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Obama rally to take place at Library Mall
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Chancellor Biddy Martin, joined by UW Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt and former KimberlyClark executive Kathi Seifert, discussed the financing of higher education at a forum yesterday.
UW panel discusses financing higher ed By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Biddy Martin, former Kimberly-Clark Executive Kathi Seifert and UW Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt held a panel to discuss financing public higher education Wednesday at a Public Representation Organization of Faculty Senate event. Martin said her Badger Partnership proposal, which attempts to gain more autonomy from the state and increase needbased aid to students through
a tuition increase, is a possible way to keep Wisconsin a great place for education, research and development. The panel discussed how UW-Madison can help the state of Wisconsin from an educational standpoint. “Arguably, the state needs more graduates. But not just any graduates, but graduates with a kind of education that prepares them for the challenges of the 21st century,” Martin said. “The state also needs more jobs, urgently.” According to Martin, the state
of Wisconsin is below average for faculty salaries, while the states’ health and other benefits are much ahead of other states. Martin said UW-Madison needs financial support from the state to help subsidize the growing costs of research and other academic expenses as the university becomes increasingly competitive internationally. “Even maintaining the quality of research and education that we have now costs more now than it education page 3
President Barack Obama will speak on Library Mall Tuesday to kick off his Moving America Forward tour in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections, according to the Democratic National Committee. The rally will be free to the public. The site will open at 3:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 4:45 p.m. “The president is extremely excited,” Derrick Plummer, regional press secretary for the DNC, said. “It’s going to be a great start to the last five weeks of this very important campaign.” Singer-songwriter Ben Harper will also appear at the rally and perform for the crowd, according to Plummer. “Young people have been criti-
cal to the movement that elected President Obama in 2008, and from health reform to credit card and student loan reform young people benefited from the change President Obama and Democrats have brought to the country,” DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said in a statement. The event will mark the president’s sixth visit to the state since assuming office in 2009. “It shows how important Wisconsin is to the president and to the Democratic party,” Plummer said. President Obama will be the first sitting president to appear at UW-Madison since President Harry Truman’s visit to campus in 1950. —Ariel Shapiro
West Nile Virus diagnosed in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported the year’s first human case of West Nile Virus in the state. A Washington County resident was diagnosed with the virus during an ordinary blood donation screening. The Blood Center of Wisconsin has since destroyed all of the blood samples from the patient. After the diagnosis, the patient experienced mild West Nile symptoms. The DHS said symptoms of the virus can include fever, headache and rash within three to 15 days after contracting the virus. However, the chances of contracting West Nile are slim and many with the disease do not even experience symptoms, according to the DHS. Although this is the first human
case of West Nile in 2010, it has been reported in three groups of mosquitoes and three dead birds. The DHS recommends residents take steps toward preventing contraction of the disease, including keeping window screens repaired, using repellant and avoiding the outdoors at dawn and dusk.
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Urban Design grants Edgewater final approval By Jourdan Miller The Daily Cardinal
The Urban Design Commission granted the Edgewater Hotel expansion final approval in an 8-2 vote Wednesday. Edgewater architect David Manfredi, of Elkus Manfredi Architects, presented the committee plans, which he said have remained the same since the plans were last proposed. Manfredi said his desire is to maintain the historical character of the current Edgewater building and work on blending it with the proposed addition. “These buildings talk to each other in a fundamentally organizational way,” Manfredi said. “This is a rehabilitation project,” Manfredi added. “The goal is to put the building back together the way it was originally on its exterior.” Even with the approval, a large
concern for community and committee members alike is the level of disturbance the new lighting on the building may cause. “This is not a Las Vegas façade,” architect Ingrid Masters said. “We are at the lower end of lighting, but we don’t want darkness. Our priorities are to blend with the neighborhood. We have decided to err on the conservative side.” Committee members questioned whether these lighting concerns take precedence in the finalization of the Edgewater plans. “We would love a residentiallooking building. A heavily lit building is highly inappropriate for this district. We expect it to be like the rest of the neighborhood,” an opposing resident said. Additionally the committee decided to move forward with
plans for a new West Mifflin Street apartment complex. Architect John Bieno presented his tentative plan for a new 42-unit apartment complex to the committee. Committee members responded with concern regarding the structure and overall design of the proposed complex. “In this neighborhood it should look like an apartment, not like an apartment building that’s trying to look like a home. I want to see something more urban,” committee member Melissa Huggins said. Committee Chairperson Richard Wagner echoed Huggins’ statements, saying, “There is no design coherence.” Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, concluded by saying the plans are “not quite there yet.” “We’re still in the preliminary stages,” Bieno said.
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Edgewater architects present plans to Urban Design Commission on Wedneday. The committee granted the Edgewater final approval.
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