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BADGERS KICK SOME AXE
UW bests Gophers for seventh year in a row to retain Bunyan’s Axe Complete campus coverage since 1892
Feingold and Johnson face off in first debate By Adam Wollner the daily cardinal
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Republican candidate Ron Johnson squared off Friday night in Milwaukee for the first of three debates leading up to the Nov. 2 Senate election. Opening questions required Feingold and Johnson to provide specific plans to improve the economy. Johnson advocated for the complete extension of the Bush tax cuts and was quick to point out what he saw as failures of the Obama administration. “The stimulus didn’t work,” Johnson said. “The objective fact is we are down 2.6 million jobs since that was enacted and Senator Feingold cast the deciding vote for the failing stimulus.” Feingold said he believed the stimulus was a success.
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Homecoming is where the heart is
“The stimulus bill provided tax cuts for 95 percent of all working families in America,” he said. Feingold insisted more needed to be done to help the economy and proposed a “further jobs tax credit for every employer in the state.” As for solutions to the federal deficit, Johnson said, “we don’t have a tax problem, we have a spending problem” and advocated for a hard spending cap for the federal government. Feingold said he would fight to eliminate earmarks and pointed out that he has worked with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in an attempt to give the president the option of a line-item veto. When the debate shifted to health-care reform, Johnson called the recent health-care bill an
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A busy Homecoming weekend saw Wisconsin keep Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the seventh consecutive year Saturday (above). The UW Homecoming Parade marched down State Street Friday (bottom left and right).
Knetter recognized through $5.4 million in alumni donations By Beth Pickhard the daily cardinal
of Business is not renamed for an individual because of their donations. Funds from the partnership aim to keep the business school without an individual’s name for at least 20 years. Knetter’s membership in the Wisconsin Naming Partnership brought the total money earned through the partnership to $95.4 million. Knetter was named dean of the UW-Madison School of Business in July of 2002. He was appointed
as the president and CEO of the UW Foundation in July of 2010, and will begin work there starting October 16. “We have made great progress as a school these past eight years and that will have a lasting impact on future generations of business and community leaders,” Knetter said. “In the process, I feel very fortunate to have made many new friends and colleagues and am pleased that I will continue to work with them in my new role at the UW Foundation.”
Candidates campaign during Homecoming festivities
Dean Michael Knetter was honored for his work with the UW-Madison School of Business during a Homecoming event for alumni Friday. The Wisconsin Naming Partnership raised $5.4 million to praise Knetter’s accomplishments. The Wisconsin Naming Partnership, which a group of 13 alumni founded in 2007, raises money to ensure the UW School
By Ariel Shapiro
Committee recommends city purchase Overture Center
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., was one of many candidates to campaign at UW-Madison over Homecoming weekend.
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Candidates flooded campus for Homecoming weekend to take part in the fun and get their messages out to students in the crucial final stretch of the election season. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., an alumna of University of Wisconsin Law School, said she was excited for the football game against Minnesota and was marching in the parade because it “is always a really fun way to kick off the weekend.” Baldwin will be back on campus Oct. 17 for a foreign policy debate
with Republican opponent, Chad Lee. Because of her August visit to Afghanistan, Baldwin said she was able to gain a better perspective on the conflict and determined, “it’s time to bring our troops home.” Republican Lt. Gov. nominee Rebecca Kleefisch was also pleased to be back at her alma mater for Homecoming weekend. “I am actually standing on the streets on which I lived when I went to school here,” Kleefisch said during an appearance on Langdon Street. She said students face a tough chalcampaigning page 3
By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal
The Overture Ad Hoc Committee voted 6-3 Friday to recommend the city of Madison purchase the Overture Center and have a private non-profit operate the center. Over the past six weeks the 10-member committee was appointed to examine potential business models for the center. “We weren’t given an easy job,” committee Chairman Mark Bugher said.
The committee also recommended the city hire an architect or engineer to evaluate the condition of the arts center and hire an independent expert to review the business model. Committee members James Garner, Ald. Tim Bruer, District 14, and former Mayor Paul Soglin voted against the motion. The committee opted out of making a recommendation on what to do with current Overture Center employees. Those employees currently receive city pay rates and benefits, including the state retirement
system. Bugher said the committee lacks both time and expertise on some of the issues. The Common Council will now decide whether or not to purchase the $205 million center, whether to have a non-profit operate it and whether the employees should work for the city or the non-profit. Soglin said Madison will face “enormous costs” for the next 30-40 years if it chooses to buy the Overture Center. overture page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”