Quote the Index Rip-off"fails p. 3 "We were able to sell our Definition as weapon 4 product." uwm Student art displayed 6 —Scott Dacey, United Council Stuermer treats fans 7 president-elect, on that group's Panthers split 9 successful efforts to retain state campuses in UC membership But is it art?. 12 See story below Vol. 28, No. 56 April 24, 1984 Budget plan moves to Senate by Jane Rider upon its receiving a telephone "A lot of our funding is based within this total amount. If it does on the computer printout on how After a review of 92 organiza­ not receive a phone system, SFC's much (the organization) spent this tions' budget requests, the Senate deficit would be reduced to $98. year provided by the Dean of Finance Committee made recom­ Students Office (Carmen Witt)," The committee's nine mem­ mendations for the allocation of said Nichole Gantshar, chair of bers' criterion for their alloca­ $243,398 in segregated fees for the Senate Finance Committee. tion recommendations is based on the 1984-85 fiscal year last Thurs­ Gantshar said the recommenda­ services, salaries and travel ex­ day night. tions barely include any of the penses. The services an organiza­ travel expenses requested. These recommendations will be tion will provide to students are "We're asking groups to come voted on by the Student Senate listed as the most 'important back and ask for those amounts in Sunday night at 6 p.m. in Bolton criterion used by the SFC. 85. A majority vote is needed for October to fund their travel ex­ approval of such legislation. Salaries for officers was not the penses," she said. The SFC-recommended figure most "prized" criterion evaluated Any students or senators un­ exceeds the SFC's allocatable for funding, and travel expense happy with the recommendations fund by $398. However, the request was the first item to be cut may argue them Thursday, 8p.m. Chinese Student Association's off the budget organizational in Union 175 at the scheduled allocation of $300 is contingent request. amendment meeting. Suicide confirmed in falling death The 20-year-old who took her mates said. Ruzicki, life by jumping from her 22nd No one was in Sackin's room The mother, who lives in Tor­ floor dormitory room last week when she jumped. onto, Canada, said she had had a history of suicide attempts According to the medical exam­ spoken to her daughter on the and other mental disorders stem­ iner's report, Sackin had made night of her death, and reported ming from a 1982 sexual assault, numerous attempts on her life, that "she appeared to be dis­ according to her therapist. and her therapist, Betty Ruzicki, tant." Julia R. Sackin died last Wed­ said she had been treating Sackin "She was a very disturbed nesday in a tragedy that shook for severe depression and that person, and I am not surprised of Sandburg Halls residents and she "was definitely suicidal.'' the events of her taking her own Even though the Easter Bunny was distributing eggs at the Grand other UWM students. University life," Mrs Sackin said. Avenue Mall during the holiday weekend, Jenny Belke found it Police and the Milwaukee County Ruzicki said she last saw Sackin Elmer Hamann, director of necessary to color her own. Medical Examiner's report a week ago, "at which time her Housing at Sandburg, said Sackin Post photos by Sandy Whitaker (top) and Annie Belke confirm that Sackin's death was a condition was not good.'' had her summer and fall room suicide. Pauline Sackin said her contracts completed. About 10 minutes before daughter was sexuality assaulted Sackin had also made plans for Sackin's attempt, students in the while jogging in Lake Park in a short trip to Europe. adjacent dorm room heard what 1982. Shortly after that attack, "She wasn't wrapping up her they thought was the tearing of a Sackin took an overdose, accor­ affairs," Hamann said. screen. Shortly after, Sackin came ding to her mother. Since that Memorial services and arrange­ out of her room three times trying incident, Sackin was receiving ments are pending with Weiss to make phone calls, her room­ psychiatric treatment from Funeral Home. Tragedy stirred quiet night in dormitory Wednesday evening began quietly enough; zip along pretty fast and I wouldn't have been half the people had already left the dorms for surprised if someone had had an accident. Easter weekend and those of us who were left Someone did have an accident but it wasn't were impatient to leave. in the parking garage. I'm not too proud to It was quieter than most Wednesday nights in admit my friends and I decided to go downstairs the dorms. Usually there's a party going on and see what had happened. There's always an somewhere and people are going in and out all element of curiosity when something tragic night. A few floors had planned ice cream happens. You know you shouldn't look at the car accident on the highway and strain to see the victims, but sometimes you just can't help it. Like everyone else on this campus, We went out through the parking level and members of the Post staff were shocked were surprised to see no sign of an accident. We and saddened when they learned of walked outside and saw that a section of grass Julie Sackin's death Wednesday night. below the dorms had been roped off. That's when A member of the staff who lives in the my friend first mentioned the word. "I bet it was a United Council receives dormitory wrote this personal account suicide," she said. in an attempt to convey the feelings she - On the way back up to our room we speculated reaffirmation of support experienced. The Post editorial staff is on what would make someone so unhappy that running the story without a byline they no longer wanted to live. We ruled out bad in the belief that ideas and emotions grades or losing a job, but my friend mentioned by Doug Hissom that a bad break up with her boyfriend or a parent staff, approved membership by a conveyed here outweigh the individual 673-500 margin. dying might make her want to die. Somewhat aspect of the person writing them. Support for the United Council UC Executive Director John ironic is the fact that I said I might try to kill has received overwhelming ap­ Skary said it was a very tense myself if I were ever raped. proval at systemwide referen- week for the staff. study-breaks, but that was about the extent of Apparently, a sexual assault two years ago was dums held recently, despite the "We lost Parkside, but that was activity. the main cause of the girl's suicide. It's too bad no loss of the UW-Parkside campus largely because there was no I was sitting in a friend's room watching one could help her get over the pain and reach a at the beginning of April. support from the student govern* television when it happened. Just a few floors point where she wanted to live. UW System schools hold refer- ment association there at all," above us a girl was probably sitting by her Even though I didn't know her well, I was endums every two years to deter­ Skary said. window deciding whether life was worth the affected by her death. When you live in the same mine if the student body feels The Parkside student body de­ effort. building with someone, there is a feeling of participation in the Madison- cided to withdraw from UC by a 70 A few minutes later the girl next door came familiarity with them. Often, you see the same based student lobby group is vote margin out of over 1,200 over and asked us what was going on outside. We people in the elevators, at house parties and in the necessary. votes cast. looked out the window and saw three ambulances cafeteria. Referendums passed by a five Skary said the La Crosse vote and about four squad cars. When a news truck I'm sure her death affected the people she lived to one margin at UW-Green Bay, was more critical than the other arrived we assumed something fairly serious had with and her family and friends more deeply, and and three-to-one margins at UW- campuses, because one of the happened, and when we saw the paramedics carry I hope that if anyone else is feeling suicidal they'll Oshkosh, UW-Superior and UW- parties was running for election to a body over to an ambulance we knew it had. stop and think of the people their death would Stout. Unofficially, UW-La the campus government on a The paramedics appeared to be coming from affect. It touches all of us when someone in our Crosse, which received a heavy platform in opposition to UC. the parking level below the dorms, and at first we community dies and it is that much sadder when dose of campaigning by the UC [Turn to p. 8] thought there had been a car accident. Those cars their death is needless. JOJN B. HUDSON IN THE 4th' ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RUN. ^mN/ APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT UWM BOOKSTORE UWM STUDENTS & STUDENT UNION MEMBERS $1.25 The Flicks UWM FACULTY, STAFF & GUESTS OF ID HOUXRS $1.75 SANDBURG COMMONS, GROUND FLOOR EAST Cheech & Cheng's TT STILL add 5% Sales Tax).