https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/4b700d1990011776ec3dfe66fa3bad99.pdf c80deb89fb91748b1228501fcace5bbb 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 19, issue 2 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Administration promises weight room by spring Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document • ~"u· . f ' " nrversi ty 0 Wisconsin ....Parkside Parkside's ancient weight room Administration promises weight room by spring by Dan Chiappetta News Editor Last year the Ranger was confrontedby UW-Parkside stu- dents,staffand faculty stating that the weight room located in the Physical education building is "dangerousand unsafe." So the Ranger then confronted the ad- ministration. The following are quotes by theadministrationin response to theweightroomarticle inFebruary IS, 1990'sedition of the Ranger: "It is oldand it's not state of the art," said Sheila Kaplan, UW- Parkside chancellor. ''We've known fora period of time that the weight room needs repair. Noquestionaboutil, "stated 10hnSl!>Ckwell,UW- Parkside vice chancellor. The administration then promisedthat something will be done. "It will absolutely be refurnished and equipped by next Ranger Poll year ," stated Stockwell. bicycles. According to Dannehl, Last February, Kaplan and by next faIl the new weight room Stockwell saw a need for a new •willbe connected 10 a lectureroom weight room. Now, seven months wbere a course in aerobic fitness later, the well over 20-year-old willbeoffered. An additionalroom weight room equipment is only in the basement of the Physical getting older and more unsafe. Education building will be used as Wayne Dannehl, UW- anotherweightroomreceivingnine Parkside athletic director, hopes separate pieces of single station the weightroom will be completed body parts from UW -Madison. The by spring semester. "On January room in the basement is being re- IS, 1991, I will be the happiest modeled and should also be com- person in the world. The new pleted by January. weight room will be remodeled So, UW -Parkside students, and rugged. It will be very aurae- staff and faculty will have to wait tive," anothersemester. Last year, Dannehl said that "The situation is less than ac- they couldnotrefurnish theweight . -ceptable and should have been room because he wasn't given the taken care of promptly,which was funds. This year was no different. promised by the administration," "We didplan on having the weight said Chris Daniel, UW-Parkside room completedby thisfall,butwe Student Government Association didn't get final approval from the vicepresident. "There isnoreason UW-System until the middle of why it shouldn't have been taken August" care of along time ago." "The new weight room is ex- "I was told the weight room peeted to feature twelve individual would be done by this fall. If weightstationswithtwelveaerobic. someonemakesapromiseitwould Parkside's an~ated weight room pho<o by Doo I'nnge berefurnishedbya specificdate, it should be refurnished," said Bill Homer, PSGA president "No excuse." . "This is anabomination 10 the modem athlete," said Mike Rohl, UW-Parkside graduate and assis- tantcoach ofUW -Parkside's cross country team. "If the equipment is the same as last year, the equipment can be hazardous to the inexperienced users," said Homer: BarK.sid~ $tu0yhtescapes from Kuwait .. Dan Chiappetta ....< News Editor SeveralstudentsIntheresidencehallsbroughtlotheattentionoftheRanger lhattheapartmentstheymovedintowere inunacceptablecondition. The Ranger then polled ",~ -==------, studentsinthe residence halls by calling each phonelineineveryapart- mentaskingthe question 'Howwouldyou rate the conditionoftheapartment youmovedintoat the be- ginningofthesemesteron a scaleof 1 to·5, 1 being unacceptableand? being D excellent?"Hereare the 1 2 3 4 5 results: Unacceptable Excellent See next week's Ranger for additional coverage. i~ly morning, August 2nd; SlllDeerAli, a UW-Parksidefresh- rnan,*pkeup to witness tilb coun e try I)~\V~ born in and Iived in for 18 yeliis, Kuwait, in tl)e hands of lraqii~~~~sadiIam HusSein·. . ;I%alk ed outsi~eto~OgeF ;l))~:!>~.l\Ild Lsaw Iraqi ~b ··di::··· <~.., 'd··· Ali··· • 21 "In abo..utdiiee ,e~,{sat::\:'-'_s ," -- ".,:: ' houtstlJeyinvildedKuwait.ldidn't . '-':'=< ::::" .. :::., ',' .• '," . -,:::"" •• ,:>.\><. I)~ ~~.. sh90 ung •· :'. ., ·.»c ·.1-11<!isco~ered that d\"0nC~ ·····S¢eI~e~ape,page~ Inside... Editorial ..:~.....:...Pag~·2 . . PSGA Report Page 3. Voice ofUW-P Page 4 Spotlight Page 5 Conn. Corner .Page 8 Sports .Page 9 . ( .( . This Week .Page 19 Intemational Page 20 Life after UW -P.Page 21 Classifieds .Page 24 niversity ofWisco • SI -Parkside Parkside's ancient weight room Administration promises weight room by spring by Dan Chiappetta News Editor Last year the Ranger was confronted by UW-Parkside stu- dents, staff and faculty stating that the weight room located in the Physical education building is "dangerous and unsafe." So the Ranger then confronted the ad- ministration. The following are quotes by the administration in response to the weight room article in February 15, 1990's edition of the Ranger: "It is old and it's not state of the art," said Sheila Kaplan, UW- Parlcside chancellor. "We've known for a period of time that the weight room needs repair. Noquestionaboutit, "stated John S~kwell, UW-Parkside vice chancellor. The administration then promised that something will be done. "It will absolutely be refurnished and equipped by n~t Ranger Poll year , " stated Stockwell. Last February, Kaplan and Stockwell saw a need for a new weight room. Now, seven months later, the well over 20-year-old weight room equipment is only getting older and more unsafe. Wayne Dannehl, UW- Parkside athletic director, hopes the weight room will be completed by spring semester . "On January 15, 1991, I will be the happiest person in the world. The new weight room will be remodeled and rugged. It will be very attrac- tivt ." Last year, Dannehl said that they could not refurnish the weight room because he wasn't given the funds. This year was no different. "We did plan on having the weight room completed by this fall, but we didn't get final approval from the UW-System until the middle of August" The new weight room is ex- pected to feature twelve individual weight stations with twelve aerobic- Several students in the residence halls brought to the attention of the Ranger lhat the apartments they moved into were in unacceptable condition. The Ranger then polled students in the residence halls by calling each phone line in every apart- ment asking the question "How would you rate the condition of the apartment you moved into at the be- ginning of the semester on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being unacceptable and 5 being excellent?· Here are the results: 351 --- -- 3:JJ--.- -- -- 25 -- --- 1 2 Unacceptable 3 4 5 Excellent See next week's Ranger for additional coverage. bicycles. According to Dannehl, by next fall the new weight room • will be connected to a lecture room where a course in aerobic fitness willbeoffered. Anadditionalroom in the basement of the Physical Education building will be used as another weight room receiving nine separate pieces of single station body parts from UW-Madison. The room in the basement is being re- modeled and should also be com- pleted by January. So, UW-Parkside students. staff and faculty will have to wait another semester. "The situation is less than ac- -ceptab le and s hou d have been taken care of promptly, which was promised by the administration," said Chris J;)aniel, UW-Parkside Student Government Asoociation vice president ''There is no reason why it shouldn't have been taken care of a long time ago." "I was told the weight room would be done by this fall. If someone makes a promise it would be refurnished by a specific date, it should be refurnished," said Bill Horner, PSGA presidenL "No excuse." · "This is an abomination to the modem athlete," said Mike Rohl, UW-Parkside graduate and assis- tantcoachofUW-Parkside'scross country team. "If the equipment is the same as last year, the equipment can be hazardous to the inexperienced users," said Homer. Parkside student escapes from Kuwait Dan Chiappetta News Editor Early morning, August 2nd, Sameer Ali, a UW-Parkside fresh- man, woke up to witness the coun- try he was born in and lived in for 18 years, Kuwait, in the hands of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "I walked outside to go get some bread and I saw Iraqi sol~ diers,"saidAli,21. «Jnaboutthree hours they invaded Kuwait. Ididn •t hear any shooting." Ali discovered 1hat the once see TheEscape, page 6 ide .. Editoriat..: .......... Page 2 PSGA Repon ...... Page 3 Voice ofUW-P ... Page 4 Spotlight ............ Page 5 Coun. Conier ..... .Page 8 Sports ................. Page 9 • This Week .......... Page 19 Intemational ...... .Page 20 Life after UW-P.Bagc 21 Oassifieds ......... .Page 24 -p. - •• ,-Pye~2 -----,..----=E:-:=d7:"it-on-;-· -:1al~-]: September 13:S Editorial From the desk of the Editor... Many improvements have been made around campus this summer and as the scbool year gets rolling, several items on campus are presently in the process or or haven't even been repaired yet My question is: why do they wait until one week before scbool starts, or even until afler school starts, 10 begin these improvements. This institution is usually sparsely populated during the summer months and has a perfect setting for all capital improvements 10 be made. The I1lIIlp foo peBOI1S wilh disabilities !hal was =ently added 10 the Communications Arts building is one of the beUer improvements they cou1d have made 10 this campus. I'm sure they Icnew that this ramp was going 10, be buill weD befon: the scbooI ye- smned, SO why did they wait until a week before scbool staned 10 begin CQlISUIIClion? This caused a 101 or incolIvenieoce the firsI few days of scbool. Oreal idea, no planning. TraffIC ClII Wood Road is b8sicaIly noo-existem in the summer, so why is this road still ripped up in cer1aiD spoIS? Why is the emranee 10 Tallent Hall still dismantled? Students have complained that they prw;Iica.Ily fall ClII Ibeir bulls evezy time they walk over 10 this building. Thousands of students have 10 visit Ta1IeaI Hall die finI week of scbooI. so irs an inopportune time 10 begin ripping up the enttanee. The weigbI room in the Physical Ed'lcalicn building was supposed 10 be completed by the time scbool .... Iu.e yoD been OWl 10 dlePby, Ed. building 10 check OIIt our new weightroorn? Don't waste your time ...... over1bl:re. The DeW weigblroom isn't due 10 arrive until theSCCCllld semester, Why is the swimming pool paalIIy emply? This is die foanb ye- iD a row !hal it hasn't been open when school started. ScvaaI 11 wbo moved iDlo housing OWl Labor Day weekend were greeied by trashed residenl Wls. Why sbouId fodtOlll overSlOOO a sc:mesIer 10 live 011 campus when there are holes in theclosel doors, IIains and bons iD the carpel, and walls thai need 10 be painled. Housing administtation response was, "We beId a camp two weeJa before scbooI swted and they trasbed our resident halls, so we didn't have enough liIDe IDflll1bem.·lIdocsD'l_ifH.mcaneHugo swepI tbrough anddestroycd them, they shou1dhave been Jqlaind by day ODe. lIdocsD'l_ wbc:ze the blame lies for thesilWltiOll. Tbepointis, ilShOllldn't be this way in thefust pQce. Maybe next ye. we'll plan beUer and SIUdenIs, SIaff, and facu1ty won't have 10 be inconvenienced. by Craig Simpkins Guest Editorial Misdirection by Toe! McCarthy Copy Edilor The Ranger is distributed from racks located at various points on A nu mber of the racks are adorned by an advertisement qUi'. campus. ' • often a public service announcement" . ' On the distribution rack in the main concourse of Greenfield ilaIl we tI have an ad in which PartnershIp for a Drug-Free America presen y 'd' , f , ftheprevalence of drug testmg as a con inon oemploymeoL mforms US 0 , , ' It does not endorse drug testing; it merely Informs us of us e,islence in the marketplace. , ' , Last week, a note was left on the aforementioned display claiming that "Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a fascist, racist, tolaIilarian Th ey should be considered dangerous to freedom and free group. thinking." I fail 10 understand the motive of the note's author, Has he,oranyone else, ever achieved more or found freedom because of drug use? Drugs have the greatest economic impact and inflict their most serious physical consequences upon non-dominant groups in the United States. In light of that fact, how can the Partnership, whatever, and Whoever, it is comprised of, be described as a group formed to further fascist,eIilist purposes? , I Editorial he desk of the Editor ... and ·nthc do they 1any improvements have been made around campus this summer hool year gets rolling, several items on campus are presently or or haven't even been repaired yet My question is: why · until o week before school starts, c.- even until after school swu, 10 in these improvements. This institution is usually sparsely populated during the swnmer months and has a perfect setting for all capital improvements to be made. ' ties that recently added to the Comnum.ications Arts building is one of ~tements they could ha made u, this campus. I'm sure they knew that this ramp was going to. SIIIICd, so hy did they wait until a week before school started to begin • basically ooo-existcnt in the summer, so why is this road still ripped up in enuance 10 Tallent Hall still dismantled? Students have complained that lhey they walk over IO this building. Thousands of students have to visit inopportune time to begin ripping up the enaance. room in the Ph Education building was supposed to be completed by the time school you been over 10 lhe Phy. Ed. building ro check out our new weight room? Don't waste your time Wllkilll ow:, lbcre. The new weight room im 't due to arrive until the secood semester. Why is the swimming prcac,mJy em This is lbe founb year in a row lhal it hasn't been open when school started. ho mowd into housing over~ Day W'CCkend were greeted by trashed resident lbldmts fork out ow:, 1000a scmestet IO live on campus when there are holes in the closet in the carpel, and walls dial need to be pam" led. Housing .,.,4_;_;,,._., ....,,u,u,,uauon response was, ore scbool smled and they trashed our resident halls, so we didn't have enough •, maacr if Hmricane Hugo swept through and deslroyed them. they should have been f <W the situation. The point is, it shou1dn 't be this way in the first beaet and SIUdenls. staff, IDd faculty won't have to be inconvenienced. } Quest Editorial Misdirection by Tod McCarthy Copy Editor September~ The Ranger is distributed from racks located at various points on campus. A number of the racks are adorned by an advertisement, quite of ten a public service announcement.. On the distribution rack in the mam concourse of Greenfield Hail we tJ have an ad in which Partnership for a Drug-Free America presen y . di . ·-I'. rms us of the prevalence of drug tesung as a con t1on of employrnenL l1uO I ·w [' It does not endorse drug testing; it mere Y t onns us o 1tsex.istence in the marketplace. . . . Last week, a note was left on the aforemenuoned display claiming that ''Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a fascist, racist, totalilaJ'ian group. They should be considered dangerous to freedom and free thinking." I fail to understand the motive of the note's author. Has he, or anyone else, ever achieved more or found freedom because of drug use? Drugs have the greatest economic impact and inflict their most serious physical consequences upon non-dominant groups in the United Stares. In light of that fact. how can the Partnership, whatever, and whoev«, it is comprised of, be described as a group f onned to further fascist, elitisl purposes? University of Wisc~nsin-Parkside Ranger Member of the ~dated Collegiate Press Subscription rate lot one year is $5 , 00. Please addl'ess all correspondence IO: Ranger UW-Parkside · ~- ·x Wood Road Box 2000 ,. "' ·' .' Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 ·· _ Editorial Office · (414) 553-2281 " Business Office (414) 553-2295 News Editor Dan Chiappetta International Editor · Gwen Heller .·. Feature Editor Katie Knight \: Feature Wiler Mona Shannon Entertainment Editor Dawn Mailand Sports Editor Jeff Lemmerntarin ·· Asst. Sports Editors · · Jeff Reddick Ted McIntyre : . ' • Copy Editor . Tod ~cCarthy .. Asst. Copy Editor Editor-in-Otief . Craig A. Simpkins 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 19, issue 2, September 13, 1990 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 1990-09-13 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 international students parkside student government association (PSGA) student health insurance union square weight room