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Study of dorm requirement asked At Stevens Point, where there is a waiting list to get into the dorms, there would also be a social issue involved in dropping the rule, Dreyfus contends. "There are now 4,000 beds on campus and about 4,000 off-campus," he said. "If we eliminate the mandatory requirement we would increase drama tically the number of students competing for the same number of beds." The UW-Stevens Point study compared the academic performance of some 700 lower classmen living off-campus from 1967 to 1970 because they were unable to get in the dorms with dormitory residents from 1970 to 1973, Dreyfus said. requirement. Under current UW rules all freshmen and sophomores at former State Universities must live in university housing when it is available, with some exceptions.

At UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, no students are required to live in the dorms. DeLonay said he would like to see the task force consist of students, regents, UW central administration representatives, campus officials, faculty and legislators. Students should be the largest group on the task force, he added. Dormsat some former State Universities are full and have waiting lists, while at UW-Superior dorms are only about 60 percent occupied, said Reuben Lorenz, UW vice-president and con- trailer. Vacancies also exist to a lesser degree at UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater and UW-Platteville, he noted.

from some campuses say they would support such a tax, while others oppose the idea, DeLonay said. "It's pretty clear the Legislature wouldn't provide any more tax money" to make up any deficit, DeLonay added. UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Lee Dreyfus said Sunday, "I'll be one of those fighting tooth and nail to keep the mandatory dorm rule." Dreyfus said he bases his opposition to dropping the rule on the results of a study conducted on his campus that showed a "substantial academic difference between students living on and off-campus. "The data support the value of on-campus living for freshmen and not quite so clearly for sophomores," he said. "The data doesn't support the academic value of on-campus living for juniors and seniors." By Roger A.

Gribble Of The State Journal Two University of Wisconsin student groups want a Board of Regents task force to study eliminating mandatory dormitory living on former State Universities campuses. Representatives of the United Council of UW Student Governments and the United Residence Halls Assn. endorsed the study at a weekend meeting at UW Stout. Michael DeLonay, United Council president, said, "We're philosophically opposed to making dormitory living mandatory and we'd like to make it voluntary." However, he said the two groups have conceded that the issue is so complex a broad-based task force should study the ramifications of dropping the UW officials have justified the mandatory dormitory living requirement on the basis of academic performance of dorm residents, but the rule has undoubtedly had a bearing on the higher dorm occupancy rates of recent years. At UW-Madison, all dorms are filled.

Because there were 6,500 applications for 4,000 dorm spaces to be given to new students this fall, a lottery had to be conducted to see who would live in the dorms. Another 2,000 dorm spaces will be allotted to returning students. DeLonay said the two student groups discussed ways of offsetting the financial loss to UW dorm accounts should occupancy rates drop if mandatory dorm residency is eliminated. "One alternative we've been kicking around is a head tax of $1 or $2 for each student to make up any deficit," he explained. Student representatives Metro Wisconsin State Journal Monday, February 16, 1976, Section 4 11 Sandy O'Reilly, of Ely, handles her team over a 6-mile course.

It's dog-beat-dog in the hot winter sun 1 There was variety in the races huskies, samoyeds, malamutes motley colored mutts and even a dalmatian. Sue Binder, Oshkosh secretary, 27, said getting the sled dog bug is like getting a disease. "First you get one dog, then two, three," she said. "It just gets out of hand." Ms. Binder said the conditions weren't bad, despite the warmth, but she tipped over her sled in a patch of mud.

A fast sled dog team can average up to 20 miles per hour on a fast trail with ideal conditions. Last weekend's times were slow. Some of the contestants at Green Lake drive hundreds of miles every weekend with their dogs to make the races. Like Bert Kelly of Clarence, la. Kelly, 47, has been racing every weekend for 10 years.

He has 28 dogs, a lot to look after, he admitted, but no more work than the 2,000 hogs on his farm back in Iowa. Winners in the two-day event were: Class five to seven dogs on a 9-mile course: Gary Edinger, Kennan, first; Dave Krider, Minnesota, second; and Bob Beilke, Omro, third. Class three to five dogs over a 6-mile course: Edinger, first; Dan Pendergast, Appleton, second; and Fred Pesch, Omro, third. Class three dogs over a 3-mile course: Harley Ragan, Marshall, first; Sue Binder, Oshkosh, second; and Sherry Pesch, Omro, third. By Charles Fulkerson Of The State Journal GREEN LAKE Mush meant mud and slush at the annual sled dog races in Green Lake.

A week of balmy weather preceded the running of the state championship races over the weekend and by Friday the local Chamber of Commerce was thinking about calling the whole thing off. But early Saturday morning, stalwart Green Lake citizens with snow shovels trooped the miles of trails in a county park here and began a massive manicuring job that didn't end until the races began about 12:30 p.m. About 40 sled dog teams from four states showed up, many coming in big station wagons loaded down with dog sleds and pulling trailers jammed with dogs. The scene at the start of the races just off Highway 49 was bedlam. Scores of yammering dogs, hundreds of babbling spectators, whining snowmobiles, a roaring backhoe shoveling snow onto the track and an announcer's loudspeaker all competed for the ear's attention.

The racers, competing in events from 3 to 10 miles, teathered two to seven dogs to their wooden sleds. The mushy snow made for slow going and racer Robert Krauss, Madison, was one of many worried that the 45-degree temperatures would overheat his dogs. Krauss, a University of Wisconsin physicist, said Saturday's weather was the warmest he's ever raced in. "The ideal temperature is about 10 below," said Fred Pesch, 27, Omro, whose dogs pulled him across a 5-mile rolling trail in winning time despite the warm weather. Pesch's dogs, Alaskan huskies, were panting, their big pink tongues bouncing off their lower jaws, as they crossed the finished line.

Pesch quickly watered the dogs and soon they were licking him and wagging their tails. All of I he sled dogs at the event were friendly, if loud. "Everybody believes what they read in Sgt. Preston of the Yukon," said Edward McNown, Rhinelander, a racer with 17 dogs. "Probably Sgt.

Preston did have mean dogs," he said. "He never had lem around unless he needed 'em. They were a necessity. OUrs are pets; they come in the house." Another misconception about sled dogs is their breed. Gary Dorn, Shiocton, uses a dalmation in his team.

State Journal Photos by Joseph W. Jackson III Robert Krauss, 9 Belmont Madison, gets affectionate kiss from Dessa. Turner is photographer of year and Sunday's announcement naming him top photographer honors in a second state. He is a former Illinois News Photographer of the Year. Turner, of 2259 Fox joined The Wisconsin State Journal in I98H He has been a news photographer simr 1955 and was with the Dwatur (III Herald and Review and the Ihampulgii-Crliuna 111.

News-Gazette. Bruce Fritz of the Capital Times won first place In pictorial, a second place In news layout uihI an honorable ritcn-llim in feature layout. Murk IVrlstcln. former Stale Journal photographer, eurned third place in sports picture layout. last year's top photographer Krwln Gclihard, of the Milwaukee Journul and Sentinel, did not enter this year lie won top photograiher honors each year since 196 L.

Roger Turner, Wisconsin State Journal thief photographer was named "News Photographer of the Year" Sunday by the Wisconsin News Photographers Assn. The distinction is the first time a Madison photographer won the honor since 1987 when former State Journal photographer Norman Ijenburg won the award. Judges awarded Turner 160 points after viewing a record 704 entries in 11 categories from 64 photographers in the association's 25th annual competition. Richard C. Greenawalt of the Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel was runner up with 120 points.

Turner was first in the portrait and penionality category with a photo of retired Archbishop of Canterbury Arthur Michael Ramsey; a second in the women's page category for a World War I veteran in uniform with his wife; and a second place in feature layout for photos of Ramsey Roger Turner Turner prize-winners on Page 2, this section Turner also earned two honorable mention's in portrait and personality and an honorable mention In pictorial Turner has won numerous awards Krauss easily handles light-weight dog sled. if.