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Student Judiciary rules in favor of SSFC By Cheyenne Langkamp the daily cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary ruled in favor of the Student Services Finance Committee Friday in two separate cases of alleged viewpoint neutrality violations during funding decisions made this fall. According to the ASM bylaws, all funding decisions must be made in a viewpointneutral manner, meaning student representatives may not take the mission of the group under consideration for funding into account when voting on budgets or grants. In one case, the Multicultural Student Coalition challenged SSFC’s December decision to minimally fund the group at $10,600 instead of approving the group’s $1.4 million budget request. MCSC representatives argued SSFC members used personal biases and value judgments in the decision, violating ASM bylaws of viewpoint neutrality. In a unanimous decision released Friday, the SJ ruled in favor of SSFC saying the nature of the funding process for student organizations necessitates “subjective judgements and variant interpretations” of the criteria by each SSFC member. The decision said individual SSFC members could
be held in violation if they did not remain consistent with their judgements and interpretations throughout the 2013-’14 funding period. However, there was no evidence this had occurred during the MCSC decision, according to the SJ ruling. The judiciary did find SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker committed a procedural error by failing to set the minimally funding level a week prior to the beginning of the budgeting period as stipulated in the ASM bylaws. According to the SJ rulling, Bruecker will send an apology to all student groups affected by the violation. In the second case Collegians For a Constructive Tomorrow appealed SSFC’s October decision to deny the group funding eligibility. The SJ ruled in favor of SSFC in what was CFACT’s second challenge of the decision. CFACT representatives argued SSFC committed a viewpoint neutrality violation by granting similar student organizations funding eligibility but denying CFACT eligibility. In the unanimous ruling released Friday, the SJ stated CFACT representatives did not provide sufficient evidence that it was “drastically similar” to a group that did receive funding eligibility.
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Leaders react to chancellor candidates By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
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SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker argued against alleged viewpoint neutrality violations in a hearing earlier this month.
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Following the announcement of the four finalists for the next University of WisconsinMadison chancellor Thursday, student leaders emphasized the importance for the next chancellor to understand the university’s unique culture, including its commitment to shared governance, diversity and equity. The four finalists are Dr. Rebecca Blank, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce; Dr. Nicholas Jones, dean of the school of engineering at Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Michael Schill, dean of the University of Chicago Law School; and Dr. Kim Wilcox, former Provost at Michigan State University. Associated Students of Madison Chair Andrew Bulovsky said it is important for the next chancellor to be transparent and open to discussion and collaboration with students on campus issues. Bulovsky said he is impressed with the finalists and feels they
are “a diverse group in terms of qualifications and credentials.” According to Bulovsky, ASM leadership plans to reach out to the finalists and will meet with the new chancellor in August. “We want to make sure they begin work on understanding and appreciating the culture that comes with shared governance,” Bulovsky said. Graduate student Ryan Adserias, who sits on the committee currently drafting the next campus diversity plan, said the next chancellor should be able to engage with faculty, staff and students and hold campus accountable to the new plan. According to Adserias, past diversity initiatives have not always worked and he hopes the university’s next leader will “reinvent the way the university views diversity.” However, Adserias said he was not entirely impressed with the group of finalists. “When I saw their names I had to Google them,” Adserias said. “I was really hoping we would get
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The White House released a state-by-state analysis of potential effects from the sequester, showing Wisconsin could suffer large reductions in funding areas ranging from education to healthcare and law enforcement if the federal government cannot pass an alternative deficit reduction plan by March 1. The sequester is a policy designed to reduce the federal debt by applying broad cuts to a variety of nationwide funding areas like education, health care and military spending. Wisconsin would face a funding reduction of approximately $8.5 million for primary and secondary education if the sequester takes effect, according to the White House report. Additionally, about 970 students would lose out on work-study program opportunities and federally supplied aid in higher education. Other funding reductions would include about $3.9 million less for pollution mitigation and approximately $661,000 for job training and placement. The sequester would also mandate automatic cuts to child care, public health and vaccines for children, among other areas.
State sees 20,481 new privatesector jobs in yearlong period The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development released a report Friday announcing Wisconsin saw a 20,481 increase in private-sector jobs from September 2011 to September 2012. Despite showing a positive increase, the private-sector job growth is less than previous growths over a twelve-month period in the state. The same measurement saw increases of 35,379 jobs between June 2011 and June 2012 and an increase of 39,925 jobs over a twelve-month period ending March 2012. Private-sector growth became a high-profile statistic in Wisconsin after Walker said it was his goal to create 250,000 private-sector jobs in his first term as governor. The recent numbers represent data compiled from 96 percent of Wisconsin businesses and will be compiled into a full report on Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which details nationwide employment changes. The QCEW allows for comparisons of specific job growth across all 50 states.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”