Asbestos Harm Unlikely UWM's Native American Community Lacks Visibility

T it i? Thursday, March 30, 1989 The University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Volume 33, Number^- <f*7 Asbestos harm unlikely The EPA Abestos Hazard Emergency by Theresa Flynn Response Act sets a limit of 70 structures of asbestos per square millimiter. Friday he worst of the asbestos contamina readings in the day care area measured tion that closed the Kunkle Day Care 234 structures per square millimeter in TCenter Monday may have been lim the, west end of the first floor hallway. ited to the basement remodeling area and Basement readings, which do not directly the first floor corridor, leaving the majority affect the day care center, ranged signifi of the day care area rooms unaffected, ac cantly higher. These readings were be cording to John Krezoski, director of the tween 900 and 1900 structures per Department of Environmental Health and square millimeter under aggressive test Safety. ing. A leaf blower was used to simulate a Preliminary test results from classrooms worst case scenario and agitate the air. indicated lower contamination than origi While state testing is required, it meas nally suspected,. Krezoski said. One end of ures the amount of all contaminants in the the hallway and one classroom registered air — carpet fibers, asbestos and dust. no contamination, while one classroom Dave Mellitz, of the Department of En registered low levels of asbestos. The west vironmental Health and Safety, said the end of the first floor hallway registered EPA testing method "is much more state- some contamination. of-the- art and more applicable to schools. According to Krezoski, asbestos levels It's stricter and more precise." in the remodeling area were at 0.126 fila ments per cubic centimeter Thursday, be While the Friday reading was above the low state limits of 0.2 filaments per cubic regulations, Krezoski said it was not out of centimeter. range for an area being remodeled. At atmospheric readings of above 0.2 Measurements for state regulations are filaments per cubic centimeter, people in determined by cubic air samples studied the area are required to wear respirators. under a light microscope. Any fibers The building was closed when it was found, whether asbestos or not, are found to have exceeded Environmental counted. Levels for EPA standards are Protection Agency restrictions for build measured by residue on air filters ana ings housing grades kindergarten through lyzed by an electron microscope, and 12. As a preschool, Kunkle is not legally impurities can then be structurally com required to follow the EPA restrictions. pared to asbestos. Native American Awareness Week: UWM's Native American community lacks visibility Union Concourse on April 5 and 7," by Liza Reyes Chicks said. "Besides dancing, the dancers "We are still a misunderstood group and people still think of us will explain the symbolism behind their romoting better awareness and un as stereotypes." movements." derstanding of the American Indian —- Diane Amour American Indian speakers also will be at P culture and community is the main the Union Cinema on April 4, including purpose of American Indian Awareness Alton "Sonny" Smart, a UWM alumni and Week April 1-8, according to Senior Advi dents at UWM," she said. "We'll probably and in the last two years," she said. "We've member of the Wisconsin Indian Educa sor of Student Support Services Diane always be small and it's a disadvantage be seen a lot more involvement since the tion Association. Smart, named Indian Amour. cause there is power in numbers," Amour organizations were first formed in the Educator of the Year in 1987, will give a "We are still a misunderstood group and said. 70s." motivational talk on education. people still think of us in stereotypes," Amour said the there is a good climate While Amour said the scene for Ameri The First Annual Community Leader Amour said. "Though the event will only for American Indians at UWM. can Indians is good at UWM, she said ship Award will be presented April 3. The touch on the surface, it will make people "We are part of the campus, and the there is not as much progress nationwide. award will honor someone active in edu more aware of Native Americans." campus treats us fairly," she said. "Our "The problem is that the more Ameri cational, cultural, and social aspects of Mil A major problem for Native Americans programs and organizations are being giv can Indians become educated, the more waukee's Americarf^ndian Community. on campus is that they are not visible en an equal shake." of a backlash there is," Amour said. "For "The awards's purpose is to create a enough, Amour said, and consequently instance, we now have lawyers to fight for positive image for Indians and to establish often are included last on the list of There are four American Indian organi treaty rights and many people feel it was American Indian role models," Chicks minorities. zations on campus: the American Indian better when we were quiet. said. "Native American students are often left Student Association, American Indian "Also, people should know something Other events scheduled are demonstra out when talking about minorites and are Student Services, American Indian Sci about Indians such as our history and the tions of Winnebago basket weaving, sometimes mistaken for other minorites ence and Engineering Society, and the fact that we are not one race but are American Indian films in the Union Cine like Hispanics and even Asians," Amour American Indian Graduate Council. The separate tribes who may not always know ma and jewelry and artifact booths in the said. "Part of the problem is that they don't groups provide services for the recruit about each other." concourse. A dance, featuring the Ameri look like what people expect Native Amer ment and retention of Native American American Indian Awareness Week, can Indian rock band The Wails, will also icans to look like." students at UWM. sponsored by the student organizations be held in the Union Ballroom April, open Amour said another problem is that Students are becoming more active in and the UWM Sociocultural Program, will to the public with a $2.00 admission. there are very few American Indian stu these groups, according to Julie Chicks, attempt to make people more aware of American Indian organizations also will dents on campus. president of the American Indian Science the American Indian culture. have booths in the concourse April 3 to "We are a small group and there are and Engineering Society. "Our most obvious event is a demon distribute literature and provide informa currently only 165 American Indian stu- "We're getting a lot more support now stration of cultural dance held in the tion on their roles in the community. CTTYF Perestroika, Glasnost will aid Soviets m pii/ij fy, address, discuss and cure nition that there are some funda by Norma Velvlkls what might be called socialist mental undeniable human rights stagnation; glasnost encourages that are beyond the rules of Dpefuls t is important for Western a free marketplace of ideas, or an Marxism and Socialism, Mama UWM Post intro- observers to look upon open discussion of the issues, lakis said. le 3rd District I perestroika as a sign of Soviet and more freedom of the press. He said the belief is based in c race candi- strength, not weakness, accord Perestroika and glasnost have part on three groups of natural ing to UWM economics professor been encouraged by Soviet lead law which were distinguished by — Pag« 3 Markos Mamalakis, who spoke er Mikail Gorbachev since 1985, St. Thomas. They include free Wednesday in the UWM Fireside which was the beginning of the dom to pursue religious beliefs, nes the Lounge. second Russian revolution, Ma love of neighbors by the Golden for two "It (perestroika) is, in my opin malakis said. Rule and the performance of ion, an indisputible sign of "There have been two revolu good and avoidance of evil. strength, both economic and mil tions, 1917 and 1985," he said. Mamalakis said Gorbachev Bands itary, and above all, intellectual," wants to make the Soviet Union he said. "It is also a sign of matu "This is a gradual, incremental UWM will be the place revolution." a rich country because there can be for upcoming concerts. rity." be no equality in poverty. In the Soviet Union, glasnost —-Pag© Perestroika attempts to identi and perestroika reflect the recog Soviet, page 2 Page 2 Newspaper halted by student government n one of the most controversial when she failed to close an off- in a series of student newspa campus checking account I per censorship cases this year, Drumm was placed on proba a Duquesne University (Pitts tion until she graduates in May, burgh, Pa.) board found editor and was barred from all student, Rebecca Drumm guilty of two groups, including the newspaper. campus code violations March Drumm's lawyer claims she 13 while acquitting her of three should not have been charged other charges. with any violations. Drumm said Student reporters say they will she plans to appeal the "throw- try to restart The Duke, which away charges." was shut down in the middle of a According to the newspaper's February night by student poli- production manager Dennis Cal- titians wbo charged Drumm with laghan, student leaders had been ROLE MODEL INTERACTION PROGRAMS * presents LLOYD M. ELM, Ph.D. mismanaging the paper. looking for an excuse to shut 12:00 - 1:30pm • UWM Union, Milwaukee Room SECOND ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN AWARENESS WEEK Student Government Associat down the paper because they op VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ion leaders of the Pittsburgh, Pa., posed its coverage of the campus For information or registration, contact Andrew Beechtree at 229-5880 or 229-4319.

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