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Woman rushed to hospital after fall Alder: Individual may not overcome life-threatening injuries; students witness Katherine Krueger Campus Editor Madison Police Department officers were dispatched to the Langdon Street neighborhood Wednesday after a tense situation on a rooftop culminated in a woman falling to the ground and being rushed to the hospital. While MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the department only releases formal incident reports on actions that are criminal in Malory Goldin The Badger Herald nature, he confirmed that Madison Police Department arrived to 150 Langdon Street following reports of a situation of a woman on the roof. officers responded to a check The woman fell from the roof and was taken to the hospital. It is not clear how many witnessed the incident. welfare call.
After responders received the call for the developing situation at 150 Langdon Street, he said an individual was on the roof of the building and subsequently fell from the top of the structure. DeSpain said the individual was transported to a local hospital following the fall and said there was no way to determine how many students may have witnessed the event. Because no incident report will be filed, DeSpain said while he did not have an exact time for the incident, police responded early in the morning, likely around 5 a.m. Lt. Marylou Ricksecker said the individual was not
a University of Wisconsin student but was a Langdon Street resident. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was notified of the incident by MPD around 3 p.m. in a report to all City Council alders. He said MPD confirmed the individual had sustained life-threatening injuries due to the fall. “The fact that other students saw it happen is just horrific,” Resnick said. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Resnick said the individual was not expected to survive the injuries sustained. No additional information was available about changes
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State Supreme Court has spoken, is requesting answers DOJ request for review of open meetings violation allegations prompts oral argument hearing Andrew Averill State Editor The Supreme Court responded Wednesday to an April request by the Department of Justice for the judicial body to review the legal issues
surrounding the alleged open meetings violation and has decided to hold oral arguments. The original request made by the DOJ on behalf of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch and the State of Wisconsin was filed April 7. The Supreme Court’s May 4 response said the body would
begin oral arguments on June 6, but first the Court wanted the parties to the case to answer a series of questions due to the Court on May 23. The first set includes issues raised by the DOJ’s initial request, like whether a court can restrain actions necessary for laws to become effective and
whether an alleged open meetings violation was grounds for a court to void the consequent act. The Supreme Court also wanted each party to answer six other questions, including if any party claim legislative immunity, as all five Republican defendants had done in the past.
Defendant and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca’s legal counsel, Bob Jambois, told The Badger Herald what some of his answers would be. He said he disagreed with the DOJ’s request for the Supreme Court to take up the case but would rather the case get to the Supreme Court through
other channels. Jambois also said it was not alright for the DOJ to request the Supreme Court’s review on behalf of DOA Secretary Huebsch because he was not a defendant in the Dane County case.
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WISPIRG loses final GRINNING THROUGH FINALS attempt for funding Highest level of appeals for Student Judiciary rules SSFC was correct to deny eligibility; issue could be brought to chancellor Katherine Krueger Campus Editor After months spent tied up in the student government court system, a University of Wisconsin environmental advocacy group has exhausted its efforts to appeal decisions to deny it funding. The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary panel decided the fate of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group’s funding by the Student Services Finance Committee by a vote of the justices. Chief Justice Kate Fifield said the panel sat down with WISPIRG
and SSFC representatives before discussing the matter internally for around one hour. She said although the justices normally take a longer period of time to work on the panel’s official opinions on ruling, members decided to notify the parties involved before the formal opinion was released. In the order issued by the panel, Student Judiciary ruled in favor of SSFC, affirming a lower panel’s ruling that Student Council should not consider the matter on the grounds of
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As part of finals week at the University of Wisconsin, Madina Djuraeva, Qian Wu and Emily Hadom smile for the camera at a photo booth set up at College Library. The library has small breaks and treats for students during the particularly stressful time of the semester.
Oregon proposal mirrors new Wisconsin model Western university’s ‘New Partnership’ advocates for more local governance, faces similar opposition from some student groups Ryan Rainey Deputy News Editor Wisconsin and Oregon have more in common than most residents of the states would admit. Both have one major city accompanied by mid-sized cities dotted throughout the state, a wealth of natural resources in a wide back country and a public flagship university that fulfills dreams for in-state and out-of-state students. And both those flagship universities are proposing radical changes to the way they are governed and funded. Last year, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin introduced a version of the New Badger Partnership, an item in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that Matt Hintz The Badger Herald allows for the separation of Chancellor Martin has advocated in favor of a new model for flexibilities the Madison campus from for over one year while similar plans have emerged for other campuses. the rest of the UW System.
The proposal, known in policymaking circles as the ‘public authority model,’ would also establish a new Board of Trustees solely for UW and break the campus off from the Board of Regents. The University of Oregon faces a similar proposal today that could be indicative of the future of Wisconsin’s debate. According to Jenna Beier, a spokesperson for Rep. Chris Harker, a Democrat from Portland’s suburbs who supports UO’s “New Partnership,” the debates surrounding the New Badger Partnership in Wisconsin and the Oregon model mirror each other. With Oregon’s flexibility proposal further along in the public debate than the New Badger Partnership, its successes and failures could be indicative of what’s coming for UW
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officials in the next year. The New (Duck) Partnership Under the New Partnership, UO officials are collaborating with Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber to change the university’s funding and governance structure. “[Kitzhaber] has proposed a fundamental Pre-K through 20 educational reform package, and our efforts are coordinated with the governor’s efforts to change all governance,” said Michael Redding, a spokesperson for UO. Redding said Kitzhaber plans to reorganize Oregon’s entire educational system into one governance board that would regulate all educational institutions beginning in kindergarten and ending with higher education.
UO would still be granted more governance autonomy, however. Similar to the New Badger Partnership, the Oregon proposal would create a new governing authority for the university so decisions would not need to be held at the mercy of the state. The new local UO board would give more autonomy to Oregon’s flagship institution, not unlike the Board of Trustees that would govern UW if the New Badger Partnership becomes law. But the Oregon board would still be subject to regulation from the state’s board of education, especially on matters such as tuition hikes. Under the Oregon partnership, any rise in tuition exceeding
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