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Volume 96, Number 5
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
9/11 artifact comes to MKE Lawmakers work to ban Everclear
enough. We plead you take the steps necessary to ban this poison from our state.” Grain alcohol, also called ethanol, is produced by fermenting and distilling grain. Its toxicity can cause permanent brain or liver damage by drinking heavy By Sara Hauer sara.hauer@marquette.edu quantities. Most grain alcohol is conEverclear and similar spirits sidered to be 190-proof, which with a high alcohol content may means the drink is 95 percent have achieved near-cult status alcohol. Popular hard alcohols, among drinkers, but such drinks like rum and vodka, are typimay become illicit in Wiscon- cally between 80 and 120 proof, sin within the next few months. or 40 to 60 percent alcohol. Last Friday, the Wiscon- Everclear comes in 151- and sin State Council on Alcohol 190-proof varieties. and Other Drug Abuse made Lou Oppor, from Wisconsin’s a motion to support a ban on Bureau of Prevention, Treat190-proof grain alcohol in the ment and Recovery, said the state. next move is to draft a letter to The push to ban the governor suggest190-proof alcohol ing he support the legcomes after the death of islation. 22-year-old Jeff WieliRepresentative Peggy chowski of Greenfield. Krusick (D-WI), said Wielichowski drowned planning is still underin his family’s swimway on developing the ming pool on July 15 actual bill. She is curafter drinking a punch rently working with made of 190-proof Wielichowski health care officials, Everclear, Red Bull law enforcement, disand Gatorade, also known as trict attorneys and individual Tucker’s Death Mix. families to draft the bill. His mother, Luanne WieliAlthough it has not been dechowski, is now determined termined which specific alcoto ban high-proof booze in hols will be banned or restrictWisconsin following her son’s ed, Krusick warned against death in connection with the al- consumption of high-proof alcohol. cohols. “High-proof alcohol is glori“(Everclear) is as dangerous fied in movies, music,” Wieli- as narcotics,” Krusick said. chowski said in a statement. The 190-proof vari”We never again want to see ety of Everclear is already a young, promising life lost to banned in 15 states including high-proof alcohol. We look to our leaders to say enough is See Everclear, page 7
Death of local leads to action against grain alcohol
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A steel piece recovered from the attacks in New York City will go to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center.
Steel piece to be permanent part of memorial center By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
While events commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened around the Milwaukee area this weekend, one of them brought a piece of history home for residents of the city. Last Thursday, a piece of steel from the wreckage of the Sept. 11 attacks was brought from
New York and placed in the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, where it will stay as a permanent part of the Memorial. According to Jack Christianson, Milwaukee’s deputy fire chief, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been giving pieces of the wreckage to sites across the country. Executives at the War Memorial applied to receive the artifact, and the application was approved earlier this year. The piece of steel is approximately seven feet long, covered in rust and still has nails and concrete attached on one side. It was transported from New York to Wisconsin by volunteers who
used their vehicle to make the trip. The artifact was escorted to the War Memorial Thursday morning, Sept. 8, by a crowd of law enforcement officials and public servants, including police and firemen. Christianson said it was memorable for the fire department to participate in the transportation of the wreckage. He added that the Milwaukee Fire Department became involved to honor those from New York Police Department who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks. “The attacks were the start of See Artifact, page 7
Student ID voter stickers now poll ready Wisc. colleges able to put special voting item on cards By Pat Simonaitis patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu
A new policy adopted Monday by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (WGAB) now allows area colleges and universities to put a sticker on student ID cards for voting in elections. The change comes after the May passage of a voter ID law
requiring state voters to present a valid driver’s license, state ID card, passport or military ID card in order to vote. Supporters said the law, which takes effect next year, was a step toward reducing voter fraud. The WGAB is a committee in charge of overseeing Wisconsin’s campaign finance, elections, ethics and lobbying laws. Calls to the group were not returned. According to the resolution adopted Monday, the board realized the original requirements for a student ID to be used as voter identification were met by
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virtually none of Wisconsin’s colleges or universities. Under the new policy, IDs with stickers bearing a university logo, issuance date, student’s signature and an expiration date can be presented with proof of enrollment for elections. Student IDs must be from an accredited college or university offering an associates degree or higher. The sticker policy does not include technical college students, who will not be able to use a modified student ID. Rana Altenburg, vice president of public affairs at Marquette, said in an e-mail she was pleased with the additional
guidance provided by the board. Pyritz worked closely with the Altenburg said Marquette of- original legislation for a little ficials “are working with uni- more than eight years, he said. versity departments and (MarControversy surrounding quette Student Government) to the Wisconsin Department of review options Transportafor ways to tion and state implement and “Marquette officials are working with IDs emerged comply with university departments and last Wednes(Marquette Student Government) day when an the new law.” A c c o r d i n g to review options for ways to internal memo to Michael Py- implement and comply with the was released ritz, a legisla- new law.” telling DeRana Altenburg partment tive aid to Rep. of Vice president of public affairs, MU, Jeff Stone (R – Motor VeGreendale), the hicles (DMV) change has been in the works employees to only inform the for some time. Stone was a lead public they are eligible for free author of the photo ID bill, and
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