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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
City approves various local area proposals By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
Madison’s Common Council unanimously approved a new local coffee house’s liquor license along with proposals to expand Cooper’s Tavern, dedicate $10,000 to the low-income bus pass program and continue enforcing the glass ban at the Mifflin Street Block Party this year at a meeting Tuesday. Alterra Roasters, a popular coffee shop in Milwaukee, will open its first Madison store on the base floor of the historic Tenney Plaza building, located at 110 E. Main St. on Capitol Square. Common Council approved Alterra’s liquor license, allowing the cafe to serve beer and
wine in addition to coffee. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said renovations for the new coffee house have been underway for about two months and the shop is set to open sometime in March. Also at the meeting, council members approved a request from Cooper’s Tavern to expand its business to the second floor at its current 20 W. Mifflin St. building, increasing its capacity from 79 to 194 people. Council members also unanimously approved to ban glass from Mifflin Street during the famous annual block party May 4. The policy has been enforced every year for
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City’s drug prevention awarded Common Council accepted funds from a national organization Tuesday to assist Mayor Paul Soglin and Madison in combating prescription drug abuse in Dane County and the city, as a reward for previous efforts to mitigate the issue. The United States Conference of Mayors partnered with a private pharmaceutical company to reward Madison first place in the “large city” category of the 2013
Safeguard My Meds Prescription Drug Abuse Recognition Program award along with the $10,000 prize. The grant rewards innovative local efforts to support current prescription drug abuse prevention programs and develop new ones, according to a USCM press release. The grant money will go to Madison-Dane County’s Safe Communities organization.
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Bucky cheers on the Wisconsin men’s basketball team as it defeats Nebraska 77-46 Tuesday night. The win puts the Badgers in a tie for second in the Big Ten. Read the full story on page 8. + Photo by Nithin Charlly
Student groups give ASM feedback on grant funding budgets, process The Associated Students of Madison Finance Committee held a forum Tuesday for representatives of student organizations to give feedback about the process of applying for grants. The Finance Committee faced a funding shortage earlier this year when allocating event and travel grants for Spring 2013, and only had the resources to give money to
University of Wyoming passes on UW chancellor finalist Kim Wilcox, one of the four University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor finalists, was also a finalist in the University of Wyoming’s search for a new president until the university’s board of trustees selected another candidate Tuesday. University of Wyoming Board of Trustees President David Bostrom said the board’s choice was made in consideration of what best fit the university and
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four of the 12 Registered Student Organizations that applied. Finance Committee Chair Andrew Kidd said in the future, the committee may try to maximize the number of groups receiving funding, for instance by instituting a policy limiting travel grants to one per RSO. At the forum, RSO representatives said they were confused
over how to properly complete the grant applications. Kidd said the committee is exploring different ways to increase its outreach to organizations and help them navigate the application process, such as through training seminars. Kidd and other financial rep-
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Demonstrators gather at Capitol to protest contentious mining bill
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Brandon Barwick leads demonstrators in anti-mine songs at the Capitol in protest of the contentious state mining bill.
Approximately 70 demonstrators gathered on the Capitol steps Tuesday to protest the contentious state mining bill that is designed to ease the mine permitting process in the state before the state Senate fully considers the bill Wednesday. Madison Action for Mining Alternatives organized a candlelight vigil along with members of the Bad River Band of Chippewa, whose reservation sits downstream from the proposed mining site in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee Hills, which would be made possible if the mining bill passes. Carl Sack, a MAMA organizer, said the demonstrators represented the continued effort to oppose the harmful effects a mine could have on the northern Wisconsin environment, specifically the Bad River,
which runs through the heart of the Native American reservation named after it. “You cannot put an iron mine in the Penokee Hills and do no damage,” Sack said. “It’s the mine itself that’s the problem, not just the legislation that supports it.” Sack said opponents of the legislation have continued to fight a mining bill, specifically one tied to Gogebic Taconite, the company interested in opening the northern mine, for two years, and will continue to do so for as long as necessary. “If [the Legislature] pass[es] this bill and [Gogebic Taconite] really does follow through on [its] absurd proposal, [the legislature] will have an uphill fight on
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”