Mondale Delivers in Encore Appearance
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I October 25, ,984 ____V_—•___SS__M____PI_••_______________P_____B____H_HIII_>g__P*—_—__•_—••_• Mondale delivers in encore appearance by Rob Priewe Victory Hall, Cudahy. Walter Mondale. The setting was ideal; the star- "You got him" studded cast of characters, per "You got him," he responded fectly suited for their roles, play softly before endearing the crowd ed them to perfection. And when with "Just when I needed that ex the biggest star of all finally made tra oomph, I've come to Victory his appearance, he could do no Hall in Cudahy." The rejoicing wrong. had only just begun. He did no wrong, driving the blue-collar crowd into a frenzy, wiping out any notion that Walter A crowd of thousands lined up Mondale might fail in his bid for outside the tiny hall hours before the presidency. the event and when the Secret For those among the 3,500 who Security flung wide the gates, the crammed Victory Hall Wednesday people poured in, pressing as night, it could be long-remembered close to the podium as possible. as that perfect night when the Democratic challenger made a A lederhosen-clad oompah special effort to appear before band entertained against a back "his" people of Cudahy; shortly drop of banners: "Willkomen before the biggest day of his life— Fritz," "Dobro Dosli Fritz," Nov. 6. "Bienvenue Fritz," "Rainbow Mondale satisfied the enthusi- Coalition Welcomes Fritz," Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale delighted an over-capacity crowd Wednes "Bmvenuto Fritz," "Shalom day evening during a campaign stop at Victory Hall in Cudahy. Fritz," "In all languages... We Post photo by Dave Kallmann Faculty love you Fritz" and a whole host of others. Mondale's progress en route public relations people, not those ter education for every child. delays GER through the city traffic was an who take the polls—the people "Where's the Brats," pro nounced. will decide." A renaissance legislation claimed a banner behind a vend And what an entourage it was Within sight of the imposing "I intend to lead this nation on ing stand where beers could bare when Mondale and the others did Ladish plant, Mondale attacked a renaissance," he said. ly be tapped fast enough to be A straw vote on the general arrive. Reagan's policies, which he claim Once again attacking the Rea passed hand-to-hand to somebody Cudahy's Mayor Lawrence ed have resulted in the export of gan administration, Mondale education requirements passed by lost in the distance. a vote of 21-13 last Thursday in Kelly was followed by the intro American jobs and large wage addressed the environment. duction of, and speeches by, elect cuts. "I want a government that re the Faculty Senate, according to Rolling out the barrel ed officials from all over: alder Referring to the budget deficit spects the air, water, land and Secretary to the University Time and again the band would men, state representatives and and the foreign trade imbalance, health of the American people," Marilyn Miller. start up and all joined in on "Hail, senators, Lt. Gov. James Flynn, Mondale said, "You're paying for he said. The enthusiastic response The vote, which was non- Hail the Gang's All Here," "On Congressman Jim Moody and these debts with your jobs. quickly turned to boos as the binding, was taken to determine Wisconsin" or "Roll Out the Congressman Gerald Kleczka, "I want an America where the names of former EPA head James whether the GER proposal should Barrel." Gov. Anthony Earl and, finally, future is here for you and your Watt and former EPA director be approved "as is" or whether In between the singing, a dis Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier, children," he continued. "I want Anne Burford were slipped in. changes ought to be made. tant voice would begin "Dump who introduced Mondale. a president who realizes he's been "I want a government that The proposed GER require Reagan" or "Ronald Reagan, elected to stand up for American takes polluters to court, not to ments for UWM include two he's no good, send him back to Blue-collar speech workers." lunch," Mondale said. major categories; the first design Hollywood." Each repetition am "This nation belongs to you," The response roared louder Finally, Mondale addressed ed to assure basic student compe plified as the chorus of voices Mondale said at the outset of his with each successive statement. foreign policy. He included some tencies and the second designed spread through the room. speech. "On Nov. 6, the people of Mondale promised the people of the President's responses dur- to provide students with a broad Intermittent whoops went up as body of knowledge. this nation will decide; not the more jobs, a safer future and bet- [Turntop. 10] The competency requirements include English composition, mathematics, computer knowl UPB cans edge and foreign language. City harbors sunken treasure The Senate does have the option of deleting the "Computer by Peg Nelson We set up grids for digging, he said. vending price Knowledge" requirement, which "We wanted to keep it a secret for a while, but would require students to com Imagine searching the bottom of Lake Michigan a TV reporter found out and filmed us diving. rollback plan plete a college level computer for a weight belt and discovering a ship that sank Other divers recognized the lakefront stairs near course. There has been concern in 1851. St. Mary's Hospital from the TV film. A few days by Dan Muckelbauer that there might not be enough Jim Wittleiff, scuba instructor at UWM and later our grids were cut and locked crates full of equipment available to handle president of Milwaukee Scuba Divers, Inc., artifacts were smashed on the bottom," he said. The Union Policy Board last such a requirement. discovered the shipwreck inside the Milwaukee Thursday defeated 6-5 a resolu The second set of distribution Underwater gem tion that would have returned requirements includes arts, Butch Klopp, president of the Port Washington vending machine prices to what humanities, social sciences and Maritime Museum, helped research the wreck. they were this summer, natural sciences. Wittlieff discovered half ot a 240-foot ship called per can. The price is now 06 cents. the Sepastipol. "This does not fall under No definitive action Having searched for the other half, Wittlieff jurisdiction of the Union. The At Thursday's meeting there said he believes it is under the breakwater. contract is between Canteen was no definitive action taken but "I think they built the breakwater over the (Vending Company) and the some slight revisions to the pro other half without knowing it," he said. University," Kirby Stanat, Asso posal were made, Miller said. The artifacts, including a tablecloth in perfect ciated Union Services director, Because of time constraints shape, are preserved at the Maritime Museum in said. "the Senate really didn't get Port Washington. The museum is temporarily AUS receives five cents on each down to it at all," she said. closed for relocation. of the 750,000 cans of soda sold According to Miller, many at Wittlieff started diving in 1971 with his campus-wide, Stanat said. the meeting felt the Senate should brother, a diving instructor. Two years later, he Rocklyn Kaye, UPB vice presi schedule a special session to received instructor certification. He opened dent, suggested some of the determine the GER's fate. Milwaukee Scuba Divers, Inc., where he taught Union's profit on each can sold .If passed, the requirements classes and sold equipment. The business earned could be voluntarily reduced. would go into effect for all the highest rating of the Professional Association Stanat replied that AUS would of Diving Instructors. then have to find about $38,0C0 entering freshmen beginning in Jim Wittleiff Fall 1986. The foreign language A scuba Phoenix somewhere else. requirements would begin in Sep breakwater in 1973. In 1982 the shop was destroyed by fire. "We would have to find 760,000 tember 1991. About 3,500 fresh "A student lost his weight belt, so I went down Currently, Wittlieff is running the shop out of his nickels somewhere else," he said. man could be affected. to look for it. I came across a beam and knew Franklin home. He plans to do some teaching in While the Union could sell soda Under the guidelines most stu something was down there," Wittlieff said. his new in-ground pool. at 45 cents per can through dents would use electives to meet "Later a friend and I went down and found He plans to open a new store and school in the Coca-Cola and probably Seven- the requirements. This would * pottery, cups and other artifacts. The water was next year; some scuba students ** UWM »r > Up, these companies would not [Turn to p. 12] 12 feet deep, so we spent a lot of time down there. | Turn to p 6| [Turn top. 7| FALL CLEARANCE SALE EVERYTHING IN THE STORE! EXCLUDING SERVICE DESK TRANSACTIONS OCT 29-NOV 3 SPECIAL SATURDAY HOURS 10-4 I Oct.25,1984 The UWM Post Page 3 Ensuring freedom with strength THIRD by Kris Riegert strength and. the differences be press, our public opinion." tween the U.S. and Soviet systems Third, "The same state control In order to preserve peace and of government, Weinberger said. that enforces secrecy and quells PARTY freedom, the U.S. must "try to Weinberger identified four dissent also makes the Soviet understand the aims and desires characteristics of the Soviet sys system extraordinarily inflexi POLITICS *of the Soviet Union," according to tem which he viewed as greatly ble," Weinberger said.