University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vol. 24, No. £4, March 27, 1980 a 4 State Assembly a ii OKs ambulance by Gretchen Schuldt service was adequate to meet of The Post staff campus needs. The budget review bill also Preliminary approval of the provides fcr $72,000 to fund the state budget review bill by the creation of five security officer Assembly Tuesday night brought posts, and $52,000 to install and the-possibility of a UWM am­ lease an emergency telephone bulance one step closer to system. reality. In other campus security mat­ ters, the Chancellor's office has The bill now goes before the agreed to fund a brochure de­ state Senate, which must act tailing security issues, according The Union Concourse was one of three spots for students to vote in the Student Association on it by April 3. to Rachel Skalitzky, chairman of elections Tuesday and Wednesday. Tabulation of votes will not be complete until Thursday. It will then be sent to Gov. the campus security committee. Dreyfus, who can sign or veto it. Dreyfus can also veto any Security outline Reasons for SA voting vary item in the bill. Skalitzky said the brochure will outline the steps the University by James E. Piekarsld DO A must approve is taking to improve campus the platforms of the parties, "We've been paid to vote, but security, how students can en­ ofThe Post staff boredom, last minute campaign­ The ambulance request, if pass­ we're not saying by who," Dave ed by both the Senate and the hance their own security and the ing and at least one case of said. "It wouldn't be fair." role of' the police in security A survey of students entering blatant vote selling. governor, will be sent to the or leaving the voting booth at the They were asking for $1.00 Department of Administration for efforts. One student, while wating in for their next vote. Union Tuesday revealed there line, drew a lot of attention approval or rejection. The amount of funding for the were about as many reasons When asked to explain how by shouting, "Votes for sale." Legislative and gubernatorial brochure has not been determin­ for voting as there were candi­ they intended to vote more than ed, Skalitzky said. dates running for offices in this John and his companion, Dave once, John opened his wallet backing might compel the DOA to also approve the measure. The brochure should be prepar­ year's Student Association elec­ (both refused to give their last and pulled out three ID cards. ed in time for* mailing to students tion. names), said the votes they were Dave also had several ID cards. The DOA rejected the campus who register for summer classes. " The motives for voting included casting had been sold for 50 Dave explained that they will ambulance purchase in January. An additional mailing may be a reaction against student apathy, cents each. [torn to p. 10, col. 1] The DOA said city ambulance made in the fall. Faculty approves %rode changes by James E. Piekarsld Conway said she believed that of The Post staff even under the new ethics code, Weston would not have been in Changes in the UWM Code of . violation. Ethics that would require the vice chancellor, assistant chancellors "Dean Weston made the chan­ and deans to report non-Univer­ cellor aware, and he even check­ sity activities were approved by ed it out with the Board of the UWM Faculty Senate at its Regents before he went into monthly meeting last Thursday. that thing," she said. "I take the position that there has been no wrongdoing on the part of The approved changes would Weston." require that "any activities or plans for activities of an exten­ An additional change in the sive, recurring or continuous na­ UWM Code of Ethics requires ture for personal gain, outside of that the deans acknowledge in the person's broad institutional writing, within 10 days of re­ responsibilities" be reported to ceipt, a report of outside acti­ the chancellor. vities by a faculty member. Invasion The issues of whether it is The Faculty Senate approved appropriate for faculty to be in­ Students instinctively protect their space the revisions that were recom­ volved in outside activities and mended by the Senate Special how much time those activities by Mary C. Maurer especially in the snack bar. The snack bar Committee for the review of the should take up were not resolved of The Post staff could accommodate several hundred students. Code of Ethics. The committee by the committee. However, it rarely does, because students feel was appointed last November to Instead of sitting next to an unknown person a person has the right to sit alone at a table review the UW System Adminis­ "The question that isn't resolv­ in, for instance, the snack bar, many students if he or she so chooses, even if the table trative Code and the UWM Poli­ ed by any code is who is to say will leave to seek a private spot. Is this a could seat six. cies and Procedures Code of whether faculty, when they are sign of snobbishness, or is it really stranger- According to a small sampling of students in Ethics. off campus doing consultation and phobia? the snack bar, the majority said they felt a person other things that enhance their Most likely it is neither, but instead, an in­ is legitimate in refusing to share his or her The appointment of the six- reputation and maybe even en­ credible sense of territoriality that seems to reign table with a stranger. member committee came follow­ hance their teaching, who is to say at UWM. Reasons are diverse, ranging from "everyone ing allegations that Dean Alan that is taking from the students has rights to privacy," and "Some people don't and from their teaching obliga­ If you've ever sat in someone else's "spot" Weston and other administra­ by accident, you might have a good idea of want to be bothered by others," to "They were tors at UWM used University tions," Conway said. what territoriality means. Most likely you have there first, so it's their table." facilities in promoting S.A.K. "We, didn't come out flatly been accosted with a look of intrusion. Inc. An inherent need and say professors may only do This aghast look that surfaces is a non-verbal According to Barbara Larson, associate pro­ Mary Conway, dean of the X amount of consultation per year response to an invasion of personal territory. fessor of communication, this idea probably School of Nursing, chaired the or get only X amount of money," According to Mark Knapp, a noted author­ stems from the fact that in high-density areas committee. According to her, the she said. ity in the field of proxemics, the study of per­ such as UWM the need for personal space purpose of the committee was to "The committee concluded that sonal space, territoriality occurs when a person increases. investigate whether "there are there are ethical restraints that indicates ownership over a particular area or ob­ "In situations where people perceive them­ enough loopholes in our ethics now exist for faculty. There is ject. selves as being constantly crowded, the need ^^uj»£Qde so that faculty could be no need to tighten those any for privacy and personal space gets very strong, inappropriately using their time or more, but just to expect people This notion is exhibited often on campus, [turn to p. 4, col. 1} University facilities.'' to abide by them," Conway said. page 2 uwm post II I lit! Elderly students to study at UWM Vactioning on the UWM cam-' may include a trip to a Brewer pus may sound a bit absurd. game, the Melody Top Theater But that is just what some people or the Music Under the Stars will be doing this summer when program. tiie Elderhostel program comes to UWM in July. Suppan said the program draws people from all over the country. Elderhostel is a network of Last year's program included a more than 350 colleges and uni­ man who was 84 and another man versities across the country offer­ who drove all over the country ing low cost, one week residential to join in the various Elderhostel academic programs for people 60 programs offered over the sum­ years of age and older. mer months. Many of the people who register are in their 70s, Participants take one, two and he said, "not just kids of 60." Looking for a good place to eat, three non-credit classes per ses­ Spouses are eligible to register sion and live in college dormi­ regardless of their age. drink and be entertained? tories. The liberal Arts courses re­ quire no homework, and students Elderhostel enhances the repu­ do not need a college degree or tation of the university, Suppan even a high school diploma to said. The summers that UWM Don't look too far. attend. has participated in the program have brought more than 120 UWM will offer two sessions; people with diverse backgrounds The Kenwood Inn is right here. one from July 6 to 12, and another from all over the country to UWM. from July 13 to 19. Each session will offer three courses dealing Since each session is limited to with subjects such as literature, 30 resident and 10 commuter wellness and home design, with students, applicants are urged to an emphasis on the arts. register soon. Registration must be done through the state Elder­ Adolph Suppan, coordinator of hostel coordinator, 610 Langdon UWM Elderhostel, said it is a Street, Room 230, Madison 53706.