Rappel! the ROTC Way by Phyllis Piano of the Post Staff the Time: 7:00 A.M
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the uwm post vol. 19, no. 28 student publication of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee november 5,1974 • Tenure trial granted in $900,000 lawsuit A Federal District Court The state had argued that judge Friday granted a trial state officials are immune from to two former UWM profes prosecution since they are act sors who had filed companion ing in an official capacity as suits against the University of state office holders. Wisconsin and various officials Gordon also denied a state here. argument that there were not Judge Myron Gordon of the sufficient facts to give the de Federal Eastern District of fenders "fair notice" as to Wisconsin deni#d a motion by the allegations against them. the state to dismiss the case. Gordon ordered the defense to Not surprised answer complaints filed by Assistant State Attorney Gen Reinhold Aman and Kathleen eral LeRoy Dalton, who is re Wiegner against the UW-Board presenting the defense, said of Regents, UWM Chancellor Monday that he was hot sur Werner Baum, William Hallo prised that Gordon had ruled ran, dean of the College of Let Aman a trial and said the action was ters and Science, and Robert University's procedures on te of narrow significance. Jones, chairman of the German nure Aman said Monday that Gor Department. This will be the don's action could have a ma first time a tenure case has Must respond jor impact on tenure granting come to trial in Wisconsin. The state has 20 days from procedures in the UW system Both Aman, formerly an as Oct. 30 to respond. The pro and nationally. sistant professor of German, secution and the defense will Aman is asking for $450,000 and Wiegner, formerly an as then submit depositions to Gor in damages plus $1,300 for every sistant professor of English, don. Depositions are written month he is out of work, while had previously been denied te statements by witnesses, made Wiegner is asking for $450,000 nure. Both claim that civil under oath, to be used as tes and $1,250. Both are repre rights were violated in the timony in court. sented by David Melnick. ROTC cadet Monique Czechowski begins her "rap- pelling" maneuver down the east wall of the Union. Czechowski, one of seven women in ROTC here, par ticipated in the exercise Friday. Rappel! The ROTC way by Phyllis Piano of The Post staff The time: 7:00 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. That's a.m.--in the morning. The occasion: rappelling with the^ UWM Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC. Rappelling is the art of jumping down the side of a mountain with the aid of ropes. But in the case of the UWM ROTC cadets, the site was the side of the Union outside the book store. One thick rope is tied around the person's waist and through his or her legs and a snap lock is attached in front. A double rope goes through the snap lock and is controlled by a person at the bottom of the descent. A real pain Young bikers circled the tumed-off Library fountain It is very important that the men put the rope on and complete the descent correctly. If they don't, they will experience extreme pain. Besides rappelling, the cadets go on maneuvers, participate $5.5 million approved in attacks in the-field and learn map reading and marksmanship. Many of these activities take place on weekends at Camp McCoy, near La Crosse. Many cadets said that rappelling and other exercises are the Health building OK'd most enjoyable part of ROTC. Robert Italiano, a sophomore in criminal justice and second year cadet, said, "In ROTC you get a chance to do stuff like rappelling, stuff you wouldn't Madison, Wis.--A $5.5 million terpretation of a UW merger ing of existing facilities. In get to do in normal life." appropriation for construc bill section on the use of seg cluded in this was an $8.3 tion of an allied health and regated fees which states that million physical education and The funnest part life sciences building at UWM students and chancellors will recreation center for the Mad Kathy Sauve, a second year cadet who works all night and was approved Friday bytheUW have equal input into decisions ison campus. must come straight from work to school to participate in the Board of Regents. regarding fee uses. -A prolonged debate over es exercises said, "Rappelling is the funnest part." A 1.94 million sum for re Central administration and tablishing an undergraduate Capt. Paul O'Connell, assistant professor of Military Science modeling Johnston, Holton, and UWM administrators originally majorat 'UW-Platteville this here, said that he respects the cadets in the ROTC program Merrill Halls, and a $500,000 requested $11.2 million in state year resulted in the measure's becauselhey devote their free time to the exercises. for Pierce, Garland, and Vo funds for the allied health fa defeat when the board only could O'Connell said that no credit is offered for the early morning gel Halls were denied on the cility. The amount was cut in muster a tie vote. A majority meetings now but that efforts are being made to offer it for grounds that "policy questions half by the Regents Physical vote was required. Planning and Development one credit in the future. remain unanswered." -A change in the academic "By throwing kids with shaky confidence into something bigger The board also approved but Committee in their Oct. 28 year calendar for the Stevens meeting. thanthem--like rappelling—andnot forcing them but letting them removed from the priority list Point and Platteville campuses choose to do it, they change--they gain confidence," O'Connell a $1.25 million allocation for In other action: was also passed. The changes said. remodeling of the Kenilworth The board approved a list were made so that students Building. of major priority requests for would have a longer summer The board approved an in new buildings and the remodel vacation. ROTC students rappel hard (From page one) O'Connell believes the confidence the cadets gain through the field exercises can help them with their studies. "If the cadets can get enough confidence to do something like rappelling,they can't say they can't pass Chemistry 100 or English 101 because they can do anything they put their minds to," he said. In his days as a ROTC cadet, O'Connell said that all they -it- did was march around for the required three hours. He said that the present ROTC program is more beneficial and interesting to the students. O'Connell also pointed out that the program was mandatory for males when he joined and today it is strictly voluntary. The ROTC four-year program is broken up into two parts, the Basic Course and the Advanced Course. The Basic Course During the Basic Course, usually taken in the freshman and Strollers discovered Fall at Lake Michigan last week. sophomore years, there is no military obligation. After the Basic Course is completed, the cadet is eligible for the Ad vanced Course covering the junior and senior years. In this program the cadet is required to attend a six week Advanced Camp held the summer between the cadet's junior and senior years. In addition to being paid for attending the Baum gets the boot camp,, the cadet is paid $100 a month for up to ten months out Chancellor Werner Baum and publicity, to be overseen by Mike Langyel of the Wisconsin of the school year. was forced Monday to leave a a steering committee. Alliance. In the Advanced Course, the goal is to give the cadets ex meeting of student groups on Steering committee mem After much discussion, a de perience in practical leadership and management. campus which was called to bers are Mauer, Larry Stah cision was made to call the discuss the implications of the owiak and Dave Baumann of the group the Student Authority Co Open to women students rights section of the Wisconsin Veterans' Union and alition (SAC). The ROTC program here was opened to women last year. merger law. In 1972 ten universities throughout the country participated: A proposal to exclude all in experimental. ROTC programs for women. The program UWM administrators from all received an overwhelming response. such meetings was approved by One cadet, Mary Herod, 19, said that she first looked into attending students. ROTC because it sounded interesting. As cadets, Herodi found Tom Mauer of the Young that women do everything the men are required to do. She said Socialist Alliance, raised the that she had no trouble with exercises like rappelling. motion, calling the presence Herod plans to go into the Advanced Course and hopes to of members of the administra be placed in Military Intelligence after graduation. tion a disruption and a po Ferdinand Reyes, a sophomore cadet, admits that his father's tential intimidation to the free involvement with the Air Force influenced his decision to join flow of ideas. the ROTC. He said, "The training is pretty good and we learn Baum said that he had come to how to get along well with other people." the meeting, called by seven Another cadet said, "Many people think that once you're student groups, to learn of stu in ROTC you're stuck--and that's not true. ROTC is a way dent opinion on the matter so to look at the Army." that a constructive approach to the question of students rights could be found.