90FM to remain in student hands Chancel/or rejects Public Radio proposal By Pamela Kersten · the matter is the enormous facility." Seeger commented. .\'ew, f."tlttor respect I have for the tr'aining Public Radio would have that students are now receiving broadcasted from 6 a.m. ·10 7 A proposal made by Wiscon­ at WWSP. To make certain p.m. leaving only seven hours sin Public Rad.io·in February to that wi continue that excellent open for srudent broadcasting. broadcast their programs from training, we have made clear This would decrease the UW-Stcvens Point's radio sta­ policy that the students them­ amount of training provided tion WWSP-90FM was selves must iun the station and through the Division of rejec.ted last week by a com- we believe they do an excellent Communication's emphasis in • minee formed by Chancellor job." he said. broadcasting . Keith Sanders. Public Radio recently took '"lbe positions for student • The committee consiting of interest in the station when the leaders would have essentially faculty and students deter­ signal transmitted by the sta­ been eliminated.'' stated mine~ the proposal "would not tion increased from 3,6CX) to Seeger. be benificial to 90FM." accord­ 11.500 wans allowing them to With the proposal not being broadcast miles in each ing to Dan Seeger, commine 60 accepted by UWSP it is unlike­ dtrccuon. · member and station manager of ly that Public Radio will sub­ 90FM. "No non-commercial station mit an· alternate proposal. In a letter of response to in tha_area compares lo our broadcast distance. It's natural Public Radio Chw,cellor Keith continued on page 13 . that they would want to use our Sanders srated, "At. the heart of Annual Hunger Cleanup a. success By Pamela Kersten Registration began at 8:30 The Phi Omega sorority raised over $600 and received \e", Editor am. and was followed by speeches from Mayor Scott an award for the team who Schultz, Chancellor - Keith recieved the most pledges. The 5th Annual Hunger Sandeis, and Shane Totten a Troy Saeger of the Sigma. Cleanup sponsoced by Associa­ local "folk-n-roll" musician. Tau Gamma fraternity raised tion for Community Tasks took TOne'n is also known iri. the $142. He received an award place last Saturday with over area as Captain F.cology. fOf the individual who raised 350 volunteers contributing Volunteers worked from IO the most money. their time and effort. am. to 1 p.m. and then were · 50 percent of the proceeds The volunteers, rajsing over invited to a picnic; in the Knut- were given to Operatibn The third annual Take Back the Night rally $5150 in pledges. consisted 7,en Hall bascmcnL Over 25 Bootstrap of Portage County, a concluded with a march around campus t~at began largely of students and a few local businesses donated food refera.l organization that aides faculty. They painted, raked, for the occasion. the homeless. 35 percent was in the sundial local.eel behind the Library Jesource and cleaned at 40 various The Resident Hall Associa- given to the national student wortsites in. the Stevens Point . tion donated 400 buttonli and campaign and the remaining 1$ Center. See story on page 10. Photo by D~ Dube. area to 'Take Action Against over 200 shirts with the vears continued on page 13 . Hunger/ the theme of this theme on them to the top years effort. - pledge raisers. , Conflict arrises in employment office INSIDE ~tudent managers relf!ased from _positiof1$ By Paniel;t Kersten The other student manager.; she continued. managers following their meet­ Carolina Caligiuri, Jennifer BraeMe was unavailable for ing with'Van Prooyen. \ e11, Fdrtor Bognar, and Judy Kroening comrnenL "He wouldn't speak unless resigned shortly after. the ter­ Discuss'ions betwCen the staff . spoken to first," they stated. Conflict between employees· mination of Georgi and were and supervisors· .were "one­ Braenne refused to par- and supervisor.; in the UWSP released the following day. sided" claimed Van ·Prooyen. .. licipate in a m~~ing with the Student Employment Office The managers, after having "If I didn't a~ with them, managers because it· was resulted in the resignation of problems with their immediate "asked for in an unprofessional three student managers and the then th~y didn't want to hear iL supervisor Rory Braenne for They brought points for dis­ way" according to Van tennination of another last in most of the year sought the cussion and wouldn't let me Prooyen. week. guidance of Van Prooyen for respond," she said. Georgi had allegedly ap­ ',. The two events were the first time two months ago. proached Braenne asking for "seperate and unrelated... ac­ After receiving a memo con­ This was the start of a series of cerning the first meeting, the the meeting. cording to the Director of the events that lead to last weeks managers became upseL "He. refused. He said it was a Student Employment Office, occurrances. "Helen jOOk what we said nwnbers game insinuating that Helen Van Prooyen. "We wanted more structure. it would be four,against one," The termination of student and blew it out of proportion," We wanted to get things dooe," stated Georgi. "We never manager Liz Georgi was the commented Bognar. stated Bognar. "She was never one-sided meant it to be that way... BUFFALO B!LLS result of .. a series of events Van Prooyen claimed that the before, but this time she Last Tuesday the managers, DRAFT over a period of time," Van srudents never brought this to Van Prooyen, and Braenne "Liz defmitely was," stated Georgi. Prooyen stated. .was out­ her attention. "It appeared that finally attended a meeting ti) BARRY ROSE ragously unprofessional many Communication ceased be- they wanted to get rid of Rory," tween BraeMc and the times." continued on page 13 ME'.''. RECYCLE ME!" RECYCLE ME!'' RECYCLE ME"' RECYCLE ME'" RECYCLE :\IE"' Pointer Page 2 • Thursday, April 30, 1992 In the Real World~ Boy recieves ex­ WI adopts new tensive surgery to ab-ortion bill reattach limbs Gov. Tommy Thompson A six year old boy from signed a bill Into law Tuesday Chetek, WI is recovering from that requires written consent by surgery done earlier this week to a parent or other adult relative reattach his left arm and right for a minor's abortion. hand after a farming accident. ' This was a weakened ver­ Michael Conoboy was in­ sion of the abortion consent jured Saturday while he and his measure brought to the Legisla­ 14-year old step brother were ture four years ago by Wiscon- ) riding on the metal arm of a an sin Right to Life. · / irrigation system in a farin field The origional plan required near their home. consent by both parents. This Conoboy was taken to St. ve(_Sion allows any adult relative Paul-Ramsey Center in St. Paul, who is at least 25 years old to ap­ MiM. He underwent nine hours prove a minor's abortion. This of surgery to reattach his right includes grandparents, older si­ hand that was severed above the blings, or aunts and uncles. • wrist, and his left arm that was Right to Life had hoped that severed about one and a half in­ Thomson would .veto this Students taketimeoutof their busyschedules to donate blood duringt~eAmerican ches above his elbow joint. measure in hopes Of trying to . On Monday Conoboy un­ pass the stricter version next Red Cross Blood Drive located in Allen Center on Tuesday. Many student and derwent four and a half addi­ year. · tional hours of surgery to · The goVemor signed the faculty volunteers helped organize and.run this three day event. With a goal of 640 reattach one artery and two ner­ measme Tue~ at a ceremony ves in his right arm. in Eau Claire. Doctors are op(emistic that donors they hoped to collect over 590 pints of blood. Photo by Jeff Kiernan. the boy will regain the use 9fhis left arm but are unsure whether Man charged in ·or not his right hand will func­ tion properly due to tom muscle brutal slaying of damage. his wife Pola~~ native ad(f resses 10%Society Gasoline spill al­ A Cedarburg man charged fall of Communist system speaks on · Tuesday with fatally stabbing leged cause of his wife21 times in her face and Mexico blast chest is being held in the Mil-. by Eric Meyer But after World War II, gay rights waukee City Jail on charges of Copy Editor people lost faith in the Com­ A series of nine CXJ!IOlions first-degree intentional munist party, Sasinska-Klas in Guadalajara, Mexico flat- . homicide: The decline of faith in said. By Bill Downs tened bulldina• over several Jesae Anderson is being held "People became increasingly square blocb killina alleast 181 the cOmmunist system, Contnhutor on SI million bail and faces a economic stagnation and a aware of the huge gap between people last Wednesday. possible mandatory life in commllnist philosophies and Guadalajara's pew sewer lack of social agency were prison sentence if convic~d. among the factors that led to pEacticc." Without followers' As part of Gay Pride Week the chief said Priday that a auoline Anderson origionally faith the system was "destined spill appeared to be the cause the collapse of communism in IO% Society held an informal claimed the attack was made by Eastern Europe and the former to failure;· she noted. gac heringat tlte Piccadeli in the backina claims of survivors that two black men injuring himself Sasinska-Klas said the recent they bad smelled gas days Soviet Union, an Eastern UC TuesJay night.