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Small fire sparks Grainger evacuation UW-Madison students evacuated Grainger Hall after a small fire triggered the smoke alarms Monday afternoon. Laura Bast, a UW-Madison senior who was in Grainger Hall at the time of the incident, said the alarm went off around noon. Bast said everyone evacuated the building after the alarm sounded, but were let back in shortly after they left. She said when they went in the second time they saw smoke and were
told to evacuate again. According to Sgt. Kurt Feavel of the UW Police Department, UWPD officials received a fire report at around 12:30 p.m. and responded to the call immediately. He said officials found fire in the building and ensured that students remained evacuated until the fire was extinguished. Feavel said UWPD still does not know the exact cause
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of the fire, but according to a UW-Madison news release, officials believe the fire began in an exterior wall facing University Avenue. Grainger Hall returned to normal business, including classes, around 1:30 p.m. as students and faculty were admitted back into the building. According to the release, no one was injured in the fire, but UWPD officials are still investigating the situation. —Kelsey Gunderson
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A woman enjoys the sun while sitting on Library Mall. Warm temperatures greeted Madison residents during the first day of March.
Faculty Senate discusses campus free-speech policies By Ryan Hebel The Daily Cardinal Isabel Álvarez/the daily cardinal
UW-Madison students evacuated Grainger Hall for about an hour Monday afternoon as Madison Fire Department officials put out a small fire in the building.
Covenant Scholars to receive at least $250 for tuition expenses, Doyle says By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin Covenant Scholars are each set to receive between $250 and $2,500 annually to help cover tuition costs, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday. Joined by Chancellor Biddy Martin and UW System President Kevin Reilly at Memorial Library, Doyle said scholars will be eligible for grants for eight semesters and will receive funding based on their financial need. The program offers students who make a pledge in eighth grade a spot at one of the UW System’s 26 campuses if they maintain a “B” average, gradu-
ate from high school, stay on track with college prep courses and act as good citizens. “This is a tremendous step forward for Wisconsin. It puts us as one of the leading states in the country in making sure that our young people who have worked hard and made their way into our great higher education colleges in this state can afford it,” Doyle said. With the first class of Covenant Scholars set to graduate high school in spring 2011, the question remains whether the next governor will commit to the program Doyle outlined. Both Republican gubernatorial candidates have said they
place high value on education but are unsure they can support a program that does not have sufficient funding. “Promising college placement to tens of thousands of eighth graders without putting the necessary funding behind it is one of the worst examples of Gov. Doyle’s broken covenants with the families of Wisconsin,” Jill Bader, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s spokesperson, said in a statement. Republican candidate Mark Neumann said education is one of his top priorities but he wants to know what money will covenant page 3
A new proposal protecting the UW-Madison faculty’s freedom to criticize UW-Madison administrators and policies was presented at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. According to the proposal’s lead sponsor, UW-Madison law professor Donald Downs, the amendment is a necessary precaution, despite the
university’s good track record for handling dissent, because a recent Supreme Court case decided government employees, including faculty members, can be punished or fired for any speech “pursuant to their official duties.” “This university should have a wider range of free speech than most faculty page 3
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UW professor Eric Schatzberg discusses amendments he co-sponsored to strengthen academic freedom at Monday's Faculty Senate meeting.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”