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yumttzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz by elTen jvaTte Can bike thieves really pedal that fast ? The bicycle population on this campus is increasing every semester. This fall students have returned from the summer with brand new ten speeds, five speeds, and various other newfangled bikes. Needless to say, Schwinn and the other bike companies are making their mint off the students, but so are some other people, namely bicycle thieves. It does not upset me that bike companies are making so much money today. For years nobody .but grade school kids, factory workers and physical fitness fanatics rode the things. The local bike shop was not the place to visit unless you needed a tricycle for the kid. Today, people are more pollution conscious and fad conscious. Riding a bike is fun. A good one can get you anywhere in a relatively short length of time with little effort. A “beater can get you across the city, to the local bar, or to school. Bike thieves are spoiling the sport of biking with numerous thefts in the city. Lately they have been partial to ten-speeds of all makes, all ages. No place is sacred to a bicycle thief; no front porch, no door, no parking lot, no spot on campus will stop these deceitful, underhanded tricksters. A lock and chain, no matter what the manufacturers say, cannot stop the bolt cutters these people employ. A bike thief can be anybody--your best friend, your fraternity brother, the local freak. Three years ago, on a balmy spring night, I got hauled down to the police station with my boyfriend. He was a bike thief, and I did not even realize that the blue ten-speed he was riding was not his. The police gave both of us a real grilling, trying to find out if I was in on it, if he had stolen any more, and if we were just generally degenerate. He went to trial a few weeks later, and got thirty days in jail without the option of a fine; at the time I thought the sentence was too harsh; today after talking with all sorts of people who have had their bikes ripped off this summer, including me, I have to admit that bike thieves deserve a bit harsher treatment. How can these people get away with it? Most common thieves are caught within a week, maybe a month. Well, if any of you have had your bike stolen and reported it to the local police, you already know why they get away with it. The police know the problem exists, and that it exists way out of proportion to any other type of theft in the city. Because my bike was worth about $150, the person committed a felony when he stole it. This makes no difference to the force of blue men; they don’t even do a convincing job of sympathizing with you. The man I talked with said they thought a truck was picking up bikes in the city and transporting them to other 24 cities where they sell them. Do they do anything about this information they have? No! The problem is too big, they explained, which is precisely why they should do something. No contact is made with other cities, no man on the force is assigned into this special area. They just file a report in a cabinet that is never opened until the insurance men call for the information. Perhaps if the police would crack down on the bike thieves these people would not be so open and so cocky about their business. Have you ever noticed the thefts that the “Oshkosh Daily Northwestern reports in their daily issue? “Lady’s purse, with $45 stolen from car, “$25 baby stroller, “fishing tackle worth $100 stolen from three garages, are typical examples. Never, and I mean never are the thefts of bikes reported. Now I do not know if this is the fault of the paper, who does not think that the rash of thefts is very important since it centers on the student community, or the fault of the police department who bury the reports so deep that nobody can find them when reporters come around. Somebody is goofing it up, though. Publicity on this issue could do wonders for making people aware that this problem exists. I don’t think enough people realize there is this problem. The reason I don’t think people know this problem exists is evidenced in the careless manner that people lock their bikes here on campus. People, at least try to protect your bikes. Little eighth of an inch aluminum chains are not good protection for hundred doUar bikes. A chain-lock combination that is on the market which has hardened steel all the way through, is sLx feet long, and unbreakable by any bolt cutter, is the type of protection needed right now. Unfortunately this chain costs twenty dollars at the local hardware store. The chains that a bike shop sells are not good enough since they have hardened steel only on the outside; the insides are soft and easily cut. If you have a short chain lock the back tire around something stationary since this is the tire that the thieves want, if they can’t have the whole thing. I have heard rumors concerning a vigilante group that is forming or will be forming in the near future to try to get rid of these rats. I do not condone people taking the law into their own hands when an organized police force is able to handle community problems. However, the police have been ignoring this problem for too long now, and it Is time that something be done. People, this is a call to arms to become aware of the problem, to do something about it because nobody else is going to do it. Get off your bicycle seats!
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continued from page 20 As we do this we become less homogenous in terms of student interests, abilities, etc., and it becomes imperative that we provide a type of program which is good for the individual student. When I say this I am not talking about watering down the program. As I see it the most able student ought to be given apro-gram that starts where he is, however high that is, and which provides a genuine challenge for him. Hopefully the university will be able to provide a program which will be good for the individual. We talk a lot about mass education, but as far as Pm concerned that’s a misnomer. You don’t educate masses; you educate individuals. Of course, an institution or university does not move forward because of an individual. It moves forward because a great many people are willing to work together. In the past at Oshkosh the situation has been particularly favorable for progress. We’ve had good support from the legislature and the Board of Regents, enthusiastic support from faculty, and certainly the administrators have been dedicated. Along with all of this we have had a student body that wants to move ahead. After considering all the elements that have been involved , and the team work that has beer, necessary, I’m pleased we can say that this university is recognized as a strong institution by people outside of Oshkosh. When I came here we had no counseling department. We had one teacher who was giving some attention to counseling, but we had no counseling center. At the present time we have the largest counseling center in the former state university system. I think this is important because students who come to the campus need to be able to go to someone who is truly interested in helping them achieve their objectives. When I came here we had one physician who spent two hours a day on campus administering to emergency needs of students. As the student body is well aware, today we have a staff of five full-time M.D.s with supporting nurses and clerical help. Along with all this, in 1959 when I came here, we were completing the first section of the student union. Since that time the union has been expanded to three times its original size. Food service centers have been developed, and other related programs have been made available to students. Early in my presidency we also recognized that students sometimes have special learning needs or handicapping disabilities. Because of that realization a reading clinic has been developed during the last ten years. It is quite unique in the state, and as competently staffed as any you’d find in the Midwest. We could also mention the testing center which really is an adjunct to all the things we’ve been talking about. From that standpoint I believe we can say with all modesty that we have moved farther in this direction than most universities in the country and certainly farther than anyone else in our own state system. One erf the most unhappy experiences I’ve had in all of higher education is the experience of a few years ago when black students became involved in activities that led to disap-disappointments all around. I’m sure it was a disappointment to hem, and it led to great disappointment for us. Because I believe very strongly that higher education has to be for everybody, I think we must find ways and means of helping students who have special needs. I find it personally difficult to separate human beings in categories. As far as I’m concerned everyone is a human being, and everyone should have certain priveleges and opportunities. I believe that different groups may very well have special needs and problems, but this is true not only of the so-called minority, but also of those who in the past have been passed over and sluffed aside. I believe we must find ways of opening doors for any student who has special problems or a culture which ought to be preserved. We are basically a pluralistic society. The university experience should not make our society less pluralistic, but help each person become what he is capable of becoming. We are enriched by the multiplicity of cultures that we have the privilege to enjoy. This nation has become strong because people of all ethnic and national groups brought with them their hopes and aspirations. I suspect that if my philosophy has changed over the years, it has changed at a rate that has not been very percept able. However, I think that one’s interpretation of the situation does change. Going back to my early college days, things were seemingly very well settled. We had a feeling that if we developed certain skills and abilities there would be an assignment in life for us. We felt very comfortable pursuing the academic goals of the classroom. This was in a world that had not started to change as rapidly as it has since World War n. As a result of that change I have become aware that we cannot prepare today for something that will be adequate ten or twenty years from now. We are living in a world which makes changing demands upon the individual. So while my philosophy has not changed--I’ve always believed that education ought to serve the individual--the way in which education ought to serve the individual has changed greatly over the last few years. When I was appointed president in 1959 I had very little time to think about my new position. I was invited to a board meeting on June 10, and somewhat to my surprise, two hours later I was told that the public was being advised of my transfer to Oshkosh. THE END
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