amymimmmm Inside Changes need review P. 3 Art winners-announced P. 7 Waiver request rejected P. 11 Vol. 26, No. 56, April 29, 1982 Work on bridge stops; firm violates contract by Geoffrey Graham Halyard did say that the contractor was waiting of The Post staff for the delivery of hand_ tailings, causing a delay in construction, but that such deliveries normally Work on the Maryland Avenue pedestrian take some time. bridge, has stopped because the building con­ Besides the installation of hand railings, work tractor, the Birks-Halyard Corporation of Mil­ not yet completed on the bridge includes waukee, disbanded last Thursday after failing to sandblasting, landscaping and finishing the pay its taxes, according to Arland Gould, the sidewalk on the bridge's west side, Halyard said. project manager of the Division of State Facilities The University has not set a new date for Management. completion of the bridge, according to H. Carl "The job, for all effective purposes, has Mueller, assistant chancellor for University stopped," Gould said. The division hired the relations. contractor. "We can't get a firm date from the contractor," This puts the contractor in violation of its Mueller said. contract with the state, Gould said. Gould said he will send notice this week to Birk-Halyard's bonding company, the Balboa Insurance Com­ Other delays pany of California. Because of all the paper work involved with the The bonding company has 10 days to respond disbanding, another month may pass before work after which time it will hire another contractor or begins on the bridge again, Gould said. rehire Birks-Halyard to finish the project, Although Mueller said he expected the bridge according to Gould. to be completed by early June, he said the University plans to delay ribbon cutting cere­ State may hire monies until fall, when more students are around. If the bonding company refuses to cooperate, Completion of the bridge, scheduled for Feb. the state will use the unpaid money designated for 19, was delayed earlier in the year by unusually the project and hire another contractor to finish cold weather which prevented the pouring of the bridge, Gould said. concrete, according to Rudolph Tichy, facilities Gould said he did not y^t have information on director. Two snowstorms also delayed the project Two Jewish dancers performed a traditional dance in celebration of which taxes the corporation failed to pay. Earl Mueller said. Israel's 34th birthday. The booth was sponsored by the Campus Halyard, who served as Birks-Halyard's sec­ Construction began last October and will cost Organization for Israel. retary, would not comment on the matter. about $200,000. Post photo by Sue Harris UW System loses $8 million in state aid by Kevin Liner current fiscal year, meaning that inevitable, Dreyfus will decide if how they think their areas should will report to Horton by Saturday, of The Post staff money that is already spent, and the amount is appropriate. A 10 be affected. The Chancellor's Rupp said. had been allocated, is suddenly percent increase, which seems budget advisory committee is All other state agencies will s The University of Wisconsin not there. likely, would mean an additional currently reviewing the reports. receive a larger cut than the JW system will receive a 2 percent The question students are most $54 tuition for undergraduates, They will make a recommendation System. Initially, there was a lot decrease in its budget for the interested in is: how much of the who now pay approximately $540. to Horton. of support for cutting the system fiscal year that begins July 1 cut will be made up by a fall While the regents decide on "The committee will review at least as much. Another pro­ under the recently-approved state tuition increase? how the cut will affect student each department's report and posal called for no sales -tax budget repair bill. "This equates to about 10-12 tuition, Chancellor Frank Horton recommend a total package to increase, with all shortages to be Gov. Dreyfus was expected to percent increase in tuition," said will decide how to re-allocate the Chancellor Horton," said Mike made up by budget cuts. Dreyfus sign that bill Thursday. He was H. Carl Mueller, assistant chan­ decreased funds to various de­ Rupp, UWM financial director. himself threatened a 10 percent ^expected to exercise his veto cellor for University relations. partments. "We have already built our across-the-board budget cut when pbwgt.,extensively, but was not "The regents will try to raise There are two major options in budget. Now we have to go back the legislature was having pro­ expected 4Q change anything in tuition to make up the entire deciding how to deal with the cuts and change it according to the blems coming up with the budget. the part that affects tiie system. difference." at UWM. Horton must decide cuts." Mueller said it was an effort to j>ersuade the legislators to de­ System President;Robert O'Neil- whether to make the majority of will allocate moneyv'to the cam­ Increase inevitable the cuts in the remedial, non- Cutbacks planned crease the cut. "We had to be puses after Dreyfus signs the bill. Dreyfus has the final action on credit programs or the course Rupp said the decrease in this there whenever they met/' Muel­ The 2 percent cut equals a loss budget matters. After the regents credit programs. Representatives area will be compensated for by ler said. "If you're not present on of more than $8 million to the approve the amount of the tuition of all departments and schools service and class cutbacks, not system. The cut also affects the increase, which O'Neil says is have submitted their reports on additional tuition. The committee (turn to p. 10. col.5] Student aid funds slated for reduction by Petr Kotz Pell Grants, the mainstay of non-repay­ seeking aid over the next two? academic NDSL's would face 40 percent reductions of The Post stab able student assistance, will no longer be years. compared to present outlays. available to about 800 of the 3,300 In the College Work-Study program, It is uncertain how the cuts will affect The nearly 9,000 students who receive students here who received the grant this the tenative federal allocations to UWM individual financial aid packages, but financial aid at UWM will have their aid year, according to department officials. will be trimmed next year by 13 percent. Neville estimated that a loss of about reduced by as much as 45 percent in the Because of reductions by the Reagan By 1983-84, the nearly 600 students $719,000 in federal contributions would be next two years, according to JofirrNeville administration, the ceiling for eligibility who now participate in the program will felt by the department. and Harold Russell of the Financial Aid will change from a combined family incom face 30 percent cuts in their aid, resulting department. of $27,000 in 1981-82, to $17,000 in in smaller allocations and a more restric­ While the department awaits its alloca­ 1982-83. tive eligibility basis. tions from the federal government, In 1983-84, financial aids officials here SEOGs may be cut Graduate students will also feel the spokesmen said, students should expect are gearing for reductions of 45 percent In 1983-84, the 1,250 students at UWM pinch. to have their aid allotments reduced by at from present levels. who received $1.5 million from SEOGs in Congress is now debating whether to least 15 percent for the 82-83 school year. 1981-82 will have to look elsewhere if the retain graduate students in the eligibility The allocations are expected to arrive next Cuts in the NOSL and SEOG programs Reagan proposal to totally abolish the criteria for GSLs. 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