https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/27ee99b0704c971d1f0b2b9a53278647.pdf 9567dec776a355ebf9f06cedab55ed2a 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 15, issue 17 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Administration responds to Chrysler closing Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document • byKelly McKissick News Editor The announced closing on Wednesday,Jan. 27 of the Chryslerauto plant In Keno- shameans more than the loss ofsome 5,500 jobs for auto workers. For campus students, It means additional stress, fi· nancial need and, unfortu- natelyfor some, the end of highereducation. The Chrysler Corporation will he closing auto assembly operations in a city which has been bUilding cars for 85 years. When Chrysler bought theformer American Motors plantlast summer, the plan was to keep the plant open for at least five years: The plan' obviouslydid not work out for Chrysleror the plant. Chancellor Sheila Kaplan reaUzesthat many faculty, staff and students have spousesor parents that will belosingjobs. Kaplansaid that a series of programsneed to be Installed to sid those faculty, staff and studentswhose lives wlll be affectedby the closing. She saidshe Is planning to have an all-University town meet- ing next week at which the University of WiscOnSin-ParkSlde -, implications of the plant clo- o sure will be discussed. "We want to talk about the cycles that the city could ex. pect to go through; and we want to talk about stress issues that the people will be facing because in truth the studies that have taken place on the subject talk about plant closure and the. re- sponse to it being the same as grieving for the death of a loved one," Kaplan said. She explained that the Unl- versity will be offering a se- ries of workshops on stress management for those on campus affected by the shut. down. .'This university has offered stress management workshops before, but these will be designed specifically for our own people I ., she said. Kaplan also addressed the potential for. financial prob- lems among students. "We want to be able to provide ap- propriate financial aid coun- seling to students. It may mean helping them re-write and re-negotiate their aid package or whatever we can do to stretch out the pay- ments So that in as humane a way as we can, help students over the immediate crisis of the financial crunch." Bylaw change nearly dissolves United Council ~A~ministration responds ~ I • by Amy H. Ritter News Editor and Ross Pettit The United Council nearly paSSedlegislation Saturday ~hichwould have altered us oY·laws In such a way that bUSinesswould never be con. ductedagain. The proposed by-laws ~hangewould have Increased e quorum count for the UnitedCouncil from 46 to 66 Ing vtll ing members' by tncreas- ter representation of.UW cen- att SChools,who have a poor tt endance record. In prac- ace, quorum would never be ~hIeved because, according ttlPSGAPresident Alex Pet- e.; "Attendance at United no;mcu meetings is usually o( ntoear60 voting members a tal 92possible /lOW." The Change that was ~d, and later recanted, cd for schools with popu- ...... lations of 0-2,000, five dele- gates; 2,001-4,000, six; 4,000· 10,ooo,seven; 10,001-20,000. eight; 20,001-35,000,nine; and 35,000 pius, twelve. UW-Cen· ters with populations of 0- 1,000 are permitted one dele- gate; 1,001-2,000, two; and 2,000pius, three. Pettit, leader of the Park- side delegation, brought to the attention of other student leaders the 1lkellhood that quorum would never again be reached. Pettit cornered lead- ers of the Madison and Mil· waukee delegations before they were abie to leave the General Assembly meeting, taking with them t,!e votes needed to nullify the change. The members returned to the meeting, and further ac- tion negated the change in the by-laws. Members agreed to meet at a iater date. I'The very existence of the organization was at stake," Pettit said . to- Chrysler closing Sheila Kaplan She stated that she wanted to offer other workshops through the University, such as a series for teachers in the public schools to heip address the emotional probiems that grades K-12 will face, and a series for local smail busi- nesses on surviving the conse- quences of the closure. Kaplan said that she hopes the programs will be Imple- mented within February. Last Saturday John Collins, Kenosha county executive, called a meeting to assign task 'forces to aid in probiems from the plant closing. Ka• plan will be serving on the education and job training force with Chairman John Burkholtz, head of Kenosha Gateway Technical College and Greg Campbell, president of Carthage College. "Then we talk about a larger role for Parkside, in responding to the community and the large number of peo- ple not directly related to the institution who will be laid off and those from local bust- nesses that support the plant," she said. "It's very Important that we coordinate our efforts closely with Local 72 (United Auto Workers Union in Keno. sha) because it makes no sense for us to put programs in place to help the dispiaced workers if council 72 is not supportive of It." Kaplan said the majority of the respqnsibtltty for retrain- ing of the production workers would be at Gateway Techrn- cal College because they "are organized and have the staff and equipment to provide short-term occupational train. ing." She said that Parkslde could play a role with the "significant number" of workers who have taken classes at the University al- ready. "We would want to help them organize their aca- demic plan and see if they would like to come back to finish a college degree." She. said that Col1lns asked the task force to work with the white-collar managerial post- tons that will also be elimi- nated to see What types of services could be offered. Kaplan stated that Park. 'stde is also planning to hold a symposium in early March on plant closings and their Impli- cations. Profes or Lou Fer. man, who Is a nationally known expert on' the Issues of plant closing, wlll speak at the symposium. "We will be inviting all the appropriate people in the community to learn and listen," she said. It may be possible, Kaplan said, that Ferman and his team of researchers will be asked to stay in Kenosha for a few days to do some consulting with the city. Kaplan commented, "I think what's Important here is that we all cooperate, do what we do best and put to. gether a package that meets the needs of different kinds 01. people." UC fears Parkside pullout by Amy H. Ritter News Editor The arrival of the Parkslde delegates to. Friday and sat- urday's United Council (UC) meeting at UW-PlattevlUe was reportedly a surprise, amidst rumors that Parkside was pulling out of UC, PSGA President Alex Pettit said he arrived at Friday night's Presidents Committee meeting to the amazement of UC president Adrian Serrano, and relief of presidents of several other UW schools. Student government presi- dents Harold Annen, UW-Mil· waukee, Frank McKinney, UW.Whitewater, and Rob McGinnis, UW·Madison, ush- ered Pettit into the hall upon his late arrival to Friday's Presidents Committee meet- ing, expressing surprise at his appearance. Pettit said they told him Serrano had been depicting Pettit as an unstable leader and reporting that Parkslde was planning" to withdraw from UC. "We have had problems in "From his reaction, he was awfully surprised to see me. He was not thrilled, but I don't know If was pleased or not." - Alex Pettit the past," Pettit said, "but that comes with the territory. If I was pleased with every- thing UC was doing, I'd prob- ably be running it myself." In a late interview, Serrano said that rumors travel fast in politics and in the student politics, 'and he did hear that Parkslde was considering pulling' out, but he was pleased that Parkslde showed up. "From his reaction, he was awfully surprised to see me," Pettit said. llHe was not thrilled, but I don't know It he was pleased or not. It'" hard to say. He was certalnly shocked. "From the comments ot other presidents, I would say he would have cause to be upset with me. I ruined his depiction of me as an unsta- ble leader." Inside UC under fire Student writing .contest Studs strut their stuff Wrestlers dominating 'Home sweet home page 3 page 4 page 5 page 10 page 11 2 Thursday, Feltruary 4, 1987 Ranger our views . Now is not the time to give up on education Parkslde shared In the blow from Chrysler Corporation last week when the automobile manufacturer decided to shut the Kenosha plant. As the only state-supported rour- year learning institution In the area, we feel the eftecta of that decision in obvious and less obvious ways. Naturally, students and administration are concerned about the loss of potential growth of the student body due to the loss of jobs In this area. It Is difficult for students to afford to pay tuition when the chief breadwinner Is unem- ployed. An even greater concern is the way this news is affect· ing the current students and staff at Parkside. The tmpor- . lant thing to remember Is that panIc will not solve the- problems this factory closing has created. The admlnlstratlon at Parkslde has taken a strong In- terest In helping studnets and staff deal with the addltton- al stress brought about by this news. The financial aids people know that times are going to get tougher for some or our students, but they are ready to assist students In readdressing their needs. If students on this campus have enrolled In a university to lmprove U1.eirchances in the job market, the events of the last week should Wustrate how really vital a college educaUon tiks become. This is not the time to ron away from higher education. Take advantage of the support oftered by Parkslde's stu- dents and administration. Realize that the pull-out repre- sents change. not the end. Don't give up on yourselves. Don't give up on Parkslde. Stay In school. .. Iyour views Wheelchairarticle draws heat from "normal" student by BiU Serpe I feel compelled to corn- ment upon Mr. Rick Luehr's "Nobody Asked Me But" col- umn In the Jan. 28, 1988 Issue of the Ranger: his nspoofy" attack on "The great thinkers who devised these plans to keep the disabled out of Park- side and staying home where they belong." Mr. Loehr, don't flatter yourself by lhInk1ng all of this was done just for yOU. We "normer people, tf as you call anyone not In a wheelchair, have our own set of problems with exacUy the aame Issues as yours, which don't allow us any time to IntenUonaIly be "lrtpplng you up." (Oh...was that a pun?) Those parking spaces for the handicapped, that you are certain were filled with extra snow just for you, have be- come quite a burden for all of us. Consider. if you will, how it feels to come to Parkside at night to use the library, duro ing sub-zero weather. and you have parked in the nearest space you can to the sidewalk Into the building. You will have to scale the berm In the middle of the lot, climbing over two plies of frozen, jagged; ploughed snow, alIpplng and sliding up and/or down the berm Itself, (since those "great thinkers" decided not to put passage ways In the middle of the lot where they are needed by normal people,) or you have walked around either end of the berm-sa considerable dis. tance in sub-zero weather. As you approach that gap between parking lot and Inner Loop Road, you see empty all of the handicapped parking spaces, save one, and you would be willing to bet your entire National Direct Student Loan that none of those spaces would get used that night. Many a swear word has been issued at that spot. Please remember, Mr. Luehr, we .'normal people" wlll stlll have to deal with this issue when the snow is gone and a thunderstorm is happenIng. You should also know, Mr. Luehr, that the ramps that are cut Into curbings to make It possible. for wheel chaired people to get to where they want to go, are exceedingly treacherous to we •'normal people." They ice over in a most unusual and camou- fiaged fashion, causing many a book-laden person a nasty fall. Now, about those elevators. Did you know, Mr. Luehr, that ~ome •'normal people" have disabWtles that aren't necessarily repairable with a wheelchair or crutches? The person who said "walking up those three flights of stairs Is good for you," obviously did not have asthma, arthritis or a bad heart. Again, Mr. Luehr, you over- estimate your own Impor- tance. "Out of Order" eleva- tors are a problem for many people. Remember, lfstuff" happens. That human roadblock In the Molinaro concourse, that gets set up just before you ar- rive there,; many a time I have seen you, in your wheel- chair, stopped In that very same place, deeply engrossed In the problems of the world, cartng Darry a whit whose path you were blocking, only enjoying the comraderle that makes that barrtcade of hu- manIty between classes, an- other remarkable facet of the Parkslde community. These people don't have time to intentionally block your path, Mr. Luehr. They're much too busy trying to determine the best place on campus to dispense con- doms. Mr. Luehr, look sround you. Life's a bitch, and !hat Is that. What you don't resllze about we "normal people" Is that, yes, there are probably lots of times when wheelcha!· rites do Impede our course, (and you probably have seen our angry faces). However, we try, very hard, to make your life easter, for you,!lln no other way than to relraltt from writing an annual letter the the editor or "NObodY Asked Me But" column sbOU t how miserable wheelchair people are making our lives. Most of us feel It Is In ~ taste to publlcly eomp bvl about something that is 0 • ously just another part oflIle. Ain't It a bitch? RANGER EDITORIAL STAFF Jenny Carr Editor Rsndy LeCount SportsEditor Kelty Mc~k , News Ed~tor Dave McEvoy Photo Editor Amy H. Rm~ ······.·· News Editor John Kehoe Asst. Photo Editor TerriDeRosier F.sture Ednor Robb l.uehr Copy Editor Ranger ISwntten a~d edit~d by students of UW-Parkside, who are solely responsible for itS edito;:J = cy and content. 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Wendy Sorenson. . 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 The Parkside Ranger, Volume 15, issue 17, February 4, 1987 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 1987-02-04 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 american motors carthage college chancellor sheila kaplan Chrysler gateway technical college local 72 united auto workers union