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Council OKs ALRC citizen voting member By Caitlin Gath The Daily Cardinal
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Mark Woulf, student advisor for the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee, spoke at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. Council members voted to add a new citizen voting member position to the ALRC.
The Madison Common Council voted Tuesday to add a new citizen voting member, as well as an additional alder, to the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee. The change in the committee’s composition comes as a compromise to the original proposal introduced by Ald. Bryon Eagon, District 8 to add a permanent student voting member to the ALRC. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he was not in favor of designating a specific student seat because it would then make it necessary
for other groups to have a voting seat on the committee, including representatives from the Tavern League and the UW administration. He said on Monday, however, that he was in favor of appointing a student to the citizen voting position. Barb Mercer, a representative from the Madison and Dane County Tavern League, said students should not have any type of representation. “We have no problem with the fact that a new alderman be added to the ALRC, but we have a strong opinion that a student alrc page 3
Scott Walker speaks about 2010 campaign plans, economic platform By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, one of two announced Republican gubernatorial candidates, spoke on campus Tuesday about his campaign plans for the 2010 election. Walker said he wanted to prioritize economic policies, and said he hopes to reverse the trend of businesses leaving the state. “Our campaign and our administration is going to be like a wheel, and in the center of the wheel is going to be jobs,” Walker said. “All the other spokes are going to be things like education reform, higher education, transportation, agriculture, health care and tax reform. We get pumped about the
other issues, but jobs are the kinds of thing that wake you up in the middle of the night.” Attendees said they appreciated Walker’s employment-centered speech. “Everyone is looking for jobs right now, and it’s really tough out there,” Tom Burton, a law student, said. Walker said that, if elected, he will expect all bills that come to his desk to create or retain jobs for Wisconsinites. “If it doesn’t meet that task, it’s not going to be a priority,” Walker said, explaining his emphasis on jobs does not mean he will not deal with other issues. Walker said the government cannot create jobs, and suggested the government must move out of the way of the private sector.
Senior Emily Monske, vice chair of UW-Madison’s College Republicans, said she liked Walker’s speech and was impressed by his focus on reviving Wisconsinites’ faith in their future employment. She also said the format of his speech was better than other speakers she had seen in the past. “It was really great that he focused on what he’s going to do for the state of Wisconsin rather than [on] how we can get involved,” Monske said. “A lot of times that’s what we hear from candidates on campus.” Students for Walker, with the support of College Republicans, hosted the event. College Republicans will not endorse a candidate until after the primary election next spring.
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LGBT activists demand action from Obama Part 2 of 3 in a series on student political activism By Robert Taylor The Daily Cardinal
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A year ago today, President Obama defeated Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the 2008 presidential election. His support cut across traditional party lines and in many ways reflected the “big tent” of a resurgent Democratic party. Still, Obama received support from the largely democratic lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Many from the LGBT community supported him and played a critical role in his election.
Now, however, individuals across the nation and here at UW-Madison are growing increasingly vocal in their demands that Obama deliver on his campaign promises. On October 11, over 150,000 people descended upon Washington, D.C. to demand full equality under the law for LGBT people nationwide. The National Equality March was the largest such demonstration in more than 10 years, and its demand was simple: full LGBT equality now, including full marriage rights and the repeal of the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy. Hundreds of people from the UW-Madison community made the
fifteen-hour trip from Madison to D.C. to attend. One of the marchers, Claire Peterson, a junior at UW-Madison majoring in genetics with a certificate in women’s studies and LGBT studies, said she could sense immediately that she was part of a transformative political moment. “I was instantly moved by the number of people coming together from all over the country. It was empowering to know that there is such a variety of people passionate about these issues,” she said. “I really did feel like I was part of something greater than myself.” lgbt 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.”