Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - The Daily Cardinal

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By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Jim Doyle announced his proposal to repair a $652 million budget shortfall Monday, though its effects on the UW System remain unclear. According to state Budget Director Dave Schmiedicke, $330 million in Doyle’s proposal comes from cuts in state administrative funds. Another $243 million is from funding previously intended to pay for transportation projects in the state. State bonds would largely fund the road projects, Schmiedicke said. UW System spokesperson David Giroux said the UW System would likely have to help lessen the shortfall in some way, but it appears Doyle is giving state agencies some discretion on how the cuts are made. Giroux said it did not look like the budget repair bill would affect student financial aid packages. Last semester, UW System students had to wait to receive aid

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due to the prolonged budget process. Despite the shortfall, Giroux said the UW System is still committed to funding the Growth Agenda, which will increase access and capacity for colleges across the state. “We want to help play our part and help close the budget gap,” Giroux said, “but we want to preserve and protect the Growth Agenda so that we can close the education gap.” Linda Barth, spokesperson for the Department of Administration that helps Doyle write the budget, said $21 million was set aside to fund the Growth Agenda in the state.

“We want to preserve and protect the Growth Agenda so that we can close the education gap.” David Giroux spokesperson UW System

Doyle’s proposal also included an assessment on hospital revenues, which doyle page 3

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UW sophomore Ben Godfrey skateboards down steps on Library Mall Monday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to be in the 40s for the rest of the week.

Student restricted from Bascom Hall after allegedly threatening UW dean

Police found this 4-inch knife in Marino’s home after his Jan. 28 death. DNA evidence found on the knife matches DNA on a hat and backpack found near the scene of the crime.

By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

PHOTO COURTESY MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT

DNA connects unknown suspect to Marino homicide Investigators found DNA evidence linking several items found at the crime scene of Joel Marino’s homicide to one male suspect, the Madison Police Department announced Monday. Scientists at the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory discovered a match between DNA on POLICE SKETCH a knife found at the murder scene and DNA on a cap and backpack found nearby, according to a police

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report. Detectives believe the male DNA matches Marino’s killer. MPD public information officer Joel DeSpain said they were unable to find a match with any felons in the in state’s DNA database system. Investigators think the suspect may live or spend time in the State Street area. Police believe the suspect purchased the backpack, which was later found near the crime scene, from a State Street business the afternoon of Jan. 25. DeSpain said police determined marino page 3

A UW-Madison junior was charged with disorderly conduct Monday, and ordered both to stay away from Bascom Hall and to have no contact with a UW-Madison assistant dean after allegedly threatening him in the building last month. The student, Alan Dubrow, was arrested Feb. 21 following an incident at Bascom Hall in which he allegedly verbally threatened

Assistant Dean of Students Ervin Cox and made threatening gestures to Assistant Dean of Students Kathleen Cruse. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, University of Wisconsin Police officers were called to the facility at approximately 4:45 p.m. following reports of a “verbally abusive” student. The complaint said Dubrow spoke to Cruse before going to Cox’s office, addressing the assistant dean in “a very loud and angry

voice” while standing in a “fighting posture” with “clenched fists.” Cruse told police Dubrow’s demeanor made her feel uncomfortable and scared. After exiting Cruse’s office, Dubrow began yelling, “Where’s Cox? I want to kick his ass,” which Cox said he could hear from his office, according to the complaint. The complaint said Dubrow was having “issues” in school and did complaint page 3

UW close to U. of Minnesota’s campus-wide wireless coverage By Shira Nanus THE DAILY CARDINAL

Trapeze Network announced Monday its plans to install a new campus-wide wireless network at the University of Minnesota, putting the university one step ahead of UW-Madison in wireless coverage. About 9,500 access points will be deployed throughout the Twin Cities campus by May 2008, providing students and faculty with complete wireless internet coverage. While this is not the first campus-wide wireless network at U of M, it is a faster and more consistent type of network. “A lot of people are working

all the time to make technology better,” Brian Johnson of Trapeze Communications said. “This [network] is the next generation of wireless networking that runs faster than anything out there today.” Brian Rust, senior administration program specialist at UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology, said currently 97 percent of UWMadison has wireless coverage. All of UW-Madison’s indoor facilities—classrooms, offices, unions and libraries—have wireless coverage, while Madison’s wireless service Mad City Broadband covers most outdoor areas on and around campus.

University Housing did not have wireless access until 2005 when it began a three-phase process to install wireless Internet in its buildings. The third phase was completed in summer 2007 when access points were installed in all common rooms and study spaces, as well as surrounding outdoor areas near Lakeshore residence halls and Smith Hall. According to Director of Housing Information Technology Sathish Gopalrao, students now receive over 80 percent coverage in all University Housing residence halls. Ohio State University comwireless 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.”


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