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WISPIRG seeks student support for bill that may increase financial aid By Melanie Teachout The Daily Cardinal
The Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group held an event on East Campus Mall Thursday, advocating student support for a federal bill that may increase financial aid opportunities for students. According to Rashi Mangalick, a junior at UW-Madison and organizer of the WISPIRG event, passing the bill, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, would
increase potential student aid by $87 billion. SAFRA was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in September, but is currently pending approval in the Senate. Mangalick said Sallie Mae, the largest supplier of student loans in the nation, is a major obstacle the bill currently faces. According to Mangalick, the loan company often lobbies against student grant aid. She added that she feels students deserve more options
for paying for college tuition, because companies like Sallie Mae often charge high interest rates and are known for not negotiating with borrowers who face financial obstacles. Sam Gibb, WISPIRG campus organizer, said she hopes to make more students familiar with the bill and how it will benefit them. “The major thing that we wanted to do is educate students wispirg page 3 Matt Marheine/the daily cardinal
Mark Evans hands out Babcock ice cream created specially for the occassion at Thursday’s public meeting to discuss Google Fiber.
City seeks input on possibility of Google Fiber By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
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WISPIRG members allowed students to “take a swing” at Sallie Mae, a loan provider that is against a bill that could potentially provide more financial aid opportunites for UW-Madison students.
UHS appoints new director for campus prevention services University Health Services announced its new director of prevention services and campus health Thursday, who will address issues like excessive alcohol use and sexual assault on campus. Thomas Sieger, a UW-Madison alum, currently serves as the deputy administrator for the Wisconsin Division of Public Health. At the Division of Public Health Sieger was responsible for emergency response, and recently worked as the leader of the Wisconsin H1N1 influenza response. “Tom Sieger brings a wealth of public health expertise that spans health promotion, disease prevention, environmental and occupational health, and communicable disease control,” UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said in a statement. “I’m delighted he’s going to join us. He will be a tremendous asset to UHS and to the campus.” Sieger, whose predecessor resigned in August, officially begins the job Monday, April 12 and will receive a salary of $104,000.
The city of Madison held a public meeting Thursday to discuss implications and ideas about its application to bring “ultra high speed broadband” called Google Fiber to Madison. Google is planning to test ultra high-speed broadband networks in one or more locations
across the country. The company said the network will provide one gigabyte per second and fiber-tothe-home connections that will advance broadband speed up to 100 times faster. The city is currently drafting an application that, according to supporters, embodies why Madison google page 3
Gubernatorial candidates face off in television ads
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By Cathy Martin The Daily Cardinal
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Students filed into Segredo Thursday night to watch the lingerie show. All proceeds from the show were donated to The Sewing Machine Project.
Gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker stressed his commitment to lowering government spending in his first television campaign advertisement released Thursday. In the ad, the front-running Republican contender said he has returned roughly a third of his salary over the last eight years to taxpayers in Milwaukee, where he is currently the county executive. He began giving back the $370 thousand after learning he earned more than the governor. “We believe that government spends too much, and that included my salary,” Walker said in the ad. Campaign spokesperson Jill Bader said Walker’s campaign strategy is to make sure “the people of gop ads page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”