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Students react to approved hike in tuition By Ellie Herman The Daily Cardinal
The Board of Regents approved UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s fouryear plan Friday to increase outof-state and international tuition starting in fall 2015. Undergraduate nonresident tuition is set to increase $6,000 by the 2016-’17 school year, bringing it to $31,523, while the international undergraduate cost will be raised $7,000 within two years to $32,523. Some graduate school programs will also see a rise in tuition, including the School of Business which will receive a 9.8 percent tuition increase to all programs. In-state tuition is not set to increase because of a previous tuition freeze by Gov. Scott Walker. It is currently estimated that after the first year of implementation, the tuition hike will generate approximately $17.5 million, according to an online post by Blank. Associated Students of Madison Nominations Board
Chair Megan Phillips said she worries about the impact the increases could have on current UW-Madison students. “I talked to a lot of people who may or may not have to be transferring because of the increase in tuition, so that’s a pretty scary thing to put on students,” Phillips said. Out-of-state UW-Madison sophomore Abby O’Brien said she worries about the speed of the tuition change and the effects it could have on students. “I didn’t quite think it would be this much so soon … especially for those of us who signed up as freshman, expecting to go here for four years at a relatively similar tuition price,” O’Brien said. ASM Vice Chair Derek Field said Wisconsin has “long prided” itself for its affordability within the Big Ten conference, which he said allows the university to draw talented students. Blank said in the post she is “confident” the nonresident
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Sophomore and “Sad Teletubby” Tyler Hartmann said he was “in a daze” following last week’s loss.
STUDENT PROFILE
‘Sad Teletubby’ says hello to accidental fame at NCAA Championship game By Bri Maas The Daily Cardinal
Seconds after Wisconsin’s loss to Duke, as the camera swept through a sea of heartbroken fans, it paused on one fan dressed as “Po,” the red Teletubby whose face captured the emotions of Badgers across the country. Tyl e r Ha r t m a n n , UW-Madison sophomore and now-famous “Sad Teletubby,” is an avid Badger sports fan. He and three friends dressed as the iconic children’s television four-
some for the final two basketball games of the season. “We wanted something that was fun and would bring some life to the student section,” Hartmann said. “We stumbled upon [the costumes] and thought, ‘why not?’” Hartmann said wearing the costumes allowed him and his friends to “push the limits” with security guards, gaining them access to areas where fans weren’t allowed. The best part, however, was seeing other fans’ reactions to the costumes.
“We got a lot of opportunities to have conversations with people, chat with them and bring smiles to their faces,” Hartmann said. The getup also had its challenges, according to Hartmann, who mistakenly wore jeans underneath his costume at the Final Four game against Kentucky. “I was sweating buckets during the game, then at the end we did Jump Around,
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Police make arrests in drug investigations By Irene Burski The Daily Cardinal
A coalition of law enforcement agencies seized approximately $40,000 in drugs at two residences in the Madison area Thursday morning, in the culmination of “Operation Hog Day,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The joint drug bust, which happened on the 1600 block
of North Thompson Drive as well as 1300 block of O’Keeffe Avenue included the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Agency, MPD and the Sun Prairie Police Department. The investigation of “Operation Hog Day” leading up to the bust began back in January. “It would not be uncommon for us to work with other law enforcement agencies, including the DEA
[on an investigation like this],” MPD Lt. Kelly Donahue said. In their execution of search warrants, the seizure included the confiscation of almost 1,040 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia, $10,000 in cash, two cars and a handgun, according to the report. The team also arrested five individuals during the bust,
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Man breaks student’s jaw on North Bassett Street
Memorial union terrace
The chairs are back
Spring at UW-Madison started this Friday with the return of the signature Terrace chairs. + Photo by Will Chizek
ETA ?? + OPINION, page 5
A flyer’s thoughts amid ‘heaving sacks of flesh’
A 22-year-old student encountered two men in the University Avenue and North Bassett Street area early Sunday, resulting in one of the men hitting the student for “no apparent reason,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The student reported he tried
SO MANY TROPHIES!!!
to talk to the first suspect when the second suspect delivered a blow to the student’s face, MPD Lt. Eric Tripke wrote in the report. The student then called police to report the battery. The two suspects were not at the scene when police responded to the call. They are described as two males, one of an unknown
race and the other Hispanic. The first man wore a pink hoodie, while the second man, described as having a muscular build, wore a dark blue hoodie. Medical officials determined the student had a broken jaw and several missing teeth upon his arrival at an area hospital, the report said.
Frank shows his rank with postseason awards + SPORTS, page 8
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