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Monday, February 27, 2012
FIGHTING FOR IDENTITY In 1969, UW students went on strike to support social justice for the black community on campus
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Story by Aarushi Agni
tudents were more in control of the UW-Madison campus than the administration was by Feb. 13, 1969. The day before, approximately 1,500 students on strike marched up Bascom Hill to disrupt campus. Physically blockading buildings, chanting and marching through traffic, the protesters attempted to shut the university down. While the police deployed were able to contain demonstrations in the Social Sciences building and Bascom Hall, Van Hise Hall was
entirely barricaded by students supporting their African-American peers and the broad social justices in education they felt African Americans had yet to obtain. After promising to keep the university open, Chancellor H. Edwin Young enlisted the help of Gov. Warren Knowles to call up 900 riflewielding National Guardsmen Feb. 12. But the National Guard did not make a dent in the crowds. If anything, they made it easier for nonstriking students to sympathize. The 1969 student protest was super-
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Organizer to challenge GOP leader Fitzgerald in likely recall election Lori Compas, responsible for spearheading the recall effort against Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, will run against Fitzgerald in his likely recall election. A source close to Compas confirmed Sunday she would make the announcement in the town of Jefferson on Tuesday. Compas, a Fort Atkinson resi-
dent and professional photographer, led the effort that gathered 20,600 signatures, but only needs 16,742 valid signatures to force a recall election. After Fitzgerald challenged many of the signatures earlier this month, election officials are now reviewing the challenges. Th e G ove r n m e nt Accountability Board has until March 19 to declare whether a
recall election will be held. “I welcome a challenge from a Democrat opponent who would only seek to return us to an unsustainable path of big spending, huge tax increases and taxpayer-funded favors to unions and left-wing special interests,” Fitzgerald said in a statement on Jan. 17, the day Compas filed the recall petitions against him.
UW votes against multi-year scholarships for athletes In a vote taken last week, UW-Madison opposed a new NCAA policy that allows schools to offer athletes multiyear scholarships. The NCAA Board ruled in October schools would be able to grant scholarships for more than one year rather than on the seasonal basis they were previously offered on. Since last week’s vote failed, schools will continue to offer scholarships for multiple years. Division I schools voted last week against overruling the legislation allowing multi-year scholar-
ships. Of the 62.5 percent needed to revoke the policy, 62.12 percent of the schools voted against it. UW was the only Big Ten university to vote against multi-year scholarships. Some institutions said they were concerned scholarship money would be spent on athletes who do not perform as coaches had hoped athletically or academically. But since the policy passed, UW-Madison director of compliance Katie Smith told the Cap Times individual coaches will determine whether to offer
scholarships on a multi-year or seasonal basis. NCAA President Mark Emmert said the NCAA plans to work with the institutions that opposed the legislation to address their concerns. “It’s clear that there are significant portions of the membership with legitimate concerns,” Emmert said in an NCAA press release. “As we continue to examine implementation of the rule, we want to work with the membership to address those concerns.” —Anna Duffin
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After construction closed Observatory Drive, the campus street is partially open, although one lane remains closed for now. +Photo by Grey Satterfield
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