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SA supports faculty vote by Tom Saul of The Post staff The student senate passed a resolution Thursday, Feb. 5, supporting the faculty vote opposing an enrollment ceiling at UWM. The resolution, proposed by Bob Fessenbecker, college of Engineering and Applied Sciences senator, was passed with only two dissenting votes. It stated that the SA would go on record op­ posing the current request by the Central Administration in Mad­ m ison for a ceiling. A task force here recently proposed a ceiling of 24,500. The resolution further stated that the SA would go on record opposing any enrollment ceiling at UWM. School of Education Senator David Baumann, in an address to the Senate, said that an enrollment ceiling at UWM would not be in keeping with the mission of an urban university and that it would discriminate against people of minority and low income backgrounds. "Forty percent of Wisconsin minorities and low income students live within 30 miles of UWM," he said. "To put a limit on enroll­ ments here could deny them any kind of higher education. In most cases it would be economically unfeasible for them to go anywhere else." Nursing enrollment School of Nursing Senator Pat Marshall, who voted against the resolution, said she feared that students presently enrolled in the These Wells Street Junior High School kids got in the spirit School of Nursing would not be able to get into required courses if an enrollment ceiling were not put Unto effect. of Afro-American History Month with some flag waving. Last spring, School of Nursing students had to submit to a lottery in order to be enrolled in some classes that were overcrowded. There was also concern expressed that improper teacher- university of Wisconsin - milwoukee student ratios coupled with UWM's liberal drop policy would lead to a loss of accreditation of some of its professional schools. Marshall stated that this would lead to UWM becoming a feeder school, with students coming here for basic courses and then trans­ ferring to Madison to finish their professional training. Tl Fine Arts Senator Maryl Farber felt that the request for an enrollment ceiling was not an effort to increase the quality of ed­ ucation at UWM but was merely another cutback. Farber said that the money and space were available to accom­ modate larger enrollments but that UWM was being passed over in tues., feb.K), 1976 vol. 20, no. 42 favor of UW-Madison when it came to budget requests. Money is there "The money is there. It's just that Madison is in a better position to lobby and get their budget requests through because that's where the legislature meets," said Farber. "There is a large inequity between the amount per student spent in Madison Socialist offers views and the amount per student spent here." According to Dick Schroeder, SA vice-president, this action by C. C. Bennett issue. "Mayor Maier hesitates it just happens," he said. In could be construed as telling the Central Administration SA his opinion, there is inflation and of The Post staff on the question of integration, doesn't feel that enrollment limitations are in keeping with the so he is giving support to rac­ unemployment because it bene­ mission of UWM as set forth by the Regents. "People ask me why I run for ism," he said. fits the ruling, elite class. In other business, the SA Senate approved the appointment of office when my chances of winning The Democratic and Republi­ Senter said there was no reas­ new senators, filling three of the five positions left vacant after are so slim," said Bernard Sen - can parties are incapable of solv­ on for over 8 percent of the pop­ the ouster of five senators for excessive unexcused absences at ter. He then explained his cam­ ing the economic crisis, Senter ulation to be unemployed when senate meetings. paign as the Socialist Workers said. work was needed to improve such The new senators are Barbra Stolz, Fine Arts; Patricia Mar­ Party (SWP) candidate for mayor "The capitalist economists things as housing and transporta­ tion. Another way to fight un­ shall, School of Nursing and Peter Strelke, School of Social Wel­ of Milwaukee. want us to think that inflation fare. All received unanimous approval of the senate. Speaking at a rally in the is like a natural disaster, that burn to back page, col. 1) Union Concourse and later at a campaign meeting here last Thursday, Senter said the SWP didn't campaign just for elec­ Local Black group organizes tions. "We campaign 365 days a year. We use the campaign to The Association for the Study of Afro - formed here," Carpenter said, "with been black explorers, scientists, authors fight on issues which are occur­ American Life and History, Inc. a major role of putting the history of and inventors. ring all the time," he said. (ASAAL&H), a national organization Black Americans in perspective." "We want to encourage people to write Senter, 25, a Milwaukee resiT founded in 1916 by Carter G. Woodson, Founded in Milwaukee by Juliet E. about their own history, to collect his­ dent since 1974, is a printer and the father of. Afro-American history, K. Walker, an instructor of Afro-Amer­ torical data. Right now there are quite belongs to the Milwaukee Prin­ opened in Milwaukee last month. ican studies here, the Milwaukee chapter a few black families with unknown docu­ ters and Pressmen Assistants It held its second meeting Sunday in plans "to promote understanding of the ments and artifacts which would add to Union, Local 7. He was active the Fine Arts Center to discuss a mem­ black experience in America," said the understanding of the black's contri­ in the anti-Vietnam war move­ bership drive and future activities. Yvonne Thomas, president of the Mil­ bution," she said. ment and was on the national Joseph Carpenter, state director for waukee chapter. "I am honored to be the president staff of the Student Mobilization the Wisconsin chapter of the ASAAL&H, "For years there have been myths of the association," Thomas said. "It Committee to End the War in 1971, said that he was aware of the existing and prejudices about the black man is possible^that I'm the youngest person according to party literature. frustration because the Wisconsin chap­ and we want to show these myths to be to hold this office in the national organ­ Senter was the regional coor­ ter was long overdue, especially with untrue," Thomas said. "One of these ization." dinator for the Ohio Young So­ the planned national convention of the myths is that the black man has not Thomas, 21, is a sophomore with a cialist Alliance in 1973 and ran ASAAL&H coming up in October, 1976. contributed to American history." This major in business administration and a "This is a major organization being is not true, Thomas said, there have minor in Afro-American studies at UWM. for US Congress in Cleveland on the SWP ticket in 1974, also ac­ cording to the literature. He said desegregating Milwau­ kee Public Schools was a major issue. "You can't support desegrega­ tion and not support busing," he said. "What else are you going to use? Bicycles? Helicop­ ters? Horses?" Busing Some candidates say they are for desegregation but against for­ ced busing, Senter said. "Every law implies some sort of force. Did you ever hear anyone refer to stop signs as forced stops?" Keeping neighborhood schools was another "phoney issue," he said. "It's a code word for racism. People don't demand neighborhood work places." derson White, assistant professor of music, offered each year In conjunction with Black History Week, a lecture recital by the Music Dept. According to Senter, Mayor on the Heritage of Black Music was given by Dr. Emanuel Rubin, The musicians were Ed Goglak on recorder, Christina Hoffman Henry W. Maier hasn't voiced professor and past chairperson of the Music Dept. oh harpsichord, Ed Truettner on cello, Emanual Rubin on viola his opinion on.school desegre­ This is the second in a series of programs coordinated by An­ gation and was not facing the da gamba and Terri Ruberti on flute. U. contest set $©_(? <3°£vtf°f$8 UWM students are eligible to compete for prize money in University of Wisconsin System Bicentennial contests in writing, photography and creative design. The contest here is spon­ sored by the UW Central Administration and the UWM Revolu­ You paid $3.20 for the facility reserve this tionary Bicentennial Committee. semester. "Wisconsin's Heritage and America's Future" is the contest 4. An allocation for student health services. thgme, and is open to all students registered in 1975 or 1976 for You paid $5.40 for these services this semes­ any program in the UW universities, UW extensions or UW SFAC ter, so get sick--you paid for it. centers. The deadline for entries is March 15. by Mark Bello Chancellor's Awards and prize money of $100 for first of The Post staff $36.30 place, $50 for second and $25 for third will be offered at UWM The sum total for all these services is in the three categories. QUESTION: What is SFAC? $36.30. Nobody has ever thanked you for Winning entries on the various campuses will compete for a) The call of a sick duck this money and therefore it is given the neat President's Awards to be chosen by a jury panel from outside b) A sea urchin title of non-allocatable segregated fees money.

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