Closures Men'sBasketball Elimination of classes is the Scott Johnson scored a ca­ THE UWM result of increasing costs and reer high while setting a UWM decreasing funds. record in a victory over IIT. —Page 3 —Page 7 Photography More Basketball 'People with AIDS/ a show Freshman Laurie Krajnik at the Milwaukee Art Muse­ makes the transition from um, is a sensitive chronicle of high school to college basket­ the progression of the disease. ball a big way. Tuesday, January 30, 1990 Volume 34, Number 28 —Page 5 —Page 7 Residents object to parking structure Senate upholds Area residents have overwhelmingly "We hope that this structure would by Theresa Flynn opposed the ramp, which was proposed in solve the East Side parking problem part to alleviate East Side parking conflicts rather than attract more cars," he said. Chinese veto 693-car parking ramp proposed by and traffic congestion, according to Mike Some objections were also raised over the UWM Department of Planning D'Amato, legislative assistant to Aider- the Draft Environmental Impact State­ Aand Construction may solve many woman Larraine McNamara-McGraw. ment distributed by the Department of by Jessica McBride parking problems, but some residents and He said forty residents attended last Planning and Construction. The statement local politicians think it will cause more week's public hearing in UWM's Greene describes traffic patterns, pollution studies arrowly escaping accusations that traffic, environmental and safety problems Hall, and many phone calls have been and other environmental changes the he has been too quick to forget the than it would solve. received at the City Hall office. No one has structure would create. Some opposition massacre of students in Tiananmen The ramp will be located north of the expressed support for the plan, D'Amato members described the document as N Kunkle Day Care building and south of said. "shoddy," according to D'Amato. Square, President Bush avoided a Senate override Thursday on his veto of a bill that the Lapham Hall expansion site. The facil­ Objections to the ramp included fears of Other sites, including the North Lot, would have protected Chinese students ity would serve staff and students using increased traffic flow, automotive and were suggested by many residents, he from deportation. the Lapham Hall expansion, the proposed noise pollution and risk to the children at said. The House voted against the veto 390- Business building west of Bolton Hall and the adjacent Kunkle Day Care Center, Parking, page 3 25 on Wednesday but the Senate's 62-37 the Englemann Hall architecture expansion. according to D'Amato. vote missed the required two-thirds major­ ity by four votes. 'The veto is a heavy blow to the demo­ Neither rain nor snow nor . DHSS plan cratic movement in China and [in the United States]," said UWM Student Asso­ ciation of China President Tiecheng Zhao, bans AFDC a graduate student in physics who has been studying in America since 1983. Zhao, one of 110 UWM Chinese stu­ students dents and one of 40,000 in the U.S., said his organization had lobbied for the veto override and had hoped that the U.S. gov­ by Scott Rick ernment would "stand with [the students] to send a message to the Chinese govern­ wo state organizations are ment that the killing would not be tolerated." debating whether recipients Hundreds of student-led demonstrators of Aid to Families with De­ were killed in Tiananmen Square by the T pendent Children should be Chinese government last June. eligible for funds—and for how Senator Edward M. Kennedy, (D-Mass.), long—in the pursuit of higher in the New York Times, Jan. 26, called the education. failure to override the veto a "defeat for A Wisconsin Department of human rights". Health and Social Services pro­ "This was a victory for President Bush posal to restructure the benefit and the Chinese leadership that was re­ system of AFDC was blocked last sponsible for Tiananmen Square," Kenne­ month by the Legislature's Joint dy was quoted as saying. Committee for Review of Admin­ Bush, however, has remained adamant istrative Rules. that this is not a human rights issue. —Post photo by Susan Simensky The DHSS proposal would re­ "I hope that there is a trust factor that Rev. Clem Reams and WISN assault-radio host Mark Belling spoke at last Thursday's strict AFDC recipients from at­ hopefully will result in changes that are 'Pro-American Rally* in the Union Concourse. Sponsored by conservative student or­ tending four-year colleges. satisfactory to the American people and to ganizations, including Concerned Women for America, the rally was intended to "cel­ The Rules Committee voted me," Bush said in a CNN news conference ebrate American imperialism and democracy," according M. J. Melendes, an editor at unamimously Dec. 6 to return Thursday. "And I hope that I can use that, the UWM Times. the proposals to the DHSS for having won this now, to further the kinds modification and further study. of things that The committee requested that will help move the DHSS furnish fiscal informa­ China for­ tion, including a cost benefit ana­ ward." lysis of the long-term impact of Milwaukee Tenure process painstaking their proposals. The DHSS re­ attorney Har­ UWM, Drago says, is an "exciting place" with a sponse, dated Dec. 29, stated it old D. Block of by Jessica McBride did not know what the fiscal im­ the American "let's do it" attitude. "It is a research school," he said. "The salary is pact would be. The Rules Immigration (As the UWM community is inundated by Committee replied that more Lawyers Asso­ decent, the teaching load is good, and there is a news on tenured professoral positions—in­ lot of enthusiasm for getting research done." specific documentation would be ciation said cluding the recent Supreme Court case in­ necessary. The DHSS is currently that the bill Drago was hired at UWM for a probation peri­ volving business professor Rosalie Tung— od of six years. formulating fiscal projections would have The UWM Post offers a series on tenure. The which they hope will satisfy the waived the re­ "Right away when you come in you have to be Grst installment defines the steps of tenure as thinking of tenure," he said. committee. Zhao Tiecheng quirement that seen by someone who is well-acquainted with Silvia Jackson, the administra­ students from Candidates for tenure at UWM are judged the process: an assistant professor in the several criteria: past and probable future accom­ tor of the division of economic China return there for two years upon fin­ midst of tenure review.) support of DHSS, said the AFDC ishing their studies in America. It is only af­ plishments in academic research; demonstrated t is, in UWM Economics Assistant Professor teaching ability; and service to the community, reforms are designed to utilize ter the two-year wait that students can ap­ Robert Drago's own words, the "last of the limited state resources in a man­ ply for a visa to return to the U.S. University, and their profession. I four biggest events" in his academic career. Assistant Dean of Students Jessica Wirth says ner that would find permanent Block said he believes Bush's moves He has finished the first three: passing his that those granted tenure at UWM are in general employment for as many AFDC have been politically motivated. Ph.D. exams; the defending of his dissertation; "well-rounded respectable teachers as well as recipients as possible. DHSS says "Bush regards himself as an expert on the searching for a job. Now he is on the eve of researchers." this can best be accomplished by foreign policy to China; he's had experi­ concentrating funds on efficient graduating from the fourth step: the securing of "They are balanced," she said. ence with China before," Block said. "I and quick employment training his position through the process of tenure. Different departments have their own varia­ think he was trying to balance two consid­ programs, as opposed to lengthy For the last six years Drago has been prepar­ tions on the criteria, however, and Drago says he erations: the plight of Chinese students as programs with questionable em­ ing for a tenure decision that will determine his believes there is an emphasis in the Economics well as trying to maintain the best possible ployment potential. fate at UWM. If his tenure is approved, he will be Department placed on "doing research and writ­ atmosphere for constructing a widening of Opponents of the reforms, promoted to associate professor and guaranteed ing". relations with China." such as the United Council (the indefinite employment here. If tenure is denied, He wrote ten articles his first year and has had At the news conference, Bush said: "No he will be asked to leave after his seventh year. student lobbying for Wisconsin) more than 24 published to date. fear that the emphasis on finding Chinese student in this country is going to "It is nervewracking," Drago admits. "Anyone The race against a six-year hourglass is com­ be sent back against his or her will." Along would be nervous." quick employment for AFDC re­ plicated by the lengthy fame often required in cipients may result in inadequate with his veto, Bush passed an executive Robert Drago is a Colorado native who grew publishing. It can take until the fifth year before order which he said would give Chinese up during the 1960s. He began his undergradu­ opportunities for recipients to works completed in the first to third years are obtain higher education.