1 10 1 https://archives.uwp.edu/files/original/fc27e003a6bc1ce558226ba0c0aa70ae.pdf f0bdf698cf6e48d970e73c48903d4575 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 21, issue 26 Headline Used for newspapers, the Headline element describes the main article of the issue. Fee Hikes provoke controversy Series Number The series number of the original collection. UWPAC124 Ranger News Text Any textual data included in the document 1,199] ~ A Parkside Student Govern- mentAssociation (pSGA) meeting washeld in Upper Main Place on Friday,April16,toprovideanopen forumfor discussion and dissent regardingnewly instituted fee in- GIl) creasesset to go into effect in the fallterm of 1993. Roughly thirty peopleattended the assembly which cappedoff a two week period of 7:30 frustratedquestioning and confu- ~'~ sion since the fee increases were iaIa announcedin the catalogue of up- comingfall course offerings. 'is... Many of the fee increases came as a complete surprise to students andfaculty alike. "All we ever re- Wi' ceived were drafts," states Eric :. It Bovee, President of PSGA. "We /in, neverreceived the final report." Dr. Greenfield, vice-chair of ) !he faculty's University Commit- tee, expresses similar confusion. ''We were never really consulted on this," he says. "This is of great ICb concern to us ... we are certainly /.s. intending 10 find out more about 86- thisissue." Responding to the question of whetherthe way in which the fee to'; increases were decided and insu- die uued might be in violation the ill! WisconsinAdministrative Code's ng policy of shared governance, or Greenfield replies, "Alas, I'm not sure if that's true. We are asking formore information about this." Among the most controver- sial fee increases to be instituted in fall are a graduation fee and a feefor dropping courses after a ten daygrace period. "These drop and ,addfees will become a serious fi- nancialburden for all students, es- peciallythose receiving DVR fund- Editorial... Andy questions the new student fees for 1993-1994. See it on Page 4 ing and other financial aid," pre- dicts a student leader who chooses to remain anonymous. Dr. Gary Grace, Dean of Stu- dent Affairs, explains how the fee increases came to be instituted. The Board of Regents was delivered a thorough study of the University's administrative costs. Even though the study showed UW-Parkside to be relatively low in comparison to other UW System schools, the Board demanded a cut in administrative costs. With that mandate, the Chancellor commis- sioned a special study to examine other System schools and the fees they have in place. From this com- parati ve study, emerged the present fee package. "It's a sign of the times," states Grace. "We live in a period of declining budgets and increasing demands. People are saying 'we don't want our taxes raised,' so the Uni- versity must reduce services or find addi tional sources of revenue." Dr. Stephen McLaughlin concurs.say- ing, "As public education gets more and more scrutinized by taxpayers, who are already stretched, more and more fees fall on the back of students. Nobody enjoys doing it. In my opinion, more tax dollars should be used to support the Uni- versity enterprise, but I am a realist ...I don't have an alternative." Certain fees are designed to do more than raise money to cover administrative costs, according to Grace. The newly instituted drop fee is ..... not intended to raise money. It is intended to encourage certain behavior." UW-Parkside has been very high in its percent- age of drops compared to other campuses, Grace stresses. "We have the highest percentage of 'ghost students,' students who register for classes, but don't at- tend, in the entire system." The drop fee is designed to affect this behavior. "Other system schools have experienced a kind of 'one year learning curve,' as students learn about the impact of drop- ping courses through their own experienceorthrough thatof other students," Grace observes. "It is our hope that 'normal' drop/adds, the normal jockeying of classes will be worked out in the first ten days. For the majority of our stu- dents, it will have no fiscal im- pact at all ... if you don't drop, you won't have any fees." McLaughlin 'again .reiterates Grace's observations. "Schools that have instituted this policy have seen a behavior change, a beneficial behavior change," he states. "People do get into the process and adjust to it." Of concern to others is an appar- ently unofficial change in policy regarding students receiving VA benefits. The new policy, report- edly suggested through a recent auditor's report, will force veter- ans to pay tuition outof pocket, as they wait for VA checks, or to set up deferred payment plans, with additional applicable fees. "When Ienrolled in this Uni- versity' I enrolled partly as a re- sult of the liberal care afforded veteran students ... Now, all this seems to be changing," reports one disgruntled vet. "This whole thing has a very familiar ring to it ... a war was fought once in this country over taxation withoutrep- . u' resentauon., . Student responses to the in- Continued on Page 2 Why American Disabilities Awareness Week? Although many people know that Beethoven composed the fa- mous hymn, "Joyful, Joyful We AdoreThee," few are aware that he did so AFTER he became deaf. This immediately brings to mindthe question of how someone COuldcompose anything without "hearing" the notes, least wise a piecethat centers around the theme of "joy." What 'could be joyful abouta musician losing the ability to hear? In actuality, there is never any elation concerning a specific dis- 'ability in itself. The "joy" is mani- fested when the individual is granted the freedom to continue creating in whatever mode they are capable. Here at UW-Parkside, there are many disABLED students who are seeking to express their own creativity in a wide varietyoffields. Unfortunately, many of the handicaps which affect these stu- dents, are not visible and often not understood by the general "able- bodied" population. This is why .there is a need to "educate the edu- cators" and enlighten society in general. The AmericiirWith Disabili- ties Act is not merely a piece of litigation tobring down the physi- cal barriers that make buildings inaccessible. It is meant to be a tool which will help dismantle mental and social stereotypes as well. The accommodations made available by this law will help make it possible for the largest unemployed group in America to join the rest of the nation in mak- ing this country more productive. Even more important, it will give millions of Americans the free- dom to create their own Ode to Joy. nside ... Nationally renown poet and writer David Kherdian re- turns to his TOotS. Page 3 Gabe and his truck, the rain god. Page 4 R<JftI'" New, photo by Mike Pauporc Boogie Down Productions rap artist KRS-ONE speaks on education, race relations, and revolution during his lecture in Union Cinema Sunday evening. For futher information, see complete story below. KRS-ONE promotes insight, revolution Gregory M. Gauthier News Writer NationairaprecordingartistKris Parker (KRS-ONE) appeared on campus for a lecture last Sunday, April 18. The 7:30 presentation in the Union Cinema attracted local rap music fans, Group Home children from the Racine/Kenosha area, and UW-Parkside students. Steve Murphy, who organized and planned the event through the Parkside Activities Board (PAB) and the Urban League, introduced Mr. Parker by stating that what he and PAB were interested in doing was "starting a controversy" and "getting people thinking." Waleed Ahmed of the Urban League of Racine/Kenosha further introduced Parker to the audience by summarizing Parker's speech, and began by asking the audience to par- ticipate in an opening prayer. KRS-ONE's lecture, which was themed "God Versus Education," was an amalgam of issues such as race relations, gang violence, Ameri- can education, religion, history and philosophy. At times, the lecture was in- sightful: "Education cannot start vi end in the University; it must con- tinue throughout life," "American Education today is memorization, more than it is thinking." In other places, however, it was. as charac- terized by Murphy in an article in last week's Ranger News, "revolu- tionary" in its tone: "I want to organize the community against the establishment," "Violence against the community cannot end without violence against the estab- lishment." Parker further stated he felt that the Los Angeles Rodney King riots of last July were a "beautiful thing" because "it...was the whole community against the establish- ment!" He also stated that there was "No justice in a land of stolen property, for a stolen people." The speech contained within itsomething foreveryone, and gen- erated much contentious debate in the question-and-answer session following the lecture. Most com- ments centered on questions of bibletranslation,religiousdoctrine, and, as put bya University student, Mr. Parker's "Recipe for a Revolu- tion." . The lecture and debate period lasted until 10 p.m., after which Mr. Parker left immediately via personal limousine. T~~~~~~~2.- --;-_--::;-_-------------- --..:.A~P~ril22,1993 !HE RANGER NEWS, Page 2 --...:: Geography students at the peak By' ten o'clock Sunday morning, the geographers were fol- lowing aroute which encompassed stops atMill Bluff Slate Park, Castle Rock, located in Camp Douglas, and thesouth shoreofDevil's Slate Park. Balance Rock, the Devil's Window, pot holes and ripples in the rock formations, were the high- lights of Devil's Lake Slate Park. Heavy breathing could be heard coming from most of those climb- . ing the trail, which reached a peak of approximately 1600 feet. In a group of~tudents with an age rang- ing from 19 to 35 (or so), it was observed that the non-traditional students did more than hold their own on the climbing leg of the weekend. Nancy Federmeyer was seen to be blazing the trail, as was Susan Christy - both of whom are non-traditional students. The "grand finale," ac- cording to Richards, was the final stop at Parfrey's Glen, adjacent to Devil's Head ski resort. The glen, in the words of club member Brian Sweeney, who holds a degree in geology, is an "island of pre-Cam- . brian bedrock located on astream." For Sweeney, "the weekend ended with a big bang." For other geog- raphy club members the weekend ended with mumblings of a chal- lenge-, Having hiked through the glen, which some members de- scribed as an enchanted forest, and which all experienced as a muddy Continued on Page 3 I Gays Mills, a small rural town nestled below miles of apple or- chards' was described to students, An icy climb to an eleva- withnopun intended,asan "Arneri- tion over seventeen hundred, feet can, apple pie kind of town." Strik- high,probingquestionsfromapro- ingly different was the economic fessorwhosedrivingmotivatespas- development of the town of sengers to wear-seat belts, and a Soldier'sGrove. A town sign pro- walk into a place that time seemed motes the site as "America's First to have forgotten: these were high- Solar City." After a flood in the lights of the recent weekend trip early 1970's, the once agglomer- for UW-Parkside geography club ated businesses decided to rebuild members. and incorporate the use of passive Nine students, along with , solar energy. geography professor Curtis Travelling northwest on Richards and Professor Michael Highway 35, the van of geogra- Thaller, of the Carroll College ge- phers followed the Mississippi ography department, spent their River and next stopped to view a time on Saturday exploring and lock and dam. Richards, an expert observing western Wisconsin. A on trains, as is Thaller, shared his guided tour, by the professors, knowledge when the group crossed pointed out drumlins, moraines, aset of railroad tracks whenreturn- glacial drift and various other ele- ing to the van. The trip was ments of the terrain travelled in sprinkledwithbitsofrailroadfacts, route to laCrosse. which added another facet to inter- The western upland of ested club members. ( Blue Mound Slate Park (west of Upon reaching laCrosse, Madison) was the first point of the group travelled to the summit exploration. With views of Mili- of Grandad's Bluff. In contrast to tary Ridge, the Wisconsin River the sunny skies at the banks of the Valley and Devil's Lake to look Mississippi River, they once again forward to, the group cautiously came in contact with snow and climbedthe icy overlook tower. cloudy skies. After descending the Once atop the observation deck, bluff and eating dinner, a small the geography enthusiasts ex- contingent explored the central pressed cries of awe towards the business district and observed the sprawling landscape below~ primary economic activity to be in Ice and snow were not to the tertiary sector; specifically.tav- be found at the next two stops - ems drew their revenue from the Gays Mills and Soldier's Grove. UW-LaCrosse students. Marquita Hynes News Writer Thursday, April 22 UWP Men's Baseball at Northwestern U. Evanston, IL, 3pm. Choral Concert. 7:30 pm. Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine ALM - Showboat. Union Cinema; 4:30 and 7prn. $1- students, $2- guests. Gay & Lesbian "Out and About week". Rick Burd, gay comedian, Union Square, 8pm., free. Disability Awareness Week: Play- What does it mean to be disabled? Noon, Upper Main. Understanding Americans with Disabilities Act: speaker, Bonnie Peterson; 3pm, Overlook Lounge, free. Friday, April23 Panel Discussion: Making It: Success stories of the Disabled; Noon; Union 104-106, free. Voices of Parkside, CART D-1l8, Noon, free. UWPWomen's Softballat UW Platteville,4pm. UWPMett's Track andField, Apr.23 & 24, HillsdaleRelays,Hillsdale,MI,4pm. UWPWomen's Track, Apr.23 & 24, Hillsdale Relays,Hillsdale,MI, Spm. Film: My Beautiful Laundrette, Union Cinema, Sl-students, $2- guests; followed by a social gathering/dance in Union Square. Musical_ Guys and Dolls, CommArts Theatre, 7pm, $7~students, $8-others. Saturday, April 24 UWP Men's Baseball at home versus llT., Doubleheader, Noon. UWPWomen's SoftballApr.24 & 25 atMountMercy,IA. Musical- Guys and Dolls, CommArts Theatre, 7prn, $7- students, $8~ others. Sunday, April 25 UWP Men's Baseball at home versus lllinois Benedictine; Doubleheader, Ipm. Monday, April 26 UWP Men's Baseball versus UW-Mllwaukee, at Milw., Doubleheader, l pm. Brewer's Night Game sponsored by P AB & RHA. For the bus and a bleacher seat- $7. Tuesday, April 27 UWP Women's Softball at Home versus NE Illinois, Doubleheader, 3:30pm. Magician- Brad Montgomery, Union Square, Spm., free. Wednesday, April 28 UWP Women's Softball versus National Louis University at Chicago, 3:30pm. Bard's birthday to be celebrated 'Two Shakespeare birthday events will celebrate the bard's 429th birthday April 23. "Words, words, words" is adramatic read- ing on April 23 while the annual Shakespeare birthday dinner will be on April 25 at UW-Parkside, The readings of Shakespearean selections at the Old Book Corner, 312 Sixth Street, Racine, begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23; admission is free and open to the public. Co-directed by Michael Lee and Joseph Delorenzo, the cast includes Andy Di Salvo and Katy Wilt from Racine, Judith Hohmeier from Bristol and Tina Paukstelis of Kenosha. Lee and Delorenzo are recent Dramatic Arts graduates of UW-Parkside, The public is also invited to participate by suggesting favor- ite Shakespearean lines. There will be free coffee prOvidedb Centre City as well as oth y f h erre· res ments. The annual Shakesp B ' hda . eare irt y dinner is set for 5:30 p.m. at the UW-ParksideU . " mono The dinner tshosted bytheTeach ing Shakespeare ResourceC . en, ter (TSRC), which sponsors id a state-wu e sonnet ~ting COn. test. W mners are announced th d · ~ e inner. Professor Joseph Chang, UW -Milwaukee, will be th ' speaker, "Joe is an e.cellen~ speaker and -an interestingper. son," Slates Andrew Mclean professorofEnglishatUW.!'arl<: side and director of theTSRC."I do hope many students willjoin us inthis fun evening oftribute 10 Shakespeare." Dinner is$9.50. The public is invited to attend. For reservations call 595-2002. Fee controversy Continued from Page 1 creases in fees are mixed and var- ied. "We, as students, need to stand together and when the administra- tion institutes changes with little student input, we need to voice our discontent," explains Ms. Dawn Cunning, in a statement represen- tative of many students. Others are much more pessimistic "[ feel that the student body as a whole, with few exceptions, areas blind as sheep being led to the slaughter ... we arc being led toward significant finan- cial hardship come the fall," says another student. The relatively small turnout at Friday's PSGA assembly may in- dicate that this opinion is indeed an accurate assessment. "Take your opinions and express them to the administration ... Nothing is going to happen if you sit backpassively and wait for someone todoitfor you ... Work within the governing I structure in a peaceful, consmc- tive manner," admonishes Mr. LarryTumer,aCECAadvisorwho attended Friday's assembly.Inthe nextseveral weeks, Turner'swords will be heeded. More forums will be held; pe- titions of protest will be circulated; other avenues of protest will be explored. Student resolveandwill- I ingness to speak out inaconstnc- tive way will be tested. If youare concerned about UW·Parkside's newly instituted fee hikes,keep your eyes and ears open foroppcr- tunity to take an active partin PSGA's work in upcomingweeks, Make your voice heard. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Entertainers for Mother's Day Tea. Instrumental and/or vocal music requested by Brookside Care Center in Kenosha on SundaY, May 9 at2 p.m. Thirty minutes - one hour. Please share yourtalents with the residents and their friends on this special day.. See Carol In the Volunteer Office. Habitat for Humanity in Racine needs workers. Work days are Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 9 a.m. to Noon and on Thursdays from 5to 8p.m. Check bulletin boards for special work days forOW· Parkside students or ask at the Volunteer Office in the Career Center. No special skills needed. MDA Summer Camp Volunteer Attendants Needed. Can'yOU give one week (June 12-19) to children with Muscular DystrophY? Be the "arms and legs" for a child between ages 6 to21duringsummer camp. Applications are available in the Volunteer Office. Don'tml ss this opportunity to help someone and have fun, too. "Adopt a Highway" for Lutheran Brotherhood Branch 8038. Volunteers are needed to help pick up litter between 31st and60th streets on Green Bay Road on Saturday, April 24 beginning at9a: m . A picnic lunch will be provided. This would be a great club actiVity. Call the volunteer office, 595-2011, today. GoJRthe Volunteer Office, WLLC D-175 for more info[!"a- tion or ~~'ii Carol at 595·2011. 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 Ranger News, Volume 21, issue 26, April 22, 1993 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 1993-04-22 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 career center disability awareness week fee hikes geography KRS-ONE