North Enclosure Plan $400000 Over

T E UWM POST Thursday, July 30, 1987 The University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Volume 31, Number 64 North Enclosure plan $400,000 over budget be completed until the middle of by Michael Mathias the fall semester. The projected revenues from onstruction delays in the food service operations in the Union's North Enclosure North Enclosure had been built project could mean a loss of into the Union budget for the C 1987-'88 fiscal year, Hamann about $20,000 a month in proj ected revenues for next semes said. ter, the acting director for Associ He said the loss in revenue ated Union Services said Wed would probably be offset by not nesday. filling vacant employee positions in the food service division and The cost of the enclosure proj "tightening our belts." ect, which was expected to be "Our intention really is to get completed in May or June, has by without filling positions, max also jumped above the original imizing revenue in our other are $2.1 million estimate, Elmer Ha- as and getting along with less mann said. staff in various departments," Hamann said the project was Hamann said. now at least $400,000 over bud There are no current plans to get due tc unforeseen construc raise food prices to help pay for —Post photo by Tony Carza tion costs and design problems, High winds and rain pounded Southeastern Wisconsin Wednesday causing varying degrees of damage. Gar and that the enclosure may not Turn to page 2 bage cans and tables on the Union mall were overturned, while portions of the building were flooded. INSIDE Impact of first Thompson appointees debated Future Thompson appointees will be it indicates experience with budgets and mon by Lisa Lien "knowledgeable about the UW System, but ey management. Under peace tour able to work under a budget and make bud "There are only so many dollars," Bie said. lthough Gov. Thompson's three recent get decisions," Thompson appointment direc "Where they go is the important question for appointments to the UW System tor Ave Bie said Wednesday. the System." A Board of Regents seem to signal a But Thompson's business-minded appoin move toward a more business-oriented "The governor is looking to candidates that tees could lay the groundwork for a more Tall presidential tales board, observers interviewed Wednesday dis have a knowledge of the problems facing the conservative Board of Regents, according to agree on what effect such a move will have on System," she said. "They have to be able to Adrian Serrano, president of the state student students and the System. look at the quality of the System and consider lobby United Council. money to be put in, enrollment and expenses. By the end of his first gubernatorial term in "Thompson wants the University to be run "They must have the credentials that would 1990, Thompson will have made 10 appoint like a business," Serrano said. "I'm concerned allow them to assess the situation." Limitless blues ments to the board. So far his nominees have because in general he's appointing more con included two prominent businessmen — Al Davis, however, said in a recent interview servative people ... who might be more likely bert O. Nicholas, president of the Milwaukee that he did not know much about the System to raise tuition and cut enrollment." investment counseling firm of Nicholas Co., yet and had not yet carefully studied the chal Serrano has said UC will actively oppose and Errol B. Davis, president of Wisconsin lenges facing the board. Davis will join the the appointment of Jarvis because he does Wilderness revisted Power and Light. board following Senate approval, expected not represent student views and lacks experi Thompson in May appointed UWM student this fall. ence in student issues. John Jarvis, a graduate student in taxation, to Bie said a business background is an im the student regent position on the board. portant qualification for a candidate because Turn to page 2 Demonstration to mark '67 march Short-term loans available tice Committee, has organized the past three from Financial Aid Aug. 17 by Steve Burnham Father Groppi days, held in April, and is working to rename the 16th St. viaduct after Groppi. pplications for short-term dents will be able to take out n the night of August 28,1967 a group of Groppi, who left the priesthood in the early loans will be available to loans for the fall semester. marchers demonstrating for open housing 1970s and later became head of the busdrivers' students for tuition, books Hill said approximately union, died of cancer in 1985. A Ocrossed the 16th St. viaduct into the South of emergency expenses for the $65,000 to $70,000 is available Side and were met by a large, hostile crowd of Blair said the committee was formed from a fall semester through the Depart for loans. The money for the counter-demonstrators. group of Groppi's friends and Rogza, Groppi's ment of Financial Aid after loans comes from $25,000 that Though partially protected by police, the open widow, who took care of him during his illness. August 17, according to Associ has been set aside by the Univer housing marchers, led by Father James Groppi, "Out of that (experience) came this — that we ate Director, Jim Hill. sity and donations from outside were pelted with rocks and bottles as they made needed to carry on his name, not just in sources. memoriam but to continue the work he was into." Hili said the maximum amount their way to Kosciuszko Park and back, and a student would be able to bor ended up using their picket signs as shields, ac A participant in some of the 1967 marches, row for tuition is $272. This cording to Margaret Rozga, one of the demon Blair recalled that the "hard-core" demonstra amount is based on the deferred strators. tors, besides Groppi, were the NAACP comman tuition fee for the student's As the marchers returned to the viaduct, coun dos, "a bunch of black youths and just a few courseload, he said. A maximum ter-demonstrators began battling the police, who white youths who (Groppi) organized to channel book loan would be $150. eventually resorted to tear gas to disperse them. their energies . into some kind of constructive "It was the most terrified I've been in my life," use." To be eligible: undergraduate Rozga said. The marches were held in various parts of the students need to be enrolled with The march was the first of over 200 consecu city, calling attention to the fact blacks were being at least six credits and graduate 963- numbers tive nights of demonstrations that helped prompt discriminated against in many areas, Blair said, students need at least four cred passage of an open housing law in Milwaukee in and they gradually caused the city and most sub its; students must be in good to be changed 1968. urbs to consider and pass open housing laws. standing with the Accounts Re : A march commemorating the 20th anniversary "It's not unl ke what Aid. McGee has been do ceivable Office; and must be able Effective Aug. 8, all UWM of that first march will be held on August 23, fol ing lately, kind of making a lot of noise and mak to show that they will be able to telephone extentions which lowing the same route but emphasizing a variety ing a lot of people upset," he said. "But that kind repay the loan with funds from currently have the 963- pre of social issues, said Frank Blair, spokesman for of upset sometimes brings results." sources other than work study. fix will carry a prefix of 229-. the organizers. The commemoration march begins at 1 p.m. at The change is part of a "We're broadening the whole thing to attack Martin Luther King Park at 17th St. and Vliet St. Repayment would have to be system-wide upgrade in tele problems that exist around the city — for exam and makes its way southward to Kosciuszko within 30, 60 or 90 days, at inter phone service. Non-campus ple, hunger, the homeless, workers' rights, unem Park, where there will be music, speakers and est rates varying between zero 963- numbers will not be af ployment," Blair said. "We think this is a city-wide other events. and 12 percent, depending on fected. affair that includes a lot of people, not just Blair emphasized the march was not a closed the terms of the loan, he said. The UWM Post's new blacks." event. "Everybody is welcome. We certainly main phone number will be Blair said the sponsor of the anniversary would like to urge students as well as anybody to Lorraine Jacobs, an advisor in 229-4578, and other exten march, the Father James Groppi Action for Jus come out and march." the Financial Aid Department, sions will change similarly. estimated that 400 to 450 stu Page 2 The UWM Post Thursday, July 30, 1987 Enclosure project delayed This is the last summer issue of the Post DUt, From page 1 the extra costs of the project, Hamman said. Wednesday, Se" Earlier this summer student on members of the Union Policy Board convinced Chapman Hall students, faculty and officials to delay plans for a 5 U percent food price increase. Hamann's figures conflict with the assessment of UPB Vice be returning to campus so President Zav Dadabhoy, chair of a UPB oversight committee on the North Enclosure project. the UWM Post Dadabhoy said Wedensday that the cost for the project could increase to almost $3 million and And with 20,000 copies of our special back— that Jan.

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