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Wisconsin’s mens hockey is back and their squad of primarily underclassmen is ready for a redemptive season. +SPORTS, page 8
Columnist Jeremy Gartzke says the excess has to stop.
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Campus forum highlights new diversity plans By Arushi Agni, Alison Bauter and Sam Cusick The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Damon Williams announced the university’s plans to enhance campus diversity Thursday at the 2011 Diversity Forum. Over 500 attendees listened to speakers, participated in forums and experienced spoken word performances at Union South’s Varsity Hall throughout the day. Williams unveiled plans for a number of campus diversity initiatives, including the Delta
Project, a proposed “diversity division” and the Beyond the Game initiative. The Delta Project, Williams said, is “an innovative initiative” designed to focus on “eliminating grade disparities.” The “diversity division” is a project still in development that seeks to tackle questions about diversity on campus. “We know that we have to evolve to meet the standards of the world that we live in today and the type of diversity structure that we need to meet that
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GAB recinds decision allowing stickers on student IDs to vote under new law By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
The Government Accountability Board reversed a decision to allow colleges to use stickers on student identification cards for voting was reversed Thursday after Republican lawmakers questioned the policy’s neutrality. The use of stickers was originally proposed to meet the requirements of the state’s new voter identification law, which requires student IDs to have a
signature, issuance date and an expiration date two years after the issuance date. Republican legislators had called for the review of the GAB’s decision, saying that they would lead to unjust elections. But before the hearing held by the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules began Thursday, the GAB had already released a memo decid-
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WISPIRG Chair Matt Kozlowski said SSFC approving their eligibility was a “big win” for the group after they were denied eligibility last year.
SSFC OKs WISPIRG funding By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
Although student government leaders said the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) was not eligible to receive funding last year, a student government committee voted Thursday to approve eligibility for the group for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The Student Service Finance Committee approved WISPIRG’s eligibilty in a 7-5 vote. SSFC denied WISPIRG eligibility last year when they ruled the number of the group’s direct service beneficiaries did not
meet SSFC requirements. The group appealed SSFC’s decision, but was never granted funding for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Although this year SSFC ultimately granted WISPIRG eligibility, the committee extensively debated the decision. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said the outcome the debate surrounded the definition of the term “direct service.” In order to be eligible to receive funding from SSFC, at least 70 percent of the group’s direct service beneficiaries must be students.
“I think it was just a back forth battle of people’s interpretations of the bylaws,” said Neibart. “Some members felt that the opportunity to get involved through campaigns met the service criteria and some did not.” WISPIRG Chair Matt Kozlowski said if SSFC had denied the group funding this year, WISPIRG would have had difficulty functioning. “Without eligibility we can’t receive funds and it’s a central component to what we do,”
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Nobel Prize winner, Tony Award winner, activist speak on campus
Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences Recipient Elinor Ostrom gave a lecture Thursday on how to best maintain healthy ecosystems while preserving the organisms within them. According to Ostrom, governments and citizens who work with ecosystems, such as fishermen, should use careful measurements and observations to maintain healthy ecosystems.
Tony Award-winning Director Mary Zimmerman explained how to overcome common difficulties in theater productions at the Chazen Art Museum Thursday. Zimmerman received the 2002 Tony Award for Best Direction for her adaptation of “Metamorphes.” In her lecture, Zimmerman explained how to overcome the absence of special effects in theatrical productions.
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Native American environmental activist Winona Laduke promoted how environmental sustainability and awareness of indigenous faith can benefit American society in a speech Thursday. Laduke focused on her native Anishinabek peoples’ teachings and their applicability to problems faced by American society today, specifically environmental sustainability.
Photographs (L-R) by Grace Liu, Wan Mei Leong and Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou/the daily cardinal
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”