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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tough times may strengthen state By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL
At a time of rising unemployment and a looming $5.4 billion budget deficit, Gov. Jim Doyle remained hopeful about Wisconsin’s future in his annual State of the State Address Wednesday. “As difficult as the realities are before us ... I know we can work together, meet any challenge and come through stronger than ever,” Doyle said. In 2008, the state lost around 62,600 jobs, bringing the unemployment rate to 5.8 percent. The closure of the General Motors plant in Janesville, Wis., alone caused the loss of thousands of jobs. Doyle honored four of the workers from this plant, calling them “four workers our economy needs.” Congress’ economic stimulus package will be important in fixing the budget deficit, according to Doyle.
To fill in the budget hole, Doyle said he would cut what is not needed, “and unfortunately, some of what is needed.” He said education is not off-limits, but he will not allow cuts that ruin schools’ integrity or make colleges and universities inaccessible for poorer families. Doyle called for bipartisan efforts from the Legislature to “move the state forward” and find solutions to its economic problems. “The last thing voters want from the Legislature is partisan bickering and inaction,” Doyle said. “And the great thing is that our best accomplishments have come when we have worked together.” He then highlighted some of Wisconsin’s achievements in the last year, which include granting all children health-care coverage with BadgerCare state page 3
RESTAURANT EEK Eat classy on a student budget. During Restaurant Week, participating restaurants will offer three special, fixedprice, three-course menus for just $25 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). Some restaurants are also offering a three-course lunch menu for $15 in addition to the dinner special. To see which restaurants are participating and for
more information, visit madisonmagazine.com/winterrestaurantweek.
PICK OF THE DAY
The Cabana Room and Samba
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A gaucho carves up a juicy leg of lamb tableside at Samba. The Cabana Room and Samba Brazilian Grill, 240 W. Gilman St., continuously serve up delectable South American-style dishes. Cabana Room offers lighter lunch and dinner fare. From Bahia fish stew to pulled pork with chimichurri, Cabana’s hearty meats and cheeses and spicy citrus sauces tickle all taste buds. Samba, on the other hand, offers an all-out eating extravaganza beginning with a first course featuring a salad bar of over 40 items, ranging from Spanish-style cheese, nuts, grilled vegetables and salads. Save room for the second course. Gauchos walk throughout the restaurant offering skewers of meat roasted over a fire pit and hand-carved at your table. Cabana Room’s lunch menu
begins with an appetizer of curry cauliflower soup, mixed field greens, or zesty tomato soup. For the main course, savor the grilled flank steak with glazed carrots, Feijoada—a black bean stew with sausages, bacon and meats—or a cheese, pesto and roasted tomato cubano sandwich. Desserts include flan, coconut banana cream pie or chocolate walnut cake. To learn more about the Cabana Room, visit thecabanaroom.com. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. To make reservations, call 608-257-3300. Discover more about Samba on their website, sambabraziliangrill. com. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. to midnight. To make reservations, call 608-257-1111.
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Gov. Jim Doyle applauds at the State of the State Address Wednesday night, where he called for the state to come together and make more bipartisan efforts to overcome the tough economy.
ASM to collaborate with CNI to improve downtown, campus area By Rory Linnane THE DAILY CARDINAL
In an attempt to gain more student involvement, the Associated Students of Madison not only introduced an updated website, but also forged a new relationship with Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. The new affiliation came Monday night when ASM Vice Chair Hannah Karns attended a CNI meeting as their official student liaison. Karns said she hopes to develop a working relationship with them. “CNI has deep experience and commitment to downtown Madison. As ASM takes on local issues, CNI can be a wonderful partner,” she said in a statement.
“We are all downtown neighbors, and what affects one of us affects the other.” According to the statement, ASM and CNI will work together on such items as alcohol issues, safety, transportation, homelessness, environmental concerns and downtown development. In an effort to change their image and become more accessible to students, ASM’s website (www. asm.wisc.edu) has been revamped. According to Claire Lempke, press office liaison for ASM, Brian Epps will be Webmaster for the new site. He is the first paid Webmaster ASM has ever had. According to Epps, the site generally gets 5,000 to 10,000 visits per month. The new design is
an attempt to increase usage of the site and communication between ASM and the student body. “We’d like to try to get more of a two-way system going where students can give us feedback and we can respond directly,” Epps said. “Eventually we want it to be a sort of online community, where students can talk to each other and discuss issues, and where we can hear what they’re saying and act on their opinions.” ASM aims for new bylaws ASM aims to have bylaws for the new constitution completed at least two weeks before they officially vote on Feb. 23 and 24. asm page 3
Abortion clinic faces criticism from pro-lifers By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL
Pro-life physicians spoke out against a proposed abortion clinic that would be run by both the UW Hospital and Clinics and Meriter Hospital. If approved, the clinic will be located in the Madison Surgery Center and perform mostly second trimester procedures. According to Lisa Brunette, Director of Media Relations at the UW Hospital and Clinics, several physicians at the UW Hospital were concerned about the accessibility of the procedure and suggested the idea for the clinic. “If these services are not available in Madison, patients will need
to go a long distance and at great expenses in order to obtain them,” she said. “These physicians feel that we are not upholding our responsibility to the community.” Doctor William Evans, a heart surgeon at Meriter Hospital who opposes the proposal, voiced his concern by mobilizing other anti-abortion physicians and pro-life advocates to speak out through letters and emails. These petitions were presented at the state Capitol and were eventually sent back to Meriter. “There is a core group of physicians who really felt that the Madison Surgery Center is a place for healing, care and the bettering of health, and should not engage in this barbaric procedure,” he said.
Evans said he felt UW and Meriter tried to “fly under the radar” with the proposal, and was glad others have joined him to voice their concern. “I think the worst thing that can happen is when people with a conscience sit by and do nothing,” he said. Brunette said the UW Hospital is acknowledging Evans’ right to voice his opinion, and doesn’t predict the petition to have a significant effect on the continuation of the proposal. “We don’t anticipate that it will cause future problems,” she said. “I think our viewpoint is that we will listen to people that are commenting on the proposal—positive and negative—and we take those things into account.”
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”