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Walker, Doyle in contentious transition By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal
Governor-elect Scott Walker pressured Gov. Jim Doyle to halt or alter his decision-making on projects including health care, state employee labor contracts and the Charter Street Power Plant.
“If [Walker] wants to fight, we are not afraid to fight.”
Marty Beil executive director Wisconsin State Employees Union
Although Walker wrote in his letter to the Wisconsin Department of Administration
Purple haze
Wednesday he was “confident” the two administrations would be able to find common ground on his requests, Doyle and made it clear that would not be the case. Despite Walker’s request Doyle moved ahead with making labor contracts with six unions Saturday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Executive Director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union Marty Beil said in a statement Walker’s request signals a “fundamental disregard for the rule of law.” “If he wants to fight, we are not afraid to fight. We’ve been here nearly 80 years. We’ve seen plenty of politicians come and go and we will see many more come transition page 3
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Jam band Lotus brought their electronic sound to Madison Saturday with their show at the Orpheum.
UW researchers to start drug-free ADHD research for children UW-Madison researchers will begin tests on a mind-training program that would provide a drugfree alternative to treat children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or highfunctioning autism. The research will be done through the UW-Madison Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
Support for the project will come through a $550,000, three-year grant fund established by the Mind Matter Research Foundation and the Human Energy System Alliance. Researchers will focus on children between ages 10 and 12, and will attempt to find how brain systems work in the minds of children with ADHD and autism.
The second step in the program is to develop a model for children to seek conscious control of the pathways in their brain. The Center for Investigating Health Minds studies how meditation can be used as a tool to positively affect the mind. Research at the center focuses on how meditation affects the mind’s behavior.
Overture Center employee files three ethics complaints against Mayor among others danny marchewka/the daily cardinal
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., spoke to students and faculty about the importance of scientific research at UW-Madison Friday.
Baldwin addresses chemistry symposium, shows support for research By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal
Dozens filled the Chemistry Building Friday to hear U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speak about the status of science and research in Congress, and the upcoming changes she anticipates when the next congressional session starts in January. “My love for science and for this university started very early on,” Baldwin said. She joked about how her grandfather, a researcher at UW-Madison, influenced her
growing up. “As young kids my age were learning how to draw stick figures from things they saw, I was learning how to draw mitochondria,” Baldwin said. But Baldwin took a more serious tone when she discussed her feelings about what will change during the next congressional session, when Republicans will have control of the House of Representatives. “I am sad to tell you that after Tuesday’s election, I really panel page 3
By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal
Overture Center for the Arts theater technician Davin Pickell filed three ethics complaints this past week against Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Overture Center President Tom Carto and 201 State Foundation chairperson Deirdre Garton. Pickell’s complaints against Carto and Garton alleged they both violated the “privilege and advantage” section of the ethics code in regard to an e-mail Garton allegedly sent October. The “privilege and advantage” section of the code states no city official can request or permit the use of city-owned materials or property for “personal convenience or profit.” Within Pickell’s complaint against Garton, he said Garton
sent an e-mail, possibly from a city computer, to an Overture Center for the Arts mailing list with the Overture letterhead. “Ms. Garton is primarily a private citizen, with private interests, including private interests currently before the Common Council,” Pickell wrote in his complaint against Garton. “As the chair the board of the privately operated 201 State St. Foundation, she has a personal interest in the outcome of the public policy decision.” The complaint against Carto said he violated the code by allegedly allowed Garton to use city-owned equipment and send the e-mail. “[Carto] bears ultimate responsibility for letting … Garton use City owned equipment to lobby support for a Public Policy issue currently before the Madison
Common Council,” Pickell stated in his complaint against Carto. Pickell’s complaint against Cieslewicz states the mayor violated the “Standards of Conduct: Influence and Reward” section of the ethics code. Pickell claimed Cieslewicz is in violation of the ethics code due to the Ethics Board’s ruling on city officials soliciting funds from private entities that do business with the city regularly. Pickell’s complaint alleged Cieslewicz is “soliciting funds” from private donors in order to resolve the center’s $28 million debt meanwhile he is arguing for the Common Council to support the city’s purchase of the Overture Center. The date for a possible hearing of the complaints has not yet been scheduled.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”