https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/e21f598189deb3b4983426a3399d9453.pdf fdcaf445011667978659b67ce83d57e7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource University of Wisconsin - Parkside Ranger News Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of UW-Parkside Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Issue Volume 12, issue 20 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Decision time - Students to decide whether or not Parkside should stay in UC Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document Thursday, February 23, 1984 Decision time: by Jennie Tunkieicz News Editor Two years have passed and once again students must vote on March 7 and 8 whether or not Parkside should continue to be donor mem- bers of the United Council Founds- tion, Inc. United Council, one of the oldest student organizations, is the UW System student lobby, that works at the state level for student rights and issues. According to United Council by- laws, "the purpose of this organiza- tion is to develop and support high standards for the quality of educa- tion at the University of Wisconsin and to work to maintain the acces- sibility of that quality to the people of the State of Wisconsin; to serve as a liason between the students of Wisconsin and other state student associations; and to promote and encourage the free and spirited ln- terchange of ideas and methods of operations between the student governments of the state ..." The referendum students will vote on (will decide whether or not) Parks ide students will support United Council for at least two years through a mandatory fee (re- fundable on request) of 50 cents per semester. Tbe charge of 50 cents is the miscellaneous fee designated on tuition bills. By supporting United Council as donor members. Parkside would be voting mernb\!rs of the organiza- tion, which means at least four del- ."!latos from.· die. ~versity wouJd I Winter Carnival "It's ~aBall" Rudy Ballssa f1efU IIId Mary 81....... "leY 1IIe..-1 .... , .... P'JI, day's Costume Ball. wbieh ended the week-long Winter CarDiul .... Uvities. Tbeir Raggedy Ana aDd Andy eoslunws ""OD Iirst pla<'f' in lilt' best costume ceetesr. The SnUball Cluh WODthe Cluh E"eDb competition ..ilh PAC' (Parkside Association or Communicators) pladDIe sec.·ondInd Ran«t"r Third. For a full listing of all the week's winAt"rs and mort" phOIO'_ ~ pages 6 and 7. RaDger pholn by Mid .... Kallas. Students to decide whether or not Parks ide should stay in UC HI cannot see what Parkside has gain- ed from this organization.., - Mike Scoon HIt's in Parhside's best interest to stay involved." - Jim Kreuser attend monthly meetings and con- ferences to discuss current student issues and decide on how to react to these issues. United Council's executive board consists of the President, Vice President, Executive Director, Leg- islative Affairs Director. Minorities Affairs Director and a Women's Af~ fairs Director; aU these positions are paid. The organization is based in Madison and serves 11 UW System campuses <UW-Eau Claire and UW- Platteviae currently are not donor members). Campuses that do nol adopt the funding referendum can become associate members of the organization if the executive board approves such a membership; as· sociate members do not vote on any matters. The feelings con<erning United Council and the referendum at Parkside are diverse among the PSGA Senators and executives. Mike Sc:oon, PSGA Vice Presi- dent. feels that it would be in the best Interest of the students to vote down the referendum. Scoon cited the cost of the organization for the students, lack of benefits for be- longing, and internal lighting among members as his reasons for believing that Parkside should drop out of United Council. "The real issue is the .osl and benefit of the organization. Every student has to pay 50 cents per semesler (for United Council) be- cause of the referendum. That's $6,000 from this campus. But is that the lotal cost? No. it's not. It costs money to send a delegation to United Council. PSGA is funded throngh SUFAC (Segregated Uni- Yersity Fees Allocations commit- tee) for $3.122 for lravel expenses and this was strictly for United Council functions. "That is a heD of a lot of money for a school like Parkside to be pay- ing out In send people In United Council meetings once a month." said Scoon. Scoon feels that United Council has not made much beadway on the issues the)' haYe ~. "I've been part of UC for three years and I cannot see what Parksi- de has gained from this organiza- tion. United Council has lost on all the major. issues they have address- ed. On the tuition issue. we lost on that; the state stuck it to us. United Council harps on voter registration all the time ...we register at the polls so that's a dead issue, but United Council harps 011 this every year. Uniled Council also lost on the drinking age issue." said Scoon. The internal problems that United Council has had in the past also concerns Scoon. ve's last president, Scott BenUey. was im- peached in November. The current president, Sue Znidorka, will finish ber term in April and wiD not run in the next election. Therefore. United Counci1 will hive had three presidenta In • lis _tb period, which Scoon feels adds to the in- ronsisIency of the organization. Joe Vi«nieri, PSGA senalor. per- sonally feels that Parkside is not ready to be active In United Coun- cil at lhia lime bedluse of the size of the Senate. The Ia.-t Senate is only ball-fuD. Parkside had a strong delegation In United Council a year ago, but participation had dwind- led. For this reason Vigmeri feels the referendum should be failod, but he feels Ihe organizalton has many benefits which voters should consider. • '" feel that United Council can be a powerfUl organizatiOll. II caD be run effectively; it can be a van- guard of sludent righta 10 the state I feel thai Uniled Counrll is one of the few institutions that is standing between studenta' rights ,n thIS state and those people in admin- istrative positions who would like to see students' rights eliminated If United Council has been ineff..... tual in the past, lhars not In uy that they can't be effectual in the future, ,. said Vignieri. "Right now , don't feel ... ·... prepared to he in United Counrll. If ... 're not going In be active then ... -shouldn't he in it," Vienieri Idded. Terry Tunks. PSGA seeret •• ry !Treasurer, IIso feels Parkside shouJd withdraw their support from United Counci1 at this time. "One thing that Parkside hu that OIIny other call1pUll!l do not have is • good "'pport With our ad- ~d! ...... 1 2 Thlllllllay. Fellruary 23, lISt RANGER .. Letters to the Editor PSGA meeting disturbing • IS Open Letter to the PSGA: On February 16 lhet"e was to be.a meeting held at 8 p.m. in Room 134 of Comm Arts as posted at the PSGA ollice. I was there at 7:55 and waited until 8: 15 before I de- cided to go down to the PSGA offi- ce to find out what was happeoing. On the way down tbere, I met some PSGA senators. and was told that they tooIt a quorum vote in tbe PSGA office and cancelled tbe meeting. This is a disturbing situation be- cause PSGA meetings are suppos- edly open to the student body, and so when the PSGA posts a meeting one would only think it rigbt tbat the quorum vote be taken at the meeting place posed and not some c1osed-door session in anolhet" loca- tion. It almost makes one angry enougb to run for PSGA Senate to assure thatlbis foolishness does not happen again. Franklin Kuczenski Ranger, PSGA open house Ranger. WLLCD1~ and PSGA (Pa!tside Student Government As- sociation) WLLC DI39A, will be holding an Open House on Wednes- day, Feb. 29 from 9 a.m, to 2 p.m, This will give students a cbance to find out what lfteir newspaper and student government are all about. Please stop by; refresbments will be provided. cODtinued from page I IJIIJIistratioD and we're a very pro- gressive scbool as far as student input is coneemed. We have input so it doesn't seem liIte we need United Council to belp us in that area. We could still be involved in the organization (as associate mem- ben) ... it's better 10 sil back and wait to see if United CoUDciI can build up than to keep spending the money. We can always gel back in 10 Ihe organization. Maybe if United CouncU gels a little smaJler there will be less confusion and they could get something accom- plished," said Tunks. Former PSGA presidenl Jim Kreuser stroIlgly supports Parksi· de's continued participation in United CoUDciI. Pa!tside maintain- ed a strong delegation to United Council during Kreuser's presi- dency. "Withoul Uniled CoUDciI I don't know how a check and balance can exist. Believe me. I don't care bow good of a relationship. you have with any administration; if you don't have something to check tbem with, Iben you can't keep things on an even kiel,' said Kreus- er. Kreuser feels student rights would be in danger without United Council. He also feels that associate membership in United Council would be insufficient. "What if every school in the sys- tem IIad lbe saDIe pbilosopby and dropped out of United Council? That's very shorttenn thinking and very foolisb thinking. We need to back up and defend Chapter 36 (tbe law which provides students wilb shared governance of their cam· pus). Things could be even worse than they are in other schools in other stales. Chapter 36 is the mosl liberal law in the country. Maybe people don't waRl to keep it that way. bot as an ex-student leader I think iI's only fair that we do," said Kreuser. "Although United Council didn'l get lhe slale legislalure to pass some of the issues thai we wanled it 10. alleast they were there lobby- ing for us and trying to get lhings ckme," he added. "It's an invest- ment to belong to United Council and it's in Parkside's best interest to stay involved." Jearme Buenker·Pbillips, current PSGA president, said, "the reallrn- porlaDt aspecl about United Coun- cil. ~o me at least, is being able to keep the lines of communication open with all the schools. When you meet someone at United Council you can call them and get inIonna- tion. It helps to know these people on a nersonal basis. then they are HI can't pinpoint the problem with the Parkside campus." U.C.'s Sue Znidorka more willing to belp you out." Buenker-Phillips also feels that United Council's internal problems were reduced when Sue Znidorka took over as United Council presi- dent in November. Znidorka is quite concerned about Parkside voting against the referendum. "Parkside's participa- tion in United Council was tremen- dous a year ago. Their support and their involvement was highly bene- ficiaLit's remarkable to me thai there has been such a sudden change over. I can't pinpoinl the problem with the Parkside campos. "The goal of United Council is to serve as the students' voice. and I IhiDk thai Parkside would loose a lot if they withdrew their support," she said. Znidorka feels that the internal fighting in United Council is in the pasl and thai the benefits of the or- ganization far outweigh the amounl of I)IOney thai is expended per cam- pus. She feels thai Parkside sbould increase their involvement in the organization in order to reap great- er benefits. "We do not represent one cam- pus over another, and if at one given time an issue we are discuss- ing is not lop priorily at Parkside then maybe it sbould be a lop priorily; or maybe Parkside should let us know whal their lop priori- ties are. How are we to know if they do nol come 10 our meetings? Issues are detennined by what Ihe (state) legislature is hearing al Ibe time and what educational issues are being discussed," said Znidor- ka. Znidorka said thai every student on a campus that belongs 10 United Council is a member of the organi- zation, therefore Parkside shouldn'l limit Ibeir delegation to PSGA Senators. "The size of the Senate has no bearing on whether or not they should be members of United Council," she said. Znidorka outlined some of the is- sues thai United Council is working on al this time. One issue which Parkside is in- terested in is the proposal whicb would give non-allocaled segregat- ed university fees to carbpus cbild care centers. Parkside is in favor of Ibis proposition, according 10 PSGA president Buenker-Phillips. Legislative Affairs is working on making voter registralion packets, formulating a Lobby Day and in- creasing lobby communication. Faculty collective bargaining is also being IooIted al. The Legislative Af- fairs Director's position is vacant at this time, and United Council is now laking applications for Ibe position. The Executive Director and the organization's accountant is work- ing with an area CPA finn to audil United Council whicb will cover one fISCal year. They are also work- ing on a fonnalized voucher sys- lem. The Academic Affairs Director and Znidorka are currenlly working for \he implemenlation of a Nurs- ing Ph-D program in tbe UW Sys- lem. The director is also actively involved in the faculty compensa- tion issue. as well as developing a job survey concerning campus jobs. The Minority Affairs Director is working for Assembly Bill 317 which would allow migrant workers to pay in-state tuition in Wisconsin. The direclor is also closely watch- ing the recommendations made by the UW System committee on minority and disadvantaged stu- dents. Keto Meyes- EdItor JeDDle TwIkieIcz News Editor .... ItevIIIe FeallDe EdItor PmidlI ClaDIoIe Spor\I Editor MidIlIe\ Kdu .PIIoto EdItor Dave McEvoy eop, EdItor ADdy Brh _ BesiDe. Manager CadIerI8e Qoffee AdvertIsiD& Manager JIB WWtIoey NIoIIa DilItIl1NtiGD Manager ... 1IHIiIIt Aat. Beft. Manager RCJnge, is w,iHen ond edi,ed by students of UW·Por/uide and Ihey a,e so""y respansib'" fa, i,s editorial poIKy ond c:Dnfe,,'. Published e~ry Thu,sday.durlng the oc:asJemic: yeor e.Kepl durin" bNaks ond holidays. Range, is printed by the Roc:ine )0<01,1101 Times. All c:arrelpondence should be oddreued to: Pa,hide Range,. Uni...e,- sify of Wiscansin·Pa,ksick, Bo,ll No. 2000. KMOsIKt. Wis. 53'41. 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Title A name given to the resource The Parkside Ranger, Volume 12, issue 20, February 23, 1984 Description An account of the resource Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1984-02-23 Subject The topic of the resource College student newspapers and periodicals Student publications University of Wisconsin-Parkside--Newspapers Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kenosha, Wisconsin Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Board of Regents of the University Wisconsin System referendum segregated university fee allocation committee (SUFAC) winter carnival