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Approximately 70 students gathered at a forum Monday as administrators explained the general goals of the New Badger Partnership and addressed students’ concerns with the proposed state relationship model. At the forum, which was hosted by the Associated Students of Madison, Chancellor Biddy Martin, Dean Lori Berquam and Director of State Relations and Assistant to the Chancellor Don Nelson outlined how the proposed model would change the university’s relations with state government. “The New Badger Partnership essentially argues that the University of Wisconsin-Madison needs more flexibility in order to operate more effectively and more efficiently and that with that flexibility, we can do more to help ourselves so that we can help the state of Wisconsin,” Martin said. Martin said both support and independence from the state in uni-
versity decisions are crucial when dealing with the success of a large university such as UW-Madison. “If we’re going to have to deal with declining state support, which we have been dealing with and will continue to deal with, help us help ourselves by giving us more management flexibility and more autonomy to manage our own affairs,” Martin said. Berquam said more autonomy from the state could take the power to set tuition from the state Legislature and give it to the university, which would increase the consideration of student input in tuition decisions. “I don’t think students are consulted when it comes to tuition. One of the things our chancellor, [Nelson] and others are committed to is the value of shared governance on our campus,” Berquam said. “It is what has built our campus to be the strong place that it is and I believe it is what will continue to see us through troubled time in the future.” In response to students’ con-
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cerns that the new model will lead to privatizing the university, Martin said UW-Madison would never become a private institution because of the ideals upon which the school was founded. “We haven’t asked, nor do we support, making UW-Madison a private university,” Martin said. “Financially, it would be unaffordable. Second, it would cut against the grain of what’s great about this particular university.” State funding directly affects tuition increases and the diversity of students on campus, Martin said. “By 2015, we need to have the campus be more diverse,” Martin said. “But the process of growing the enrollment so that we can accommodate more students from outside the country or state would have to be a slow one,” said Martin. “We’re working on increasing all of our revenue sources, so we will be working on this as an ongoing question on what we can afford.”
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Forward sophomore Brianna Decker helped out at youth clinic hosted by the UW women’s hockey team Tuesday night.
Johnson hopes for repeal of health-care law By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal
Less than a week after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the new health-care reform passed in 2010, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., believes there is a chance the Senate may do the same. JOHNSON On “Upfront with Mike Gousha,” Johnson said the chances that the Senate will repeal healthcare reform are better than many people may think.
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Chancellor Biddy Martin outlined the goals of the New Badger Partnership state relationship model and addressed student concerns with the model at an ASM forum Monday.
“My guess is if we actually held a vote, we might be surprised how many Democrats just might join the Republicans and vote for repeal.” Ron Johnson R-Wisconsin U.S. Senate
Woman allegedly overdoses on heroin in library bathroom Madison Police found Madison resident Deborah Rangel, 50, unconscious in a bathroom stall Saturday at a Madison public library after she allegedly injected heroin. Officers and Madison Fire Department paramedics responded to a report of a woman unresponsive on the floor of the Lakeview Branch
of the Madison Public Library bathroom, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. After finding evidence that suggested a possible heroin overdose, paramedics on the scene administered Rangel with Narcan, a drug that offsets heroin’s effects. Rangel regained consciousness
inside of the ambulance on the way to the hospital and was taken to jail after being checked out, DeSpain said. Rangel was arrested on charges of possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. Officers recovered needles, suspected heroin and other evidence from Rangel’s purse.
“My guess is if we actually held a vote, we might be surprised how many Democrats just might join the Republicans and vote for repeal,” Johnson said on the show. Johnson said that as more negative information is released about the bill, more Democrats, espe-
cially those up for re-election in 2012, will consider siding with the Republicans in a vote for repeal. Ever since he first entered the Senate race in April, Johnson has spoken out against Congressional Democrats’ version of health-care reform. In the interview, he called the bill a “total mess,” saying it is expensive and lowers the quality of care. Johnson said he does support certain parts of the bill, such as health insurance companies being unable to deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition, but wants to see a free-market-based solution to the country’s healthcare problems. UW-Madison political science professor David Canon is not as optimistic for repeal as Johnson, saying that the bill has a “fairly low chance of being passed in the Senate.” “Even if it did pass, it wouldn’t really matter because Obama would veto it, and there’s no way [Republicans] have enough votes to override a veto,” Canon said. Canon said Democrats who are up for re-election in two years may be more likely to vote for repeal if they are from conservative or competitive states, but most would be reluctant to support complete repeal because there are many popular aspects of the bill. “If I had to guess right now, I doubt that it will even come up for a vote,” Canon said.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”