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ASM diversity forum stresses personal action By Robert Taylor The Daily Cardinal
The 2009 Student Diversity Forum, hosted by the Associated Students of Madison and the Multicultural Student Coalition met Monday to challenge students and other members of the UW-Madison community to engage in an open and honest dialogue about diversity on campus. The forum focused on developing practical solutions in the effort to create a safe campus environment that promotes and celebrates diversity. Lena Marx, a representative from the Dean of Students Multicultural Student Center, said the Diversity Task Force intended to assemble a document based on the recommen-
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dations of the student-led forum and to present it to university officials as a call to action. According to Marx, this “student voice” constituted a critical third element designed to coincide with UW-Madison’s “Inclusive Excellence” program to increase diversity on campus, as well as the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, which aims improve the quality of a UW-Madison education in general. The university has said it has made some positive strides toward accomplishing that goal. According to a UW-Madison release Monday, this year’s freshman class includes the largest diversity page 3
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Groups of UW-Madison students competed in the Badger Games Monday night at the McClain Center as part of the weeklong Homecoming celebrations.
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Edgewater Hotel, Central Library to continue as originally planned By Haneul Kim The Daily Cardinal Danny Marchewka/the daily cardinal
Izzy Finkelstein and Kerry McNellis participate in a break-out session during ASM’s diversity forum Monday night.
Berceau, Risser propose bill to raise Wisconsin beer tax The state Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hold its first public hearing in 30 years on a bill to raise Wisconsin’s beer tax Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, and state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, proposes to increase Wisconsin’s beer tax for the first time since 1969. The tax would amount to a 2.5cent increase per bottle of beer. Revenue generated by the tax increase would be used to fund drunken driving law enforcement grants, along with alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention programs. “The idea right now is that you and I and everyone else paying taxes is subsidizing the cost of the problem drinker,” Berceau said.
She added, “My bill proposes that we add a tax on beer because that is priced at the third lowest in the nation … [and] beer is the alcohol of choice for the binge drinker.” Gov. Jim Doyle has indicated he is against increasing the beer tax. A coalition of brewers and the Tavern League of Wisconsin have echoed this sentiment. According to UW Health, Wisconsin has the highest rate of alcohol consumption, binge drinking and heavy drinking in the United States. Additionally, while drunken driving fatalities are dropping nationwide, the number of such fatalities is increasing in Wisconsin. —Grace Urban
Two controversial redevelopment projects will continue as originally planned, despite the attempts by several alders to redefine their terms. The amendment for a citywide referendum on the proposed new Central Library was placed on file and the amendment to take the tax incremental financing out of the Edgewater Hotel proposal was defeated at the city’s Board of Estimates hearing Monday. Both amendments were part of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s Capital Budget, which will be reviewed by the Common Council in November. According to Ald.
Bridget Maniaci, District 2, because the amendment on the library referendum was placed on file, it could technically be brought up again to the full council, but it will likely still not pass. The Edgewater Hotel development will go forth with the $16 million in TIF funding, which means that only 11 common council votes would be needed when the item is voted on next month. According to a representative from the Edgewater Hotel, redevelopment of the property would benefit job creation in the Langdon area. Opponents of the Edgewater project said additional hotels
would be a burden because they may decrease the space for future developers to use. Supporters of the Central Library said the library is a necessary and basic service the city should provide. The vision for the Central Library, according to supporters, is to provide a community space for people throughout the city, to create an investment for the future, and to provide support for urban agriculture. The new architecture would bring attention to the library, and it would be a way for people to show off their community. estimates page 3
CALS dean to take position in U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Molly Jahn, dean of UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has been appointed to a senior position in the United States Department of Agriculture, university officials reported. Jahn, who became the first female dean of CALS when she was hired in 2006, will serve
as deputy undersecretary of research, education and economics beginning November 9. Chancellor Biddy Martin has granted Jahn a one-year leave of absence from her duties at the university and is currently working on a transition plan for CALS. In her new position, Jahn will oversee the Agricultural
Research Service, the Economic Research Service and the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Jahn said in a statement that she considers the appointment a “once in a lifetime chance.” She said she wants to impact how the nation approaches agricultural and environmental issues.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”