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THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 Volume XLIII, Issue 74
Monday, January 30, 2012
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3 Dems to enter recall Wis. senator expected to announce run for governor in recall along with Falk, Cullen Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor
Meghan Zernick Herald Contributor
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The controversial proposal for reconstructing the 100 block of State Street was introduced when local philanthropists Jerome Frautschi and Pleasant Rowland offered $10 million for a project which would tear down the some of the block’s aging buildings, considered historical by many Madisonians.
Critics: Plan encroaches on history City officials support some aspects of development, insist on structure’s integrity Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor City of Madison staff outlined their concerns about preserving the historical integrity of the buildings on the 100 block of State Street in light of a proposal to rebuild the area. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the report was drawn up by Amy Scanlon, a preservation
planner on the Landmarks Commission. He said the report is intended to educate the Landmarks Commission on the plan before its meeting Monday. Verveer said the report gave somewhat mixed results to the developers. It supports what is proposed for the renovations on State Street, but sharply disagrees with the treatment of West Mifflin and much of North
Fairchild. He said the disagreement centers mainly on the proposed demolition of the landmark Schubert building and the historic Stark, or Fairchild, building. There will be a vote on the plan Monday afternoon at the Landmarks Commission meeting, as well as several other committees who will be presented the plan before
voting on it. Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, said this last round of plans has definitely raised numerous questions from city staff, especially at the Landmarks Commission and Urban Design Commission. At Monday’s Landmarks Commission meeting, the committee will
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With a potential election to recall Gov. Scott Walker on the horizon, another state senator, Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, has emerged as a potential candidate in the race. While Vinehout has yet to announce her decision to Vinehout run, Voters for Vinehout filed a campaign registration statement with the Government Accountability Board on Friday for Vinehout to run for governor. After United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin turned in more than one million signatures to trigger a recall election, the race for the governor’s seat will occur pending the Government Accountability Board’s verification of the signatures needed to rigger the election. Currently, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, are running, and others, including Vinehout and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, are considering a run as well.
Falk said she is fairly confident that she will be elected as the next governor of Wisconsin, and when asked about her competition, specifically Vinehout, Falk seemed unfazed. “So far, there are just two of us running, Tim Cullen and myself, and there are others talking about running but … they are not,” Falk said. “I’m out there and I’ve been working on this for the last year. I’ve been in every corner of every state, helping citizens in the recall, 24/7.” Vinehout serves the 31st Senate District, a large rural district in western Wisconsin. She is serving her first fouryear term and currently chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education. Several recent statements released by Vinehout have criticized Walker on multiple topics. Following Walker’s State of the State address last Wednesday, Vinehout released a statement calling for the governor to give neighboring states thanks for giving Wisconsinites work. In the statement, Vinehout said although 21,000 more Wisconsinites found work this December than last December, Wisconsin created only 3,000 of those jobs.
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After Chadima investigation, officials revisit alcohol policy While Alvarez knew parties happened, did not know of specific Rose Bowl incident Olivia Demarinis Herald Contributor The allegations of assault leading to John Chadima’s resignation from the University of Wisconsin’s athletic department earlier this
month are prompting a re-evaluation of current alcohol policies on campus. Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said UW officials are “turning to the next phase” in resolving the incident with Chadima by reviewing their own protocol on how to deal with alcohol at events that take place both on and away from campus. Former Senior Associate
Nonprofit suing UW for records
Athletic Director John Chadima worked for Wisconsin’s athletic department for more than two decades and traveled with the Badger football team this past December to Pasadena, Calif., for the Rose Bowl. Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez released a statement last Wednesday expressing his disappointment with Chadima’s conduct and his confidence that proper
action was taken to address the allegations. “I am aware that similar gatherings have taken place in the past; however, contrary to the findings of the incident review, neither Sean Frazier nor I was aware that this year’s event had taken place until hearing about this allegation,” Alvarez said in a statement. Alvarez went on to say he was not aware student employees were involved,
Higher Education Editor A national council has filed suit against the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for refusing to comply with requests to access course syllabi across the UW System’s four-year campuses. The National Council on Teacher Quality filed a complaint with the Jefferson County Circuit Court last Thursday seeking action to enforce Wisconsin’s open records law. The NCTQ is a nonprofit research group committed to seeking out quality educators by examining policies and institutions in order to suggest improvements to
that it has been an “intense two-week period” among administrators and faculty, with a focus on trying to come up with possibilities in addressing the gaps in regulation. He said he understands that this is a sensitive subject, but he felt this was a “necessary follow up to a very visible incident.” The panel in charge of the investigation
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You! Me! Dancing! A full house of students enjoy a free concert by Welsh band Los Campesinos! at Union South on Saturday night. The event was hosted by Wisconsin Union Directorate Music and also featured the Portland-based band Parenthetical Girls. Andy Fate The Badger Herald
National education group sues Regents for access to past syllabi for evaluation Katie Caron
adding athletics staff would be educated about the inappropriateness of such behavior. Sweeney said Interim Chancellor David Ward knows this is a campuswide issue, not just an athletic one. While Ward has “no timetable [and] no specifics” on what changes students can look for in the future, Sweeney believes UW will respond with the best possible changes. Sweeney went on to say
create an effective learning environment, NCTQ Managing Director of Teacher Preparation Studies Arthur McKee said. “NCTQ is currently engaged in an unprecedented national review of teacher preparation programs — over 1,000 all across the country — that will be published later this year in partnership with U.S. News & World Report,” McKee said. He said the NCTQ was interested in contacting the UW System to participate in the review and decided to send a request in August 2011 despite verbal opposition from the UW System.
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