UWM Construction Blasted Week Highlights Allied Health
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N • Anti-Semitism — Attacks on Jewish students seen at UW-Madison (page 3) • Soccer — UWM's Men's Soccer team routs Bradley University 9-0 on Sunday (page 5) • Entertainment — Address Unknown begin ning to focus on public performance (page 7) Tuesday, September 25, 1990 In the Public Interest since 1956 Volume 35, Number 6 UWM construction blasted installed along both walkways on by Theresa Flynn the University, said John Krez- the south end of the building, he oski, member of the UWM De said. partment of Environmental Health s Bolton Hall undergoes a The sections of precast will be and Safety. $183,000 renovation, removed from their rusted anchors Krezoski said one possible ha A some faculty and students during the next few months. zard of sandblasting is when the have expressed concern about Cleaning with water and sand sand,is broken down to its silica safety and noise associated with blasting and testing for further components. When inhaled, this the sandblasting and cleaning of deterioration will continue until can cause respiratory- problems the building's east facade, said about Nov. 15, according to much like the irritation caused by Carl Shulze, a facilities planner Schulze. the dust from asbestos fibers. with the UWM Planning and In the meantime, some faculty However, spraying water on the Construction. members have expressed con building keeps much of the dust According to Schulze, about cern over both safety and noise from becoming airborn, he said. two years ago pieces of a decora pollution from the project, he The distance between the sand tive section of Bolton's west side said. blasting and the pedestrians also came loose and fell off, creating a Air quality is constantly moni serves as a buffer of safety. -*Post photo by Jim Slosiarek safety hazard. No one was in tored to ensure safety of both Workers don protective gear to sandblast Bolton Hall Monday, in jured and wooden supports were project workers and members of Turn to Safety/page 2 an effort to remove the deteriorating facade. Panthers come close . Week highlights Allied Health by Wendi Muehls • proclamation from Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist, County Executive Dave Schulz and representatives from the Gover A nor's office last week designated. Sept. 23-29 as Allied Health Professions Week. The event, which is held at UWM, celebrates the role of allied health professions in the medical field. According to Dean Frederick W. Pairent of the UWM School of Allied Health Professions, 60 percent of the work force is made up of allied health professionals, whose numbers do not include nurses, qpctors and dentists. The purpose of celebrating Allied Health Professions Week is to stress the importance of. allied health care and inform the public of these professional roles, Pairent said. "The general public has a good understanding of the function oi the physician, the nurse or the dentist, but when it comes to appreciating the job of the allied health therapist, technologist, or technician in the delivery of health care, they usually demonstrate some degree of uncertainty," Pairent said. Four-year degree programs in the School of Allied Health Professions at UWM include speech pathology, radiology, medical technology and occupational therapy. Also included are therapeutic recreation, medical records administration and health information administration. —Post photo by Shari Mills Panther forward Linda Wardon (15) attempts to get a pass by an Xavier University defender in In honor of Allied Health Professions Week, according to Assistant Sunday's 2-1 loss at Engelmann Field. Xavier remained undefeated in eight matches and the Dean Anne Parenteau, there will be an open house Thursday in Panthers dropped to 3-4-1 for the season. Enderis Hall. The open house will focus on health careers that will gain prominence in the future, including community recreation, behavioral sciences, exercise and fitness, therapeutic recreation and cytotechnol- ogy, which involves the study of cells. Call to arms: Faculty and students will also lead tours of the health science laboratories for anyone interested in allied health professions. Student Reservists patriotic, anxious Special events will be held at UWM throughout this week to cele brate allied health professions Parenteau said. Some of the seminars sent. conducted throughout the week are actual classes that anyone who is I by Mary A. Giery Fortune said that there are a substantial number interested can sit in on, according to UWM Assistant Professor Belinda of UWM students in National Guard and Reserves Brunner. ne student "fears for [his] safety," but stoic who are not connected with the ROTC program. acceptance and a lack of fear are more often They've been stopping into the Military Science de One class, taught by Brunner, is Language of Medicine, which intro O the reactions of UWM students who face the partment asking what will happen to them as stu duces and defines medical terminology. Other classes include Health prospect of being called to military duty in the Mid dents if they are activated, he said. Information Management as a Profession, Introduction to Occupation dle East. "Nobody wants to fight a war, but if I'm called, I'll al Therapy, Computer Applications in Health Care and Health Care Capt. Thomas Fortune, of the Military Science go...Hussein has to be stopped. We don't need Reimbursement Systems, according to Brunner. department at UWM, said that students in Reserve another Hitler." Jim Portlance, a senior in Mass of National Guard units could be called up for duty Communications and a second lieutenant in the Hypertension, speech science, Type A behavior and stress manage if their units mobilize. Students in ROTC could be 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade, spoke strongly ment will also be included as topics of seminars conducted throughout activated if they hold simultaneous membership in about how he would handle being called to active the week. Today, students in the School of Nursing will offer ROTC and Reserves or National Guard, Fortune duty in the Middle East. hypertension screening at the Klotsche Center. Faculty and allied said. Underscoring Portlance's patriotic view, Mary health students will also conduct body fat assessments at the Klotsche Currently there are 45 ROTC students on cam Woods added, "I'm concerned...but we're paid for Center on Wednesday. pus, and approximately 30 are attached to Reserve what we're prepared to do." Woods is a 1988 UWM or National Guard units, according to Fortune. He graduate and a member of the same unit. Their unit said the likelihood they will be activated soon is is a front-line unit, self-contained and capable of Blood pressure screenings and distributing general health education slim because the only units being activated now are fighting a war by itself, according to Woods. She ex- pamphlets will be offered in the Union on Wednesday. material and cargo handling units. No ROTC stu Events held during the 16th annual Allied Health Professions Week, dents are connected with those types of units at pre Turn to Duty/page 3 according to Pairent, are free and open to the public. Page 2 The UWM Post WELCOME BACK Sandblasting at Bolton STUDENTS i i b raises safety questions 4 FANTASTIC OFFERS! Z • M Safefcy/Trom page 1 wasn't approved until the end of PIZ summer, said Kraus. Serving UWM 2430 N. Murray 332-7989 [m DO ® 'The sandblasting is up on the The memos instruct Bolton us fourth through eighth floors," ers to keep windows closed when T said Krezoski. "After about forty rooms are not in use and when DOUBLE TWO TOPPER feet, dispersion keeps the air sandblasting is near the windows. I DELUXE PIZZA FEAST I I quality safe." The project has been in fund I $999 I I Two 10" original pizzas with two I Air-quality restrictions corre Gel a LARGE Pizz« lopped with harry portions ot toppings . A _AA ing battles, planning and re I Pepperoni. S«u«»g». Green Peppers. 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