The UWM Student Helps Apprehend Mitchell Hall Flasher
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wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsmmmmm INDEPENDENT SINCE 1956 INSIDE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The An interview with fashion designer UWM Amara Haust PAGE 7 FEATURES November 5, 2003 The weekly campus newspaper of UWM Volume 48 } Issue 10 Gothic Breakfast with Nichole PAGE 5 Men's and Women's EDITORIAL Soccer Tournament The racial double standard PAGE 16 previews Lt. Governor PAGES 12-13 COMIC CORNER speaks at UWM Nayamans new scale from Walmart PAGE 2 PAGE 20 Student helps apprehend Mitchell Hall flasher By Matthew L. Bellehumeur flasher and became instantly News Editor suspicious. He then reviewed the description of the suspect and University of Wisconsin-Mil decided to call police. "I debat waukee Student Nathanial Hugh ed it for a while, but I had to es received an award and a $250 call it in," said Hughes reward from the UWM Campus Later Hughes was asked by Police last week for his role in police to identify the man he apprehending the suspected saw. Hughes said when he Mitchell Hall exhibitionist. looked through the two-way mir Hughes' was painting late in ror at the suspect; Hines the evening in Mitchell Hall appeared to look right back at "This is the type of crime that could have escalated. The students responded very well. We have grown as a campus. We have worked together to fight crime." —UWM Police Detective Phil Clark when he saw a suspicious man, him. "Just like in the movies," Thomas L. Hines, looking at the Hughes said. art on the third floor walls. Even though Hughes knew "He was just standing around. that Hines could not see him, It was late at night and he was he said it was a little scary. just looking at the paintings on Hughes's quick decision to the wall. Generally people don't call police was the event that look at art that late at night," said police were waiting for. "We Hughes. "After I looked at him were looking for that break," Post photo by Matthew L. Bellehumeur again, he just took off down the said Detective Marty Cavan. "We UWM Student Nathaniel Hughes (CENTER) receives award for his role in capturing sus stairwell." had information coming from pected Mitchell Hall exhibitionist from interim vice-chancellor Monica Rimai (LEFT) and Hughes had seen warnings students but not in a timely Officer Art Koch (RIGHT). and sketches of the suspected see STUDENT page 3 Collective bargaining, salaries are concern of UW System By Brian Resop the state, Gordon said, it would staff organizer for The Associa collectively is the only step that Some salary relief will come News Editor be due to collective bargaining tion of University of Wisconsin can be taken to improve the next year, according to the UW rights rather than salary prob Professionals (TAUWP), said that rights of UW System workers. System report, but how much Despite salary woes, faculty lems. TAUWP was working on a plan "This year, in particular," relief will depend on the amount and academic staff at the Uni "If people from the UW Sys for a collective bargaining agree Goldstein said, "we've seen a of money available in the state's versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tem want to leave, let them ment, but would not give any scissors effect. There's been a compensation reserve. are more concerned about the tremendous increase in health UWM Provost John Wanat said lack of a collective bargaining care cost, tremendous cuts to that a 1 percent increase in agreement. "Salaries are already behind, and if the state our departments and we're salaries should come from the The University of Wisconsin budget continues to cause the UW System falling behind on raises." reserve, but that 1 percent is a System released a study in ear Goldstein said that academic very small amount. ly October that showed that problems, salaries will continue to fall." staff are respectful of the budg "Salaries are already behind," salaries for UW System faculty et situation and its effects on Wanat said, "and if the state and academic staff could fall 8 —Provost John Wanat salaries, but that giving aca budget continues to cause the percent behind peer institutions demic staff the right to bargain UW System problems, salaries by 2005. leave," Gordon said. "What I want other information regarding the collectively would go a long will continue to fall." "That's an issue that comes to know is how many peer insti plan. way in insuring job security UW System President {Cather up every year," said Michael tutions have the right to bar "There are roughly 18,000 among staff members. ine C Lyall said in a System Gordon, an associate professor gain collectively?" faculty and academic staff in the "I think it's disrespectful not press release that, based on their of history at UWM. "Nobody is "It may very well be that we UW System who are excluded to give us decent job security," analysis, the System would need going to starve because of this." don't compare well with peer by the law," said Harrison- Goldstein said. "Because we 4 percent increases each year Gordon said that, due to institutions because we don't Cantrell. "The governor said he don't have any protection, aca to keep faculty and staff salaries budget cuts, most faculty and have the right to bargain collec supports the right of faculty and demic staff are afraid to make competitive with peer groups. academic staff understand that tively," Gordon said. academic staff to collective bar their concerns heard for fear of "In the past, the Board of salaries are unlikely to increase. Wisconsin state statute gain. We're working very vigor being fired." Regents has recommended pay The problem that the state 111.825 lists the groups of state ously on that." "We need a more forceful way increases to the secretary of the should be concerned with, Gor employees that are allowed to Patricia J. Goldstein, a senior to gain rights." Goldstein said. Department of Employment don said, is the fact that facul bargain collectively. Faculty and lecturer for the department of "I would support anything that Relations and helped fund them ty and academic staff are not academic staff are omitted from English as a second language, allowed faculty and academic using tuition revenue," Lyall allowed to bargain collectively, that list. said that giving faculty and aca staff to bargain collectively. But said. "This year, all of our tuition If teachers are going to leave Andrew Harrison-Cantrell, demic staff the right to bargain we are very far from that level." see SALARIES page 3 2 November 5, 2003 The UWM Post News NEWS BRIEFS Lieutenant governor • Flutes Happen at UWM in November: The Univer sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts will host two flute recitals in November. Julia Larson Mattern champions education will perform on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Mattern is associate professor of flute at Ball State University, flutist By Matthew L. Bellehumeur with the Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet, principal flutist News Editor of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Russ ian Fesitval Orchestra in Indianapolis and a sub flutist with Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin's the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. lieutenant governor, spoke On Monday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m., Mary Lu Brandwein will briefly about Gov. Jim Doyle's perform on the shakuhachi, traditional Japanese bamboo Task Force on Education at the flute. She will also lecture. Brandwein has studied the University of Wisconsin-Milwau shakuhacki for 19 years. For the last 16 years, she has kee's Education Strategy Series been a member of Masakazu Yoshizawa Sensei, a renowned Breakfast. She had much more Los Angeles international performer and recording artist. to say about her ideas about Wis For more info, call Prof. Robert Goodberg AT (414)229- consin's public education system 4205 and the direction that it should • UWM Alumni show off artwork: A three-part invita be going. tional exhibition called "Continuum 2" is currently on dis About 35 people attended the play at UWM. The Department of Visual Arts invited stu Oct. 31meeting in the UWM dents to celebrate the achievements of alumni artists. Union Ballroom East. "Continuum 2" includes paintings, drawings, photography, According to Lawton, the printmaking, mixed media and book art from artists who governor's task force hasn't done received art degrees from UWM. much so far because it is still in "Joseph Friebert and Betsy Ritz Friebert: An Artful Mar its infancy. riage" can be viewed in the Mary Nohl Galleries in the "There is not a lot to report just yet, because the meetings Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E Ken Post photo by Matthew L. Bellehumeur wood Blvd., through Dec. 14. Gallery hours are Wednesday have just begun," said Lawton through Friday, 1-4 p.m. For details call 229-4308. but she did have a lot to share Lt. Gov Barbara Lawton XLEFT) spoke at a UWM breakfast on Letterpress and Book Works is on display in the Fourth about her views on the role of Oct. 31. Floor Exhibition Gallery in the UWM Golda Meir Library, public education in Wisconsin. 2311 E. Hartford Ave. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8 "The reason I was encouraged "We can't buy prosperity. We withdrawing the last vestage of a.m. to 4:30 p.m. [to run for public office] was will have to earn it. I believe the state support," said Lawton. because of my activism around fastest route to vitality runs Lawton also touched on the • UWM workshop features .NET and mobile com public education," said Lawton.