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Sophomore Tyler Junger defeated Brian Benford as the next ASM chair at the election Tuesday night.
ASM elects Junger chair THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Associated Students of Madison voted Tyler Junger over Brian Benford as the next ASM chair Tuesday. Support for both candidates was strong, as Junger won with a 16-14 vote. The two nominees tied in the first appointment hearing Friday. ASM representatives also elected Tom Templeton as vice chair and Kurt Gosselin as secretary. Because both candidates had a similar stance regarding outreach, one of ASM’s most pressing issues, most of the discussion was based on their past leadership experience. Several representatives who endorsed Junger, who ran for Responsible Leadership in ASM slate, said he had the necessary qualifications to fulfill the role. Representative Matt Manes said specifically Junger’s knowledge about ASM gave him the
edge over Benford. “It’s working knowledge that only comes with being involved in the administration,” he said. “I feel that’s where Junger exceeds Benford.” According to Representative Rebecca Newman, Junger provides a better representation of ASM because of his professional attitude and communication skills. “I see the position of chair obviously for being the face of ASM, but also for being the most active role in communicating within the administration and representing ASM in the best light,” she said. Many representatives also voiced their support for Benford, who is a former District 12 Alder and ran under the For Accessibility Community and Empowerment of Students (FACES) slate. Representative Katrina Flores, who ran for District 8 alderman this spring, said Benford brings a
sort of “electricity” that she deemed necessary to mediate ASM and create a vision. Flores said Benford’s various former leadership positions stood out as important qualifications for the role. “[He has the] most extensive experience on so many different levels. He can look to reform ASM better than his counterpart,” she said. Following the chair vote, representatives deliberated the vice chair and secretary positions. Templeton defeated Jonah Zinn as vice chair with a 14-11 vote, Zinn went on to win the Academic Affairs Chair. ASM representatives also elected Theotis Sharpe as the Nominations Board chair, Adam Johnson as the Legislative Affairs chair, and Lauren Vollrath as the Student Activiy Center Governing Board chair. The Finance Committee chair will be chosen Friday.
ASM striving to include students ASM sees value of student organizations, looks to reach out
By Rory Linnane THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s student government, is charged by its constitution “to ensure the greatest participation by students” in governance and policy-making. But former ASM Chair Brittany Wiegand, who was involved with ASM sessions 12-15, from 2006 to 2009, said student detachment from ASM has been a problem for years that members only began to dig into this year.
ASM’s lack of clout within the student body became most apparent in February, when the student body voted down a proposed new constitution that had passed unanimously through Student Council. Following the failure of the constitution, “outreach” became a favorite buzzword. Representatives began efforts to become a more inclusive student government. Students reject constitution When the new constitution failed to pass the student body, representatives tried to determine why they lost student support. Former representative Kurt Gosselin, who was on the constitutional committee, said though con-
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Council postpones ban on cheap liquor in city
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stitutional committee members were deeply invested in the process, the committee lacked the support it needed from the student council to inform students going into the vote. “The constitution didn’t fail on ideology,” Gosselin said. “It failed in the ground game.” Former representative John Tackett, who was also on the constitutional committee, agreed that there was a lack of resources. “We tried to pick out the techniques we could feasibly do with the asm page 3
The Common Council voted to move discussion of a proposal banning the sale of cheap liquor throughout Madison at Tuesday night’s meeting after many liquor distributors and grocers voiced strong opposition. Ald. Michael Schumacher, District 18, constructed an ordinance banning the sale of less than a pint of liquor or fortified wine and sales of less than a sixpack of beer. Schumacher said the city has too much panhandling, and the ordinance would make it more difficult for alcoholics to accumulate enough money to purchase alcohol or pressure others into buying it for them. “This is an attempt to create a uniform playing field,” Schumacher said. “This will basically allow the police to know what conditions they can enforce for all retailers.” However, the proposed ban, which was passed by the ALRC April 15, incited controversy at the Common Council meeting when
many local liquor and beer distributors and grocers came to speak in opposition. Casey Trudgeon of Wisconsin Distributors played on the current economic climate in making his argument against the ordinance. “Do we really want to pass something that may hurt our businesses in this current economic state?” Trudgeon asked the council. The council voted to move discussion of the ordinance to the June 2 meeting to allow for more collaboration with the liquor industry. Tim Bruer, District 14, warned the industry representatives that the council will still vote for this ordinance should they decide to not participate in discussion of this proposal. “You folks really need to come together,” Bruer said to the industry representatives. “Because if you fail to come forth and participate, you will get regulation and you will not like it.” The new proposal would go into effect in September and would affect all 123 of the retail license holders in Madison.
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Jarius King, whose breakdancing moniker is Man of God, busts a move in front of Memorial Library Tuesday afternoon.
Regents to vote on discipline revisions By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Board of Regents will vote Thursday on proposed revisions to the UW System conduct rules that could allow universities within the system to punish students for severe off-campus misbehavior. David Giroux, UW System communications and external relations director, said under the proposed revisions, off-campus behavior would be punishable if students fall under the list of actions subject to discipline and are serious and repeated. “Only when you meet both of those criteria at the same time are we talking about any kind of
sanction,” he said. Giroux also said because an action must meet these two criteria, punishment under the revised rules would be in only extreme and rare situations. “We are talking about really serious situations that demand the university’s attention,” he said. “We’re not going to go looking for more students to discipline.” Colleene Thomas, a UW System regent, said before the revisions the rule for off-campus discipline was vague, making it difficult for officials to make decisions and for regents 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.”