Parking hearing set for Sept. 14

A public hearing about the future of the Residential Preferred Parking bill in Milwaukee will be delayed until Sept. 14.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Association representatives had said it would be unfair to take action on the bill until there was an opportunity for student input.

“I think it’s very exciting,” said Samantha Prahl, SA president. She said the aldermen on the Public Safety Committee, the committee that was discussing the bill, showed a willingness to work with students.

“We’ll have two weeks to mobilize the students on the campus,” Prahl said.

At the hearing, the committee and others will discuss whether or not to take away 721 parking spaces and reserve them for residents as a result of the Residential Preferred Parking bill that was signed into law by Gov. Jim Doyle this year.

Research chancellor resigns

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee accepted the resignation of Abbas Ourmazd, the vice chancellor for research and Graduate School dean, today after he called for promised resources to be put in place, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Ourmazd said he wanted Chancellor Carlos Santiago to provide previously promised resources in UWM’s development into a research university, the paper reported.

Ourmazd will stay at UWM as a professor in the physics department, and Santiago has announced who will help fill the position until a search begins in the fall for a permanent replacement.

UW Credit Union wins ATMs contract

All ATMs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be converted from Guaranty Bank to UW Credit Union machines starting this month, said a UWM spokeswoman.

Sue Peterson, Auxiliary Services representative, said that the UW Credit Union won the contract to provide the campus with ATMs when the agreement between the university and Guaranty Bank expired.

The ATMs in the Student Union have already been changed to the new UW Credit Union machines, with the other existing locations around campus soon to follow. The ATMs will also continue to have no fees for customers who don’t bank with UW Credit Union.

The UW Credit Union has also set up tables in the Union to answer financial questions and conduct surveys with the ultimate goal of offering seminars in the fall, said Michelle Johnson, UW Credit Union representative.

UWM student to run for Assembly seat

A 19-year-old UWM student announced today that he would run for a State Assembly seat.

John Weber, a sophomore, said on his campaign Web site that he would challenge Republican incumbent Suzanne Jeskewitz for the District 24 seat in the party’s primary on Sept. 12. The district includes parts of Germantown, Richfield and Menomonee Falls.

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