the Master of Sci erty. to the Council. "The Univer ence degree program in Cul Arthur said the Union Policy takes to the road sity Committee believes that the tural Foundations of Education Council is the appropriate fac Board ruled in February 1974, by Sandra Krasno that was completed three years to allow access to the building ulty body to consider the aca ago, the department charged. of The Post staff demic and procedural issues rais and its facilities to anyone at Richard Cummings, depart least 18-years-old. ed by the members of the De ment chairman, said he was pleas Things around the parking and transit office just won't be partment of Cultural Foundations ed that the grievances were sent "So we get some problems with , the same without of George. of Education." to the Council. "I look for juveniles who want to come in," George McDonough, director of UWM Parking and Transit, The Committee also urged the ward to the Graduate Faculty he said. "It's a difficult rule to has helped create and maintain programs such as the success council "to schedule a meet Council convening all the peo enforce, as there are so many ful UBUS programs for the past four years. ing of representatives of the ple that the recommendation sug entrances to the building.'' Friday will be his last day here, as he has accepted a posi Graduate Faculty Council, rep- gests they bring together and sit tion as director of public transit in Monroe, Michigan. 4fjgg^g§entatives of the Department of ting down and getting a resolu Open to all adults Although he is looking forward to his new position, McDonough Cultural Foundations of Educa tion—quickly," he said. Lori Gensch, manager of the said he will miss UWM. tion, Dean George Keulks, Dean Walters could not be reached Recreation Center in the Union, "It's difficult to find the kind of people that I've worked with. Michael Stolee and Vice-Chancel for comment. [torn to p. 5, col. 4] [turn to p. 10, col. 2] page 2 uwm post State Assembly drops parking plan by James E. PiekarskI throughout the UW System, in of The Post staff cluding UWM, that the old ver sion could have included the ap A provision in the Wisconsin praised value of the land even if energy conservation bill that could it was already paid for. have substantially increased park An estimate by the UWM Park ing fees on campus by including ing and Transit Office indicated the market value of the land in that the old version of the bill the determination of parking fees could have resulted in a doubling was removed from the bill by the of some parking fees. As one State Assembly last Friday. example, a reserved indoor fac The Assembly voted to kill ulty-staff parking permit might the entire bill by a vote of 50 have increased from $350 to $500 to 47, Tuesday. or more per year. The energy conservation bill, UWM has completed payment Looking for a good place to eat, Senate bill 500, was passed by the for most of the land used for State Senate and sent to the As parking. The University has no sembly in January. Among the plans to acquire new land for drink and be entertained? energy conservation measures in parking in the future, according the original bill was a provi to Al Fiorita of the Administra sion intended to make parkers tive Affairs Office. bear all the costs of operating Don't look too far. Parking fees will continue to re campus parking facilities. flect the costs of maintenance State taxes were not to be used of the parking facilities, such as The Kenwood Inn is right here. to subsidize parking on campuses. snow plowing and repairs. UWM The amended provision chang still has $1 million in outstand ed the wording of the original ing loans to the state for the bill so that land used for park parking facilities at the Union, ing that was already paid for Sandburg Hall and the EMS bys the University did not have building. to be included in the fees charg ed for parking. The parking fees must cover There had been some concern the cost of the loan repayments, expressed by university officials according to Parking and Transit. Income tax info offered to students Paying taxes is one of life's students are unaware of tax certainties. Completing a tax credits they may be eligible for, return is just as inevitable. If such as Homestead Credit, Firer you're finding Form 1040 a little said. International too complex, help is available at UWM. Volunteers will be stationed in Students in UWM's School of UWM's Bolton Hall first floor Business Administration are par lobby from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ticipating in the Internal Revenue on March 17, 24, 31 and April 14 Service's Volunteer Income Tax and from 9 a.m.