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Gino’s closure secures future for Kabul
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Peter Gargano, Gino’s nephew and employee, said after 50 years in the business, Gino plans to spend his retirement enjoying wine country and Floridian weather.
The end of a 50-year-old State Street dining tradition will secure the future of another highly regarded State Street staple. Gino Gargano, owner of Gino’s Italian Eatery, announced Thursday he will retire and close the restaurant he first opened July 5, 1963, after emigrating to America from Sicily. Gino’s last day will be Oct. 31. Although Gino’s cuisine will be missed, Kabul owner Hamed Zafari, whose Afghani-Mediterranean restaurant risked forced closure due to a housing development on the 500 block of State Street, said he secured a lease to move into the second floor space at 540 State St., where Gino’s currently resides. Zafari said he is “relieved” to have finally found a place and expects to reopen in the new location sometime in January.
“We looked at every possibility, and I just feel like we get a lot of the people who come from the university,” Zafari said. “That is, faculty and employees from the university. Also students, so we felt like we wanted to stay in the 500 block of State Street; we thought it was important.” Gino’s nephew and employee Peter Gargano said his uncle made the decision to close the restaurant upon his retirement because there was “no one next in line” to take over the business. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, congratulated Gino on his “well-deserved retirement” but said it will be as much a personal loss for him as it will be to the community. “It’s been a part of the State Street fabric for decades and decades,” Verveer said. “I enjoyed many a meal there, going back to when I was a UW freshman.” —Melissa Howison
SSFC approves funding for student tutoring service Members to vote on Sex Out Loud funding next week An Associated Students of Madison financial committee approved General Student Services Fund funding for Greater University Tutoring Service in a near-unanimous vote at a meeting Thursday. GUTS is a volunteer student organization that provides free tutoring services to all University of Wisconsin-Madison students. According to the GUTS website, the organization assists with academic courses, conversational English and intercultural exchange.
GSSF groups must undergo eligibility hearings every two years and demonstrate their ability to provide direct services to students, which are educational benefits available and customizable to the needs of any UW-Madison student. After a brief debate in which many Student Services Finance Committee members said they thought GUTS “clearly” met the eligibility requirements, members of SSFC voted unanimously, with one abstention, to grant GSSF funding to GUTS. “There was honestly just a general consensus,” Vines said. Following GUTS approval, Sex Out Loud applied for GSSF funding eligibility, stating the
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The university is attempting to end the Internet sale of fake Bucky Badger suits similar to the official mascot’s costume, which an individual has been wearing near the Capitol protests.
UW professor serves on federal election commission under Obama
Bucky imitator at Capitol protests generates controversy with UW
University of WisconsinMadison political science professor Barry Burden will testify at a commission meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 20 regarding his research under a bipartisan presidential commission exploring how to improve federal elections. The Presidential Commission on Election Administration was officially established in March and studies federal elections. The commission will provide advice to Obama as early as December about how to develop areas such as absentee ballot programs and accessibility to oversees voters. The formation of the commis-
Not all Bucky Badgers are created equal. A knockoff of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensed Bucky Badger was spotted at the state Capitol building alongside the protesting group, the Solidarity Singers. UW-Madison issued a press release Thursday warning students to “know your badger.” They cautioned the phony one has puffy features, odd coloring and a sloppy sweater that could disappoint Badger fans. Cindy Van Matre, the Trademark Licensing Director for the university, said the uni-
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sion is a response to voting complications reported during the November 2012 presidential election, when voters waited in line for up to six hours in some locations to cast ballots, according to the release. Burden has already authored two papers for the commission, on absentee voting by mail and early voting, as well as on poll workers, according to the release. “It’s exciting, frankly, to have your scholarship seriously considered by a commission that will make recommendations to the President of the United States,” he said in the release.
versity has received inquiries from people asking why Bucky Badger is participating at events at the Capitol building. “It looks like it’s the university that is supporting the cause, and we’re not taking a stance at all,” Van Matre said. According to the release, Badger costumes like the one turning up at the Capitol have been spotted for sale online. On Thursday, UW-Madison took action to end sales by the unauthorized seller of the uniforms. There are approximately seven students who dress up
as Bucky for various university and athletic functions, community events, parades, pep rallies and other public and private occasions. Each spring, rounds of tryouts are held for the half dozen people selected to perform at the sporting events and other gatherings, including doing the celebrated pushups for every point scored at football games. Van Matre said she is unsure if any further action will be taken by the university to find and stop the person in the fake Bucky costume. —Megan Stoebig
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”