_ _.:. ..... ndnn a two new coaehes and tN» Port complete guiide to what's to portray and explore for baseball and basketball offor th>« totort now* happening around Milwaukee. voyeurism with much depth. teams* 1993-94 season. Oft upcoming summer flicks. MOVIES - Paaa 3 MOVIE REVIEW - Paaa 6 xtMm Established 1956 Volume 37. Number 56 News: UWM graduate student reaches settlement By Chad Sirovina she believed was the discrimina­ made her take unnecessary steps in gents, did reveal some of the items "It was something we tried be­ tory handling of her doctoral dis­ the editing of her thesis, such as that were being worked on by the fore," Bums said. "We think this Theresa Bodus, a University of sertation. changing the units between the attorneys for both sides prior to the could have been done in Decem­ Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate stu­ William Kean, Keith Sverdrup, metric and English systems several official filing of the settlement. ber." dent, has recently settled a sexual Vincent Cronin and Douglas times and altering the conversion Since the settement has been Sahar agreed with Bums. discrimination suit against four Cherkauer were the members of factors used in the process. filed, ithas been permanently sealed "Fairly early in the case, I think professors in the Department of the graduate committee that evalu­ Nadhim Sahar, the Assistant by United States District Court for December, the subject was raised," Geosciences at UWM, the univer­ ated Bodus' doctoral thesis and Attorney General in Milwaukee, the Eastern District of Wisconsin he said. "It was possible before, sity itself and the UW system out­ who were named in the suit. who was representing the four pro­ Judge Myron L. Gordon, the pre­ why not make it possible now." side of federal district court. Bodus Bodus claimed that because she fessors in the UWM professors, siding judge in the case. According to both Sahar and filed the suit in response to what is female, several of the professors UWM, and the UW Board of Re- According to Sahar, the biggest Burns, all of the involved parties part of the settlement involves the are satisfied with the outcome of resubmission of Bodus' doctoral the case. Hog wild... thesis, with some changes, to a new "I don't know of any party in graduate committee. the world that is not happy with a Sahar could not place a mon­ settlement," Bums said. "Our cli­ etary figure on the settlement, but ent is very happy with it." he did say there was discussion of "There are better ways to settle the possibility of paying some of a dispute than in a federal court Bodus' attorney fees. room," Sahar said. "It's something Elizabeth Bums, Bodus' attor­ that could have been done, arid ney, did not comment on what the should have been done, without a settlement involved. She did say, lawsuit." however, that the settlement could Sahar said the settlement was a have been reached e?xlier in the case. Please see BODUS page 2 Music: Watt defines punk in the age of MTV By Matthew Scholl Unless you slept through the 80s, read only Time and Newsweek, or relied solely on Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn for access to new music, you . know that punk rock took form in the late 1970s and exploded dur­ ing the early 80s. Admittedly, by the time I was plugged in ~ the mid-80s and beyond ~ the sound had become post-punk. Popular images of punk, as in purple hair, mohawks and the rest, still amuse those who m make Family Circus a part of their daily newspaper diet. How­ ever, for some, punk rock is still Sports: very much alive. "Punk is an ugly word. It's a guy getting fucked in jail for ciga­ Scheffler gets taken in draft rettes. It's not new wave, it's not Mike Watt hamster wheel, you know, I get on By Paul Krueger alternative. It's ugly." to come around and see him in For Mike Watt, the bass player that wheel, and all I gotta hear is "He's thrilled to death to be high school, but he hasn't seen for flREHOSE and cult hero for [George Hurley's] kick drum, his thunder broom enthusiasts from high hat and my bass, and that's For only the second time in wearing Dodger blue." him since then." school history, a University of Scheffler, who is in Vero San Pedro to Boston, punk rock is all I need — but this time around Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball -Ronald Scheffler, Craig's Beach, Fla., for training camp, neither a look or a sound, it's a there's mud a plenty in the mix. player has been selected in the father was one of UWM's most con­ way of dealing, a way of living in Yes, J Mascis, guitar hero for Major League Baseball ama­ sistent pitchers over the past the modern world. Throughout a generation of backwards base­ teur draft. der Scheffler said. "They're two years since transferring much of our recent conversation, ball cap weaiing slackers, is in Craig Scheffler, a junior one of the finest organizations from Wisconsin. He was 2-5 Watt shared his thoughts on ev­ the house. His production influ­ pitcher from Wausau, was in baseball." with a 6.70 earned run average erything from the political and ence is heard from the first notes drafted by the Los Angeles It wasn't a shock to the fam­ last year, led the team in in­ philosophical implications of punk of "Formal Introduction" on. Dodgers in the 12th round on ily that Scheffler was drafted, nings pitched (41-2/3) and to the hollow American pastime "Blaze" might as well be a June 4. but when word came that the strikeouts (29), and tied for of inventing royalty (ie J Mascis "flREHOSE Jr." b-side. But no According to Craig's father Dodgers had selected him, ev­ the team lead in complete isn't a god, he's a guy). need to fret, beneath the rock "n* Ronald, Craig was excited eryone was a bit surprised. games with three. The new record, MR. MA­ roll fuzz, things are kept econo. about the prospect of playing "We expected him to be Scheffler was also named CHINERY OPERATOR, the fifth No grunge served here. for the Dodgers. drafted because about 23 clubs First-team Academic All-Dis- wailer from flREHOSE, reveals "A lot of dudes come up to me "He's thrilled to death to be contacted him," Scheffler said. the familiar bass driven punk wearing Dodger blue," the el- "One of the Dodger scouts used Please see DODGER page 2 bebop ~ / got this concept called Please see WATT page 2 Page 2 The UWM Post Tuesday, June 15, 1993 Emotional and intellectual intensity shows in music WATT from page 1 grin 'n' growl spielin' and for guy doesn't know about you, "Look man, music is for the lumberjack uncle you never making the low end swing, talks a you're toast. He's an opinion bringing us together, not split­ had — the bass is thumping but and say, 'How could you work lot about kids "gettin' played" leader, he watches MTV. What ting us up. That word 'alter­ there is none of the rock star with J Mascis? He has a different and how the Man today is as much he likes his friends like, what native'... When I pull over to costuming or posing. style.' Now anybody that knows MTV as he is the government he wears they wear, what he get gas there's no alternative In person, his frustration punk rock knows that the whole Man. eats they eat.' gas. This tape recorder doesn't erupts into a spontaneous flow point is to have a goddamn differ­ "The best way to see a punk "That's not the tradition I run on alternative batteries. of wit and anger. When Watt's ent style. This whole grunge thing, band is in a club, 'cuz you get to remember ... with punk, the That's a jive thing to make voice cracks under the weight it's a such a fraud. The idea of all talk to other punkers," Watt said. guys making the music were some marketing man's job of his frustration you can feel playing the same song ... the "When we're all in our rooms by kind of in charge of their scene; easier. Our job is to make his the sound of tears falling off burden of punk is to be original," ourselves, they got us, all iso­ it didn't come from upstairs." job really hard. The name of your mom's face. Watt said. "Well, of course, it lated, all diluted. I got this ad out To create music on your the game here is expression, to His thoughts travel freely means something different to ev­ of the New York Times business own terms, apart from record take back what they took from from Marx to Roger Waters, erybody, you know. I don't want section a few weeks ago, it shows label gurus (looking for the us, our songs, man," Watt said. from Hillary Clinton to the to sound like Fonzie selling you some kid wearing a PC Rock next Big Thing) and mass me­ "A bass in your face with a Angry Samoans, yet you greet happy days or some shit; but to shirt, holding a remote control dia mind washes (trying to pre­ sign for your mind," Watt's the confusion like a revela­ me it was like this Utopia, where and says, vBuy this 24 year old dict it), is to live the "free emotional and intellectual in­ tion.