Weekend, May 3-5, 2013 - The Daily Cardinal

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Mifflin data shows party cost police thousands A three-year review of the Mifflin Street Block Party found the annual block party and related binge drinking cost the city thousands of dollars in policing as well as public health consequences, according to a city of Madison press release. Public Health Madison and Dane County analyzed data, including costs and incident reports, from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 block parties and found the 2012 block party cost the city $195,619 in overtime payment for police officers, benefits, supplies and “out of pocket” expenses.

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Police are planning to implement a zero-tolerance policy at the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday.

Mifflin: Party with caution Students cited in 2012 determined, not deterred from attending By Andrew Haffner The Daily Cardinal

Despite their arrest at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party and the Madison Police Department’s promise of stricter,

zero-tolerance policy approach, some of the 103 students arrested last year plan to celebrate all the same, if not with a little more discretion. One plan even includes celebrating Mifflin outside of Madison. UW-Madison senior “Andrea,” who did not wish to use her real name, was at a house party that had overflowed onto the street. On the sidewalk with friends, she was handed an open beer. The police soon surrounded her.

Mifflin Street Block Party cost to Madison Police Department

“The whole thing felt like a show,” she said. “[The police] paraded us down the street in handcuffs and sat us in a holding area in the front lawn of one of the houses [on Mifflin]. ” After being searched there, she was transferred to a makeshift processing facility in a parking garage under a municipal building around Capitol Square filled with other offenders—as

2010: $87,559 2011: $130,542 2012: $195,619

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Community members debate proposed bill to change tenant-landlord relations By Morgan Haefner The Daily Cardinal

Community members debated a controversial housing bill that could change housing policies and regulate interactions between tenants and landlords at a public meeting Thursday. The bill, if passed by the state Assembly and Senate, would limit landlords’ obligation to

communicate information about billing and housing violations. In addition, the bill would change vehicle towing policies and eviction proceedings. Legislators have received criticism from Madison city officials and University of Wisconsin-Madison students since introducing the bill Monday. Landlords are currently

required to indicate why they might withhold or deduct from a tenant’s security deposit, but the bill would eliminate the requirement. Associated Students of Madison member Ryan Prestil said the bill “encourages landlords to be authoritative and discourages discourse between the

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Bill would put student veterans first in class enrollment On Campus

A new chapter

The University Bookstore celebrates its Grand Re-opening Party Thursday, which included free food and prizes. + Photo by Abigail Waldo

A state lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday to allow veteran students first priority when registering for classes at schools within the University of Wisconsin System. State Rep. Dianne Hesselbien, D-Middleton, a member of the Assembly Veterans Committee, said she

introduced the bill because veterans attending UW System schools often have difficulty finishing school while they are still eligible for veteran-based funding, which usually expires after four years. According to a statement from Hesselbien, the main difficulty student veterans expe-

rience is that classes fill up too quickly, leaving veterans without the necessary credits to graduate and no way of paying for additional classes. Hesselbien said her bill would fix this problem and help veterans, who have

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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.”


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