https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/42374939a729c212b60f1d280316a01d.pdf 02b4c133e43666275cfb9de2db506e66 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 44 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Students, Staff March Against Proposed UW Budget Cuts Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document R A N G E R N E W S U N I V E R S I T Y O F W I S C O N S I N - P A R K S I D E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R A P R IL 2 3 20 15 S t u d e n t s , S t a f f M a r c h A g a i n s t P r o p o s e d U W B u d g e t C u t s Dori a DeB arto lo Debar 004@ uwp.e du On Wednesd ay, Apr il 15 arou nd no on , abo ut 4 0 Parkside studen ts, fac ult y an d staff m arch ed th e halls o f th e un iver sity in pro tes t of Walker's prop ose d $300 mi l­ lio n b ud ge t cuts. The pro test ors org ani zed nea r the OMSA (Office of S tud ent M ult icu ltu ra l Affairs) in W yllie Ha ll and m ade th eir way across the s choo l to t he S tude nt Center. Permission fo r th e pro tes t was no t req uest ed, howev er, the Parkside Police di d n ot m ake any att em pts t o s top i t. Stud ents h eld signs read ing "St op th e Cuts" and "Save th e UW ," w hil e ch an tin g "Up up w ith ed uc ati on , dow n do wn w ith legis latio n." Am ong stu de nt co n­ cerns we re delays in g rad ua tion and g ran t avai lab ility . "Because of l im ite d class ava ilab ility , I have had to dro p my min or," s ays an anon ymo us Parkside junio r. "I've also been for ced in to ta kin g ou t mo re loans because my g rants have been re duced." Stud ent Ritu Patel, 20, me n­ tio ne d th at she kno ws several stu­ dents , herself inclu de d, tha t have had sig nific ant delays in g radu a­ tio n because clas s availa bilit y in th e bi olo gy d ep art me nt does n ot me et th e needs of th e stud ents . Protesters gat her ed ou tsid e on the steps near the S tude nt Center wher e the y voi ced th eir opin ions . "You're no t on ly tak ing away fro m each indiv idua l's po ten tia l, bu t fro m o ur state's pote nti al! " sho ut­ ed cur ren t stu den t bo dy Vice P res­ ide nt Ga brielle K raw czyk ."Wi th these cu ts, we cann ot af for d the amaz ing professors th at m ake ou r UW system great! " add ed st ude nt Annalee Sepanski. Preced ing these sta teme nts, stu den t bo dy Pre sident Gab riel Coro nado u rge d prot esto rs to call the ir sta te repre senta tive Senator Richard Gude x to ma ke the ir d isap prov al of th e UW Bud get k no wn . "A nyone w ho is con cern ed ab ou t the c uts sh oul d reach Senator Gude x at (608) 266- 5300 or via em ail at Sen.Gude x@ legis.wisconsin .gov," Coro nado stressed in an in ter vie w. Parkside stude nts call th eir legisl ators d ur ing prot ests o n Wednesday, Ap ril 15 to express fru str ati on w ith the pro pos ed UW bu dg et cu ts. Many stud ents s urr oun din g th e pro tes t expressed conce rns th at t he p rot es t sho uld n o t have take n place o n Parksid e's campus because "ad min istr atio n is not t o bla me fo r these cuts." Presiden t Coro nado re spo nde d to th ese concerns , stating , "I wo uld ag ree w ith t he ir pe rspe ctive th at i t's no t th e ad min istr atio n wh o pro pos ed these cuts," he said. "How ever, one o f the o bjec tive s was to raise awareness of th e cur ren t status th at th e UW System is goin g th ro ug h. A lth ou gh ma ny stu den ts are aware, the re are also man y th at are n ot . Duri ng th e pr ote st we call ed several legis lators , re­ gardless o f par ty, and asked th em to no t app rov e the p rop ose d bud get ." He also adde d th at ba sed on t he fe eds he has seen on social med ia and l oca l press, it seems like th eir ob jec tiv e to raise awa re­ ness and c onc ern was achie ved. P S G P r e s i d e n t i a l C a n d i d a t e T a l k s B u d g e t C u t s , H o p e s f o r N e x t Y e a r Chelsie Aloi si, Katlynn e Davis haney00 6@uwp .edu davis086 @uwp.e du Wi th Parkside Stud ent Gove rn­ me nt (PS G) elec tion s tak ing pla ce earlier t his week , Ranger News rep orte rs we re able to catch u p w ith Han nah Kowal czyk, wh o is ru nn in g un opp ose d for pr esid ent of PS G alo ng w ith h er po ten tia l vice pre side nt, Mig ue l Lopez. Kowalcz yk is cur ren tly a soph ­ om ore he re at Parkside wh o is do ub le- ma jor ing in business man age men t and p oli tic al science and p lans to go t o la w sch ool after she graduates . Kowalc zyk has also bee n inv olv ed in several orga nizat ions o n camp us. If they were to be el ecte d as pre side nt and vi ce pres iden t, Kowalczyk an d her pa rtne r M igu el Lopez pl ed ge to b e the voic e for stu den ts in term s of th e w orri som e bu dg et cut t o th e UW System. "M y run ­ nin g ma te and I are loo kin g to co nti nu e in th e foo tste ps of t he cur ren t pre side nt an d vice presi­ de nt, as well as to be th e voic e for th e stu den t bo dy wh en it comes to t he b ud ge t cuts," Kowalcz yk said. Pro mo ting a const ant lin e of com mu nic ati on b etw ee n PS G and Parkside studen ts is som eth ing Kowalcz yk hopes t o w ork o n if electe d. In a live , on-a ir i nt er vi ew at WIP Z, Ko wa lcz yk ta lk ed m or e ab ou t ho w she w ou ld h an dle th e poss ibly d iff icu lt po sit ion o f P SG pre side nt in t he u pc om ing year. "It's really im po rta nt to preserv e the t hin gs th at w e have availab le to stud ents , and I w ou ld ha te to see th at d isappe ar due t o t he bu dg et cu ts tha t are coming, " she said. Kowalczyk urg ed st ude nts to mak e thei r voices hear d in rega rds to bu dg et cu ts by at te nd ing t he Segreg ated Univ ersit y Fee Advi ­ sory Co mm itte e (S UF AC ) bud ge t mee ting s. "Regardless if you're o n th e co mm itte e or n ot , your vo ice can sti ll be hea rd as a stud ent b y jus t si ttin g in th ere o n the m eet ­ ings, and i t w ill s till be ta ken in to con side ratio n even if yo ur v ote does n't coun t," she said. Kowalczy k also talke d abo ut th e imp ort an ce o f the ele ctio n. "PS G Electio ns are very im po rta nt for stud ents a nd it is my hop e th at e very one can find th e tim e to vot e in th e up co min g elect ion," Kowalc zyk said. Parkside Stude nt Gov ern men t elec tion s initi all y to ok p lace jus t PSG pr es ide nt ia l an d vice pre sid en tia l ca nd ida tes , Kow alc zyk a nd Lop ez. last week , Apri l 16 to A pril 17, bu t due t o an er ror o n the ori gin al ba llo t, the v ot ing was pro lon ge d un til 6 p.m . Monda y A pril 20. Re­ sults wer e released Tuesday, Ap ril 21. Check ou t The Ranger News web site at tr no nlin e.o rg to read mo re ab ou t ele ctio n results. 2 R a y C r o s s R e v i s i t s P a r k s i d e K a tl y n n e D a v is d a v is 0 8 6 @ u w p .e d u St ud en ts, fac ulty an d ot he r st aff ga th er ed to ge th er in th e S tu de nt C en te r ba llro om on We dne sda y, M ar ch 25 for a c am pu s-w ide disc uss ion of th e c ont rov ers ial St ate pro po sed bie nn ial bu dg et wi th th e Un ive rsit y o f Wi sco n­ sin Sys tem Pr es ide nt Ra y Cro ss. Sit tin g p atie ntly , th ose wh o a tte nd ed th e ev en t w ere ea ge r to he ar C ro ss 's res pon se to th ei r o wn qu est ion s. S tu de nt s wer e g iven fro nt - row sea tin g a t t he disc uss ion, wh ich too k p lac e fo r a n ho ur be tw een 2:3 0 a nd 3:3 0 p.m . T hi s vi sit m ar ke d Cro ss's sec on d re tu rn to UW -Pa rks ide ove r t his s pr in g se mes ter. Cr oss 's pr im ar y visit o n Feb. 10 wa s less p ub lic ize d th an his m ost re ce nt visit , an d con sist ed of a pr es en tat io n to an au die nc e l arge ly m ad e up of fac ult y a nd staff, an d a few s tud en ts. How ever , th e M ar ch 25 vis it w as g ea re d mo re tow ard s th e co nc ern s o f stu de nts . An em ail fro m th e D ea n of St ud en ts, T am m y M cG uc kin , w as se nt ou t ab ou t a week pr io r to Cro ss's visit n ot onl y t o rais e a wa ren ess ab ou t t he ev en t, b ut to also get stu de nts to co nt rib ut e a ny qu est ion s th at the y m igh t ha ve f or th e U W Sys tem pre si­ de nt in reg ar ds to th e bu dg et. Ch an ce llo r D eb bi e For d in tro du ce d Ra y ans we rs fo r t hos e w ho ca me . "W e ho pe th at you ca n pro vid e us w ith gr ea ter cla rity ab ou t wh at s om e of th e cha llen ges ar e, bu t al so how we ca n be hel pfu l in th e pro ces s go ing for wa rd so t ha t w e c an sec ure a s tro ng er fu tur e f or UW - Par ksi de, " sa id Ford as s he wel com ed Cr oss to ca mp us . T h e ten sio n i n th e bal lro om eas ed a bi t as Cro ss s tep pe d up to th e p lat e, jo kin g th at he ha d a th re e- ho ur lon g sp eec h to pr ese nt. Cro ss th en be ga n wit h a list of qu est ion s th at ha d be en pr ep ar ed ah ea d of tim e. T h e first qu est ion on the list aske d if th e bu dg et cut s w ere effecti ve fo r U W cam pu ses , to wh ich Cr oss re sp on de d, " I do n' t k now ." Cr oss tol d s tud en ts th at it w as tim e fo r st u­ de nts , fac ulty an d staff to fo cus th eir effo rts o n ha vin g th ei r v oices he ar d. "N ow is t he tim e t o co nc en tra te yo ur req ues ts to yo ur l egi slat ors ," he s aid , e nc ou rag in g a tte nd ee s t o g et e ng ag ed in th e proc ess. Cro ss also p oi nt ed ou t a rec en t a rtic le he ha d re ad th at qu es tio ne d w he th er or no t a pu b­ lic e du ca tio n, s pecifi cally a l ibe ral ar ts e du ca ­ tio n, was o f any val ue. "1 jus t find th at am az ­ ing ," he sai d. " I d on 't kno w ho w t o r esp on d to th at . H ow do we c ha ng e t ha t p erc ep tio n? Ho w do you exp lai n to the m th e v alu e o f an ed uc a­ tio n? " C ros s urg ed att en de es to talk to wh oev er the y c ou ld i n o rd er to exp ress th e i m po rta nc e of pu bli c ed uc at io n an d th e res ear ch th at 's co nd uc te d on UW -Sy stem cam pu ses . An ot he r q ue sti on on th e l ist as ked if th e UW -Pa rks ide ca mp us wo uld be clo sed . C ros s tri ed to pu t d ou bt s t o res t, p oi nt in g o ut th at it wo uld be mo re exp ens ive to close a ca m pu s th an to inc rea se rev enu e f or th at ca m pu s. U W - P a r k s i d e C o l l e g e S e p a r a t i o n G en o C o lo n n a co lo nO 14 @ u w p . e d u Wh ile in th e p ast UW -Pa rks ide has be en kn ow n fo r its two m ain colle ges ba sed ar ou nd bus ines s a nd pr e- m ed , it has jus t r ece nd y b ee n split up in to fou r d iffe ren t c ollege s. T h e f ou r colle ges t ha t t he sch ool ha s b een split up in to inc lud e th e Col lege of Art s a nd Hu m an iti es , Co lleg e of Busi ness , Ec on om ics an d Co m pu t­ ing , C oll ege of N at ur al an d H ea lth Sci enc es an d th e Col leg e of So cia l Sc ienc es a nd Pr o­ fessi onal Stu die s. T he se dif fer ent colleg es h elp cat ego riz e t he cu rri cu lu m ba sed on wh at fits you r c ur re nt ma jor . T hi s new str uc tu re also "S om e s ay th at th e univ ersi ty will n eve r b e th e sa m e," Cr oss sai d. " In so me ways , it will no t. I n ot he r ways, it c an be be tte r." Add ition ally , C ros s a dd res se d th e co nc er n th at tui tio n wo uld sky rock et as a resu lt of the cut s, w hich wo uld allo w th e U W Sys tem mo re po we r in se tti ng tui tio n rat es. Cro ss s tat ed tha t hig he r e du ca tio n ne ed ed to re m ai n affo rda ble for stu de nts . " If it's no t a ffo rda ble , it' s n ot ac­ cess ible ," C ros s sa id. W hil e t he ca mp us -w ide fo ru m gav e st u­ de nt s, fa cul ty an d staff th e o pp or tu ni ty to ask que stio ns, th e ac tua l effect s t ha t t he bu dg et cu ts wil l h ave on UW -Pa rks ide an d ot he r UW ca mp us es ar e st ill u nk no wn . Rec ently , so me stu de nt s o n ca m pu s e x­ pre sse d t he ir f ru str at io n wit h b ud ge t c uts th ro ug h a pr ote st th at too k p lac e o n We dne s­ day, A pri l 15. Ph ot o c ou rte sy of K ad yn ne Davis gives a clos er def ini tio n to wh at th e c ollege br ing s in co nj un ct io n wi th new, inc om ing fre sh m an wh o d o n 't nec ess aril y k now whe re to st ar t o r w ha t t o l ook in to . In th e pa st, UW -Pa rks ide wa s w idely kno wn as a bus ine ss- bas ed sch oo l, bu t si nce the new ch an ge s h ave be en im pl em en te d, th e Univ ersi­ ty now offe rs a va rie ty of spe cial ties . E ven with a ch an ge like thi s b ei ng new ly ap pli ed this year, th e U niv ers ity is still c om po se d o f 37 ma jor s, 40 mi no rs, mu ltip le cer tifi cat es, pre -pro fess ion - al pr og ra m s a nd eve n on lin e d eg ree s. Fu rth er ­ m or e, th er e ar e als o su b- ca teg ori es l iste d a s dif fer ent de pa rtm en ts wi thi n ea ch colle ge. An ot he r res ult of th e ch an ge in th e colleg es at UW -Pa rks ide is t he in cr ea se in th e dir ec tor s an d ch ai rm en of th e Un ive rsit y. E xp an di ng to two mo re coll eges re qu ire d ne w ad m ini str ati ve staf fing to tak e p lac e, w hic h ha s g ive n n ew job s to tho se staff m em be rs. Be ing a s tu de nt on th e UW -Pa rks ide ca m pu s now m ea ns th at you will hav e less con fus ion wh en ch oo sin g a ma jor . Fig uri ng ou t w he re to go f or ass ista nce in yo ur spec ific field will b e a n eas ier pro ces s. O n th e o th er ha nd , t he re ce nt bu dg et cu t im po sed by Go ve rn or Wa lke r is cu tti ng te ac h­ er s w ho ar e o n th e b ot to m of th e sch ool str uc ­ tur e, th us l eav ing a s ur pl us of hi gh er ad m in is ­ tra tio n in a zo ne wh ere th er e ar e m or e s tu de nt s to a tea che r. T hi s c ut ha s n ot on ly h ad an effec t o n this new ch an ge bu t o n ot he rs as wel l. Ov er all , th e e nt ire pro ces s h as still pr op el le d th e c olle ge i n a new an d inn ov ati ve way th at will p rop erl y s tre ng th en it f or th e f ut ur e. 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Th e R an ge r New s me eti ng s a re eve ry M on da y a t 12 pm in the R an ge r Ne ws Off ice . All s tud en ts an d fac ult y of UW -Pa rks ide ar e we lco me to at te nd . Ha ve any co m ­ me nts , c on ce rn s, qu est ion s, or sto ry ide as? Ple ase e-m ail us at: ra n g er n ew s @ u w p .e d u . Like to me et wit h us? We ar e l oc ate d in th e S tu de nt C en te r i n roo m L I0 1 A. 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 Ranger News, Volume 44, April 23, 2015 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 2015-04-23 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 budget cuts nontraditional students parkside student government association (PSGA) racial profiling ray cross scott walker