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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Sconnie could face lawsuit By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
State Street’s Sconnie Nation clothing store could soon face a lawsuit after a local photojournalist says the company illegally reproduced his image on Wisconsin-themed merchandise. Michael Kienitz said he will file charges against Sconnie for taking and reproducing
his photograph of Mayor Paul Soglin on T-shirts that say ‘Sorry for Partying.’ He said the copyright notice is embedded in the photograph’s file on the city of Madison website where the image appears. “Without attribution or compensation, [Sconnie] chose to
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Occupy Madison members marched from their current site on East Washington Avenue to the City-County building in opposition to the city shutting down the encampment.
Judge denies Occupy extension, residents must leave Tuesday By Jeffrey More The Daily Cardinal
Courtesy of Michael I. Kienitz
Photojournalist Michael Kienitz said Sconnie illegally used this photo of Mayor Paul Soglin on a Mifflin-themed T-shirt.
Neil deGrasse Tyson to visit UW Acclaimed orator and astro- his brain. People Magazine physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson named deGrasse Tyson the will visit UW-Madison as key- “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive.” note speaker for the universiHe will hold a book signing ty’s first Senior Day March 10. in the Memorial Union immeDeGrasse Tyson is a diately following the highly regarded scienkeynote speech. tist and author of sevThe event will take eral books including the place on the Memorial New York Times’ bestUnion Terrace at 3 p.m. seller “Death by Black and is free and open to Hole and Other Cosmic the public. In the event Quandaries.” He was of inclement weather, also named one of Time the speech will be reloMagazine’s 100 most DEGRASSE cated to the Wisconsin influential people in the Union Theater and TYSON world in 2007. only UW students will But the world-renowned sci- be admitted on a first-come, entist is known for more than first-served basis.
Occupy Madison will have to find a new home after a city court denied an attempt to allow residents to remain at the encampment on East Washington Avenue. Occupy members filed a lawsuit against city officials including Mayor Paul Soglin and Police Chief Noble Wray Friday requesting a temporary restraining order to prevent the city from closing down the Occupy site and forcing residents to leave. The court denied the restraining order Monday, mandating that Occupy members must leave the site by Tuesday at 12 p.m. Occupy volunteer attorney William Turner said it seemed as if the city suggested Occupy wanted to remain at the site
permanently, which he said is not true. “Occupy’s intention was only to be there temporarily,” Turner said. “From my perspective, I
think that the people who are currently at the Occupy location are willing to try to find some place
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Occupiers rally against city Occupy Madison supporters marched from their current site on East Washington Avenue to the City-County building near the Capitol Monday to voice their opposition to the city shutting down the current encampment. After speeches and singing outside city hall, a crowd of a few dozen Occupy members moved inside where they staged a sit-in in front of the mayor’s office, according to UWMadison sophomore and Occupy supporter Noah Phillips. Phillips and other Occupy
members also inspected a potential site for Occupy at a former Army Reserve on South Park Street but found the area blocked off by police. The city will force the group out of its current site on Tuesday at 12 p.m. “We want the next community to be self-reliant,” Phillips said. “We would still like to be on the army barracks site and would like to work with the city to make that happen.” Jeffrey more
Faculty committee recommends eliminating Division of International Studies By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
Members of a faculty committee are recommending UW-Madison eliminate the Division of International Studies and make significant changes to the structure of international programs at the university as a cost-cutting and organizational measure. The committee’s report said interviews with 72 faculty members indicated there is “widespread confusion” about the function of the DIS, as well as concern about a lack of transparency within the division.
Committee members recommended the functions and majority of staff members within the division be redistributed to existing units on campus, with the Provost’s office gaining oversight of International Academic Programs. Professor Kristopher Olds said the recommendations would not have any direct impact on students, but rather were intended to make the structure of the international studies programs more efficient. “There are no direct implications for students—this initiative was focused at improving organi-
zational and governance systems related to international studies and internalization on campus, which should hopefully improve campus life for everyone,” Olds said in an e-mail. But in a letter to Provost Paul DeLuca, the DIS Leadership team said it was concerned the committee did not use data and analysis to support the recommendations. “We found the overall tone of the report unnecessarily harsh,” the team said. “We believe that the report represents a skewed
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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.”