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Out-of-state enrollment cap could increase By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee unanimously approved an adjustment to UW-Madison policy Thursday which will allow an increase in enrollment of out-ofstate and international students. The Regents’ Education Committee members voted to amend the original proposal of increasing the enrollment cap to 30 percent, instead increasing it
to 27.5 percent from its current level at 25 percent. The proposal also requires an annual review of enrollment levels at UW-Madison. Regent Jeffrey Bartell spoke in favor of the increase, saying he believes in the importance of a diverse and international student body. “I firmly believe that a diverse student body benefits quite significantly in the learning process
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Logan’s owner says bar will not surrender liquor license By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
The owner of Logan’s Madtown Restaurant and Bar’s said Thursday he will not surrender the bar’s liquor license, forcing the city to move forward with a revocation process. Owner Joe Bendetti closed Logan’s Monday night before the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee held a hearing on the city’s charges against the bar for violating its liquor license in addition to a city alcohol ordinance.
“As of right now, we are closed, and we will not be surrendering our liquor license,” Bendetti said. An audit requested by the Madison Police Department showed that from May 2011 to May 2012, 67 percent of Logan’s revenue came from alcohol, while only 33 percent came from food and non-alcoholic beverages. Logan’s license and the Alcohol License Density Ordinance requires at least 50 percent of the
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Developers presented a proposal at a neighborhood meeting Thursday, which would require demolishing Stadium Bar, 1419 Monroe St., to build a student-focused apartment complex.
Stadium Bar demolition proposal draws student, resident concerns By Ricardo Romero The Daily Cardinal
A development company’s proposal to tear down Stadium Bar for a student-focused apartment complex drew concerns from residents and city officials at a neighborhood meeting Thursday. The Minneapolis-based Opus Group plans to tear down the Stadium Bar, located at 1419 Monroe St., to build an eightstory apartment high-rise oriented toward students. The current plans, which are subject to change, call for 90 to 120 housing units with commercial space on the first floor. Stadium Bar co-owner Dan McCarty said after being approached by Opus he decided it was time to sell the property. “[Stadium Bar] had a good and successful run,” McCarty said. Students at the meeting
expressed concern that this student apartment complex could be unaffordable for many students. UW-Madison senior Indy Stluka said the lack of affordable student housing around campus “hurts working students the most.” But Opus Group representative Julie Ledger said as new complexes are built, older apartments would become cheaper. She also said lower-cost housing simply was not the developers’ goal with the proposal for Monroe Street. Community members and city officials at the meeting also raised a number of concerns about the project, including the increased residential population the complex would bring. University of WisconsinMadison Police Chief Susan Riseling said the proposed apartment complex is “a terrible idea”
because it does not conform to the neighborhood identity. “This block was really meant for commercial spaces, not residential,” Riseling said. “I think anything over four stories is an issue.” Madison resident and former District 5 alder Robbie Webber said she believes the increased number of residents the complex would bring to the area would benefit the neighborhood. “I actually believe in cities,” Webber said. “For this location, I don’t think eight-stories is out of whack.” Even with the concerns brought up by the community, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the project would most likely move forward. “This is an owner-to-owner transaction,” Resnick said. “There’s not much the city can do to stop it.”
Soglin, WISPIRG discuss student loan debt, ‘fiscal cliff’ By Melissa Howison The Daily Cardinal
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Students hope for five in a row at Bingo Night in the Memorial Union Thursday. + Photo by Xinyi Wang
Mayor Paul Soglin and a public interest research group held a press conference Thursday on the impending “fiscal cliff” and how tax policies affect student loan debt. New research from the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group estimates that the federal government loses $150 billion a year in potential revenue due to corporations investing money in offshore bank accounts
to avoid U.S. tax rates. WISPIRG Program Director Joe Rasmussen said the practice is unethical and harmful. “When corporations exploit offshore tax loopholes to skip out of paying their bill the rest of us are left to pick up the tab,” Rasmussen said. “[It’s] perfectly legal, but it’s not fair, and it’s time to put an end to it.” Education is one of the public services that suffers, according to Soglin, and WISPIRG’s research reports the amount of revenue
lost in one year through tax evasion measures could provide pell grants worth four years of education to 10 million students. UW-Madison freshman and WISPIRG’s Board of Directors member Mariana Debernardini said it is unfair students are losing educational opportunities because federal funding cuts are making college more expensive. “Millions of students across the country depend on federal student
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”