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Chelsea Clinton to visit Memorial Union Monday By Charles Brace The Daily Cardinal
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will hold a “Stand For Change Rally” at the Kohl Center in Madison Tuesday. The event will be free and open to the public. Tickets are not required for entry to the event, but interested students can RSVP by logging on to www.barackobama.com. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Obama spokesperson Dan Leistikow said in an email the campaign is expecting a larger crowd than the 4,000 who attended his last visit on Oct. 15, 2007 at the Monona Terrace. Obama won Democratic primaries in Washington, Louisiana and Nebraska Saturday, and in Maine Sunday, according to CNN. Upcoming primaries include Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. on Tuesday. U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., will visit Wisconsin on Feb. 16 at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Founders Day Gala in Milwaukee. Chelsea Clinton will be in the Main Lounge of the Memorial Union Monday at 3:15 p.m., according to a spokesperson for Clinton, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton. She will also campaign in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Eau Claire Monday and Tuesday. Sen. Clinton spokesperson Carly Lindauer said Clinton would also participate in the ABC/WISN-TV/Marquette University Law School/Wispolitics.com debate at Marquette University. Lindauer said the debate was still being organized and no date has been set. Leistikow said Obama agreed to participate in two more debates with Clinton in the coming weeks but could not confirm if the Marquette debate would be possible due to scheduling. According to Lindauer, Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will also campaign in Wisconsin in the days before the primary. The Wisconsin primary, which will be held on Feb. 19, has 92 delegates at stake for Democrats. Twenty-nine delegates are up for grabs in Hawaii, who hold their caucuses on Feb. 19. In the Republican race, U.S. Sen. John McCain, RAriz., won Washington’s primary Saturday, though he lost to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Kansas and Louisiana. McCain also recently received the endorsement of two Wisconsin members of the Republican National Committee.
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Hoofer Ski and Snowboard offered its members a free trip to Tyrol Basin in Mount Horeb Saturday as part of Hoofer’s Winter Carnival. Trip attendees had the slopes exclusively for themselves from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Regents OK higher pay for next chancellor By Amanda Hoffstrom The Daily Cardinal
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The UW System Board of Regents approved salary range increases for the next UW-Madison chancellor and others.
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New report seeks to combat racial inequalities in state By Charles Brace
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will hold a campaign rally at the UW-Madison Kohl Center Tuesday.
In an effort to attract the most qualified candidates to be the next UW-Madison chancellor, the UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved Friday a salary range increase for the position. Effective July 1, the next chancellor’s salary will be between $370,000 and $452,000. The change has no effect on Chancellor John Wiley’s current salary of $327,400, which is one of the lowest chancellor salaries among peer institutions. Chancellors at UW System
four-year campuses and UW System President Kevin Reilly also received salary range adjustments. The UW System is currently searching for chancellors at UWMadison, UW-Whitewater and UW-Parkside. Reilly said in his three and a half years as president, he has hired five chancellors at UW System schools. “With hard work and a bit of luck in these three new chancellor searches … I will have hired eight chancellors before completing four years as president—and we only
A state task force released recommendations Thursday in response to Wisconsin facing substantial inequalities in its criminal justice system. The Governor’s Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System said in a statement Thursday that in many areas of the justice system, minorities face harsher treatment than whites. According to the findings, blacks are more likely to be arrested for drug offenses and drug sales in the state. However, the report said white
youths are more likely to use drugs than black youths. In public hearings, the commission heard testimony that suburban offenders were often given citations or fines instead of being arrested, unlike inner city offenders
charged with similar crimes. “The racial disparities in our justice system, as well as in education, employment and health care, are nothing short of a crisis for our state and nation,” said Commission co-chair state
Sen. Spencer Coggs, DMilwaukee. The commission said improving access to treatment options would be more effective than “zero tolerance” policies in state page 3
Disparities in Wisconsin criminal justice system Drug offenses Blacks are 15 times more likely to be arrested for drug sales, though drug use is higher for whites.
Prison populations Blacks represent 6 percent of Wis. population, but comprise 45 percent of inmates.
Differences in options Methamphetamine users are more likely to be given treatment than crack cocaine users.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”