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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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TAA, United Council, UW affiliates continue to criticize proposal
By Erin McGlynn The Daily Cardinal
The Teaching Assistant Association and United Council invited Chancellor Biddy Martin and 10 other University of Wisconsin affiliates to debate the controversial New Badger Partnership with them Tuesday. The TAA and UC denounced support of the NBP, including the proposal’s recent endorsements from the Wisconsin Business Council and UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate. Members of the TAA, including future UW-Madison TAA co-president Adrienne Pagac, criticized Martin for using the fiscal crisis to create the NBP and justify the privatization of the university. According to UW-Baraboo/ Sauk County Dean Tom Pleger, every UW system school would benefit from the flexibility and funding UW-Madison would gain from the NBP. Pagac conceded the univer-
sity’s best interests are at the heart of the proposed partnership, saying “the path to hell is paved with good intentions.” Dean of UW-Madison School of Education Julie Underwood defended the NBP saying it was “not a proposal to abandon our core ideas, values and accessibility but to deal with economic flexibility and independence.” Chancellor Martin said the NBP would help the university as the higher education system faces changes worldwide and would allow UW-Madison to hire and maintain premier faculty. Martin said she imagined “a future with the NBP and public authority where we can do well by students and faculty.” United Council Government Relations Director Michael Bell said the tuition increases from the NBP would create a bad relationship between the state and the university in terms of funding, “or as Lady Gaga might say, ‘a bad romance’.”
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For its last meeting of the semester, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) celebrated a successful year with bags and other games atop Bascom Hill.
Walker proposes six year, $1.5 billion interstate project of U.S. Route 41 By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal
UHS celebrates 100 years of service, looks at past, future As University Health Services celebrates its 100th birthday with free massages and pet therapy this week, The Daily Cardinal spoke with Executive Director of UHS Sarah Van Orman about the history and future of the student service. UHS originally opened with a focus on treating medical conditions such as typhoid and the influenza panic of 1918, Orman said.
Its services have remained constant since it opened and the biggest changes in the last 100 years have been the kinds of illnesses UHS treats. According to Orman, treating mental health has been the main focus of UHS in recent years, marking the transition from primarily serving uhs page 3
Gov. Scott Walker announced his plans to invest $1.5 billion to make U.S. Route 41 into an interstate highway Tuesday, a project that would last until 2017. U.S. Route 41, which runs from Green Bay through the Fox Valley to the Mitchell Interchange in Milwaukee, had been designated as a future interstate highway in the 2005 federal transportation law introduced by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis. Walker noted U.S. Route 41 connects crucial regions of Wisconsin to benefit local, regional and state economies. “Converting the corridor to an Interstate highway will provide enhanced safety, mobility and economic development potential,” he said in a statement. The project will undergo an Environmental Impact Statement to certify the construction will have limited effects on the sur-
rounding area. U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis., condoned Walker for deciding to upgrade the highway. “We need to invest in important infrastructure projects like this one, and this is a logical and wise use of taxpayer money,” Ribble said in a statement. This investment comes months after Walker lobbied the federal government to defer a federal grant worth $810 million designated for a Wisconsin highspeed rail project to other states. As Walker chose to invest in a stronger highway system, state legislators in the Joint Finance Committee voted to weaken local transit systems by repealing the law authorizing Regional Transportation Authorities. The four RTAs across the state, which were created in 2009 under Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration, have the authority to provide public transportation services like bus transit and commuter rail.
The Southeastern RTA, SERTA, had plans to create a commuter rail between Kenosha and Milwaukee counties. The RTAs have the authority to implement a .5 percent sales tax to create revenue. “Converting the corridor to an interstate highway will provide enhanced safety, mobility and economic development potential.” Scott Walker governor Wisconsin
However, the JFC voted 12 to 4 along party lines to support the proposal to eliminate RTAs and the commuter rail. Co-Chair of the Joint Finance Committee Robin Vos, R-Burlington, who called RTAs “undemocratic”, put forth the proposal.
Drunk man exposes genitalia, wets himself on State Street
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UHS held a series of mental health activities on campus including yoga and massages to alleviate stress before finals.
Madison Police were called to State Street Monday afternoon after a concerned passerby walked past a man whose genitals were hanging from his trousers. Madison police arrested the suspect, Ronald Duell, 54, for depositing human waste and a violation for possessing or consuming open intoxicants on a street. The responding officer found the suspect on a bench on the 500 block of State Street.
“His eyes were closed, his zipper was open and based on the totality of the situation, it was clear he had soiled himself,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. The officer then told the man to put his privates back in his pants and zip-up. The officer said he observed a large pool of liquid under and around the suspect’s feet and
a large wet spot on his crotch, DeSpain said. After asking the suspect why he urinated on himself, Duell called the officer names and said multiple expletives, police said. The suspect was taken to jail with a blood alcohol content level of 0.29, police said. Once at jail, the suspect urinated on himself again while trying to fall asleep, DeSpain said. —Maggie DeGroot
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”