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University of Wisconsin - Parkside Ranger News
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Student newspaper of UW-Parkside
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Volume 12, issue 3
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University Committee criticizes pay freeze - Parkside faculty joins system-wide protest
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UWPAC124 Ranger News
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Thursday, September 22, 1983
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
'I
Vol. 12 No.
University Committee criticizes pay freeze
Parkside faculty joins
system-wide protest
Text of faculty letter
to
Gov.
Earl:
by Ken Meyer
Editor
The,University Committee (UC)
voted unanimously last week to
support a letter criticizing Gov.
Anthony Earl's pay freeze for all
state employees, including UW
pro-
fessors.
The letter was drafted by faculty
representatives from the 13 UW
campuses after a Sept. 9 Board
01
Regents meeting. James Shea, UC
chairman at Parkside, was one of
lhe seven representatives to sign
the letter at that time.
At last week's UC meeting, Shea
criticized the govetnor, the Board
of Regents and UW System
Presi-
dent Robert O'Neil, while explain-
ing the letter's background and
for-
mation.
"This letter was drafted lirst by
Larry
Baldassaro (UC chairman al
Milwaukee) and Dave Jowelt (UC
chainnan at Green Bay) and
modi-
fied
some-but
not much ..at the
meeting," said Shea.
The letter is not as strong and
hard-edged as it could be, because
since the letter represents all of the
OW
schools, support
from
every
university would make a 'larger irn-
pact. The thought that a stronger
letter might not have been approv-
ed
is "true to some extent:' said
Shea. "They wanted to rewrite the
thing and then somebody wanted to
rewrtte
it
in a different way."'
Although seven signatures were
put on the letter sept.
9,
some
01
the representatives said they
couldn't sign anything without first
bringing it back to their respective
campus. "The idea was that every-
body would call in by sept.
20
to
say whether their
campus was
going to approve it," said Shea.
Shea didn't want that type
01
delay in the faculty's expression of
disapproval.
"I
hoped they would
send it out right away because it
seemed
to
me that the longer you
wait on something. the less effec-
tive it would be," he said.
"I
mean,
if somebody kicks you in the shin
and you wait two weeks (to) tell
them you
didn't
like that, it really
isn't going to have much effect."
"I
lelt the sooner we let Earl
know, the better," he said.
Shea said that there were two
reasons
why some representatives
didn't want to sign the letter on the
spot. Not only did some state the
lack of a "mandate" from their
campus lor such a letter. but others
lelt that this type
01
action would
suggest that the laculty representa-
tives were a kind of
I
Super
Senate."
"I
spoke against both of these
concepts, saying that (the letter}
was clearly in the faculty's best
in-
terest to
do,
this and to do it right
away," said Shea.
Shea has a poor impression of
UW President O'NeIl. who spoke to
The following
is
the text of
the letter
drafted
by
faculty representatives from the
13 U\V
Sys-
tem universities.
Dear
Governor Earl:
We. the undersigned, are the elected faculty repre-
sentatives of the various institutions of the University
of Wisconsin System. We are writing to you to express
our disappointment and dismay with the compensation
package recommended by your administration.
The wage Ireeze imposed lor
198U4
is particularly
disappointing because it stands in stark contrast to
your support for the university in the biennial budget,
and to your campaign statement
citing
the need for
"some
extra sacrifice" to prevent the loss of
UW
fac-
ulty members to other states (Milwaukee Journal, May
12, 1982).
As
you know , this wage freeze
is
just
the latest,
though
obviously
the most blatant, in a long series
01
salary packages that have lailed even to keep pace with
inflation. Since
1966,
the
real-dollar
salaries
01 UW
lac-
ulty have declined by
20.2%. As
a result
01
this long de-
cline in real income, those faculty members who have
made a commitment to remain
in
Wisconsin are demo-
ralized. In addition, many excellent scholars have left
the
UW
System and many more ..ill undoubtedly do
so.
In a recently
published
article dealing with the pre-
carious situation of several public universities,
Robert
Rosenzweig, president
01
the Association
01 American
Universities, cites Wisconsin as one of those states lhat
are "cutting into the bone and
muscle
of some
of
the
best universities
10
the world:' He also provides the
lollowing admonition; "A state governmenl can hardly
pursue a more shortsighted economic and cultural
policy than to starve a great university into medioc-
rity."
Since your recognition
01
the essential role
01
lbe
University
01
Wisconsin System
is
a matler
01
pubUc
record, we
are
confident that you have no intention
01
overseeing such a slide into mediocrity. 11Iat is pre-
cisely what is threatened, however, by the pay plan.
And it is not the faculty alone who
w
,II
bear
the
c0nse-
quences; everyone in this state who benefits lrom the
education and services provided by the University of
Wisconsin System will leel the eUects
01
us
decline.
We call upon you, lben, to do
all
in
your
power to
provide
the adequate compensation for facuity
necessary to
assure
the quality
and
national
prestige of
higher education in Wisconsin.
the Regents about the pay raise
sit-
uation. "He admitted at an earlier
laculty representative meeting that
neither he nor the Regents
under-
stood the political situation. They
didn't
know
what was going on.
I
thought thaI was a damning
admis-
sion for the President of
the
University, whom we've aU heard is
talking to the governor ..the first
pair that's talking
tn
liVing memo-
ry.
"On an issue as important as
this, where the outcome was
so
devastating, lor the President to
say that he
was
surprised,
I
think
thaI says the President did a crum-
my job .• felt that
O'Neil's corn-
ments at the board meeting were
weak.
and, in (act, were just bureau-
cratic mumbo jumbo.
I
was very
dissalisfied .
"I
think
0',
eil has been meffec-
tjve and 1 think the Board
01 Re-
gents
have
been
ineU«tlVe," said
Shea. ". think we should keep the
pressure on both
01
them and Earl
to
do
somethmg about It ,.
Shea poonted out that sin e
World War
Il.
there ha
ve
been
pay
increases
every year,
although
to
the
la
t lew years they were very
nurnmal ''I've been here m 1967
and I've
een over those
years
what' happened
to
po
and It
Continued on ~e ~
Pbil POlP'eba
Phil Pogreba 'critical'
after auto accident
PSGi\
President Phil Pogreba.
23, remains in critical condition
after a
one-car
accident early Satur-
day morning.
The accident occurred at approx-
imately 2:45 a.m. at the intersec-
tion of Highways
A
and
32 (Sherid-
an Road). According to reports, the
auto, driven
by
Samuel Greidanus,
18,
went through the Highway
32
stop sign while traveling eastbound
on Highway A.
The auto crossed Highway
32, en-
tered a private driveway and trav-
eled 40 feet before striking several
mailbox posts. The car traveled
an-
other
160
leet, struck a large tree
and went another 15 feet before
Coming to a stop.
Pogreba sullered numerous bro-
ken
bones
and internal injuries. He
underwent five hours of surgery
Saturday morning at St. Catherine's
Hospital. He was
transferred Mon-
day to Kenosha Memorial, where it
was determined that there
is
a pes-
sibility of brain damage.
Another passenger, Steven Mu·
zenski, 22, was admitted to St.
Catherine's listed in satisfactory
condition with a broken leg and
possible internal injuries.
Grejda-
nus, who also suffered a broken leg,
was ticketed lor lailure to stop at a
stop sign and operating a motor ve-
hicle while intoxicated.
Students are urged not to contact
the hospital or the lamily. Inquiries
should be directed toward Buddy
Couvion in Student Life, Assistant
Chancellor Carla Stollle or the
PSGA
OIfice.
•••
INSIDE
Roundtable speaker
criticizes Aspin,
MX
Homecoming King
a
Queen nominations
PSGA closes doum.
Book Exchange
PSGA elections near
,
•••
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Letters
to
the Editor
I
imbo student questions library
to exclaim. "Bring back our two
. or pay us sixty dollars!"
If
only
1
hadn't returned the two
books weeks ago ...
Well.
that
was a year ago. Bring-
g
ou
up-to-date on what has
transpired in
that
year,
I
will men-
tion lust this: "The books have not
yet
shown
up. '
I still maintain, and
justly
so.
that
I
returned the books,
that they were lost after they left
my hand, gently nestling them-
_
m
the book-drop. The library
corrects me, of course, and repeats
I
nee
I
am
tbe last person on
record
WIth the books, and because
they
have
not yet been found. that
I
am
bekI
responsible. Thus, my self-
procJaimed title as "limbo-ologisl."
To
prole
that
I am a reasonable
sort
of
ehap.
I
will
say that
I
can
apprenate the library's
position.
As
I
ha
e
heard
numerous times from
library personnel: "You know how
man} times
I've
heard
that
excuse?
• f solemnly agree.
If
only it
eren't truet
In
fairness
to
aU
parties involved,
I could be lying. And heck,
even
il
I'm telling the truth, gosh, rules art
rules! Everyone knows that we
can't set a precedent in going
against a rule.
Il it is true that I am lying
,I'm
Dot), then it is just that my eleven
credits from last semester are held
off my transcript, and
I
am nghtly
barred from registering this
fall
But it is still as
I
told the library.
"If
you were on trial and innocent.
would you plead guilty?"
Need I
answer?
~
Il there is one thing that
tliis
un-
finished adventure has
enlightened
me about, it is the sad fact that
a
person is no longer good for his her
word. Now that is something
that
transcends this small
conflict.
and
touches each and every one of us
Anyone, I'm still not convinced
that
the library isn't just the tip of the
iceberg, and that the whole
"book
episode is not just an elaborate
undercover operation from the top
to keep me out of tjw-P!
Sincerely yours.
Christopher OOrf
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The Parkside Ranger, Volume 12, issue 3, September 22, 1983
Description
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Student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wis.
Date
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1983-09-22
Subject
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College student newspapers and periodicals
Student publications
University of Wisconsin-Parkside--Newspapers
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Newspaper
Language
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English
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Kenosha, Wisconsin
Type
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Text
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University of Wisconsin-Parkside
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The Board of Regents of the University Wisconsin System
board of regents
compensation package
faculty
james shea
the university committee (UC)
uw campuses
wage freeze