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Reps. Black, Parisi propose financial aid increases By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL
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State Reps. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, and Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, introduce a proposal Monday to increase financial aid at the same rate of tuition increases. Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, co-authored it.
Downtown buildings seek historical landmark status By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL
Madison’s Landmarks Commission voted to recommend landmark status to two historic downtown buildings Monday, while three additional buildings will be considered at a future
public hearing. Madison’s City Council will make the final decision whether the Schubert Building, 120 W. Mifflin St., and the Doris House, 603-605 W. Main St., will become historical landmarks based on the commission’s recommendation.
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The City Council will have the final vote in granting landmark status to the Schubert Building, located at 120 W. Mifflin St.
The Schubert Building, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, was once home to the Silver Dollar Saloon and Restaurant and later Badger Office Supplies, two of the city’s oldest businesses. Preliminary consideration for landmark status of three buildings on North Pinckney Street caused debate at the meeting. Carolyn Freiwald of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation said the buildings make up one of the city’s few remaining historically commercial blocks. “When people think of Madison’s downtown, they go to the Capitol [and] this is the block they see,” Freiwald said. Urban Land Interests is currently working on a proposal involving the north Pinckney street block near the Capitol. Tom Neujahr, a ULI principal, urged the commission to delay a public hearing on the buildings until more details of the proposal are clear. If a building receives landmark status, the Landmarks Committee has the authority to approve or deny demolition, according to Madison Preservation Planner Katherine Rankin. Neujahr said designating a structure as a landmark makes it more difficult to instigate redevelopment plans. According to Neujahr, sparse parking and lack of handicap accessibility are just some of the block’s landmark page 2
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Lawmakers offer tuition ‘freeze’ Two state lawmakers unveiled a proposal at Memorial Union Monday to “freeze” in-state tuition costs for students who receive financial aid. State Reps. Spencer Black, DMadison, and Joe Parisi, D-Madison, introduced legislation that would increase the amount received from financial aid, like the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, to match the amount tuition increases in a given year. Black said in-state UW System tuition has increased by over 126 percent in the last 10 years, raising to nearly $6,000. He said Legislature’s failure to pass a state budget over 100 days last fall also showed how financial aid needed to be strengthened. The budget delay kept more than 6,000 students waiting to find out about financial aid for several months, according to Black. “The first victims of a budget delay
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Park Street the site of apparent homicide A 31-year-old man was allegedly attacked and killed Tuesday afternoon in an alley near the 700 block of South Park Street, according to the Madison Police Department. According to the police report, the first officer arrived on the scene at 1:22 p.m. and immediately called the Madison Fire Department to send an ambulance. Police said the man was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said the attack would be treated as a homicide and have set up a command post in the South District of Madison. City Council President Mike Verveer said, “the neighborhood is known for being safe, not for violent crime.” Verveer is currently acting as mayor while Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is in Japan. Police do not know whether the attack was random or if the victim was targeted, according to Verveer. The death would mark Dane County’s first homicide of 2008.
NEW ERA CONTRACT
New Era’s UW merchandise must be off shelves in 60 days By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL
The termination of New Era Cap Co.’s licensing contract with UWMadison Friday means the company’s manufactured apparel with the university’s logo must be disposed of within 60 days. Dawn Crim, special assistant to Chancellor John Wiley, said the company manufactured knit caps and paid the university about $8,400 in royalties for the use of logos in 2007. Unlike the university’s $1.2 million per year athletic apparel contract with Adidas, which runs through 2011, New Era’s contract was renewed annually, according to Crim. The university cut the New Era contract after hired inspectors were not allowed entrance to a factory in Mobile, Ala., to assess allegations of worker abuse. New Era’s refusal was a violation of its contract. Crim said if it were not for the code of conduct violation, New Era’s contract would likely have been renewed. “We expect our licensees to follow all of our rules, and, for the most part, they do,” Crim said, adding it is unusual for the university to terminate contracts. “When they don’t, we work with them to come into compliance. That is always our first step.” “We do not take ending a contract lightly—it’s quite rare.” Crim said she did not know if
UW-Madison was the only university to cut its New Era contract. “I know many universities are trying to decide how they want to handle it,” she said. “Typical of a situation like this, all universities act independently on how they deal with things—this has just been the University of WisconsinMadison’s decision.” The allegations of worker abuse at New Era’s Mobile factory have garnered national attention, most recently by the NAACP. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing the Mobile factory workers, joined the NAACP in Washington, D.C. Monday to release a report entitled, “Racial Discrimination, Repression and Retaliation at New Era Cap.” The organizations also called on Major League Baseball to stop using the company to manufacture its official baseball caps. “What the hardworking men and women at the Mobile New Era facility want is not unreasonable,” NAACP Chair Julian Bond said at a news conference. “They want an end to management’s racially discriminatory promotion practices, respect and a living wage in return for a hard day’s work.” New Era held a rally at its Derby, new era page 2
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”