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Students clash over passage of health-care bill By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
After the passage of the $940 billion health-care bill supported by President Barack Obama Sunday, the UW-Madison campus community continues to discuss the potential impacts the legislation will have on students. The bill, which is projected by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to increase coverage for more than 32 million Americans, was officially signed into law Tuesday. While several UW-Madison student organizations celebrated
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the passage of the bill, others said they are disappointed and believe Congress can do better. “[The bill] is not going to make anyone’s health care better, it’s just going to take away certain benefits from others while giving mediocre health care to most Americans,” Crystal Lee, chair of UW-Madison College Republicans, said. The health-care bill also included the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which is expected to invest about $50 bilhealth care page 3
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Advocates of medicinal marijuana rallied Tuesday in front of the state Capitol to support bills in the state Legislature that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients.
Rules on corporate election ads changed Board says it can no longer enforce century-old caps on donations By Cathy Martin The Daily Cardinal
Although the state Government Accountability Board will begin allowing unlimited corporate election spending in accordance with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, it announced measures to maximize campaign finance transparency at a meeting Tuesday. The board voted unani-
mously to require corporations and interest groups to register as political committees, place disclaimers on their advertising and report their spending and fundraising. GAB spokesperson Reid Magney said these changes would allow the public to make more informed decisions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in January that restrict-
ing corporate spending in campaigns is unconstitutional. The decision invalidated Wisconsin’s law, in effect since 1905, that prohibits companies from contributing to candidates or buying election ads. According to Mike McCabe, executive director of the governcampaigns page 3
SLAC asks Martin to cut Nike contract after labor violations By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
Recent reports reveal that Nike, a UW-Madison licensee, violated several workers’ rights laws in India and Honduras. The Workers Rights Consortium, an organization that monitors workers’ rights among apparel manufacturers, released a report March 4 indicating Nike did not comply with minimum wage laws in Bangalore, India. According to a release from the UW-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition, Nike’s wage
violation has resulted in $10.5 million being withheld from 125,000 garment workers. SLAC said they want Chancellor Biddy Martin to cut the university’s contract with Nike immediately. SLAC member Beth Huang said continuing the contract reflects negatively on the university. “It is horrible that the University of Wisconsin continues to do business with a morally destitute company such as Nike,” nike page 3
Residents concerned about filling out their 2010 census forms can now receive additional assistance from the city of Madison. The city has set up more than 30 locations throughout Madison, including one at Memorial Union, to assist citizens with filling out their forms and provide language assistance for those who need it. The United States census is taken every 10 years and determines how much representation each area receives in city, state and federal governments in addition to determining federal funding. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he estimates Madison loses about $1,000 in federal funding for every eligible Madison citizen who does not fill out the form.
“That could mean less money than we deserve and need for schools, human service programs and public infrastructure,” he wrote in his blog. Although many students still cite their parents’ address as their permanent residence, it is important that they fill out their census form when they receive it in the mail, according to Brian Grady of the Madison Department of Planning and Development. Cieslewicz said it would not take long—it only took him 182 seconds at a news conference Monday. Assistance sites will be available until April 19. —Grace Urban
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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.”