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Board allocates SAC offices to student orgs By Robert Taylor The Daily Cardinal
The Student Activity Center Governing Board voted a second time Sunday on how to allocate office space within the student activity center. The board was forced to revisit a previous Feb. 21 vote because the Associated Students of Madison judiciary committee determined that bias had influenced their decision. Committee members were asked to abstain from voting if they had a connection to the group in question. According to SACGB Chair
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Katy Ziebell, the original interviews and applications were considered under the advisement of UW-Madison legal services and conversations with members of ASM. Greeklife, Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, Vets for Vets and Wisconsin Student Lobby all received office suites which are the largest of the SAC spaces and include a conference room. Wisconsin Student Lobby had previously occupied a small office. asm page 3
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UW Madison Synchronized Skating team competed at the 2010 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Minneapolis, MN Saturday. They took sixth place in the competition.
Cieslewicz suggests 311 center for nonemergencies to fix 911 problems
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The Student Activity Center Governing Board re-allocated SAC office spaces to UW-Madison student organizations Sunday.
In the midst of a pending lawsuit between the city of Madison and Dane County, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is continuing to push for a 311 center to handle nonemergency calls. According to phase two of a review of the Public Safety Communications Center, released in February 2009, inadequate staffing contributes to problems in Dane County’s dispatch center. Twenty-two years ago, this centralized dispatch center was created to handle emergency and nonemergency calls after the city of Madison donated space in the City-County Building and its dispatch equipment to Dane
County. However, a new automated dispatch system has stirred up controversy. The purpose of the system is to allow 911 dispatchers to focus on emergencies, County Executive Kathleen Falk said in a statement. “To her credit, [Falk] hired a new communications center director who has experience in creating a 311 system from scratch.” Dave Cieslewicz mayor Madison
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Rise in vehicle break-ins contributed to theft increase in 2009 Crime statistics from 2009 released by the Madison Police Department last week reveal that although crime was down by 4.4 percent overall, theft increased. According to MPD, the 4-percent increase in theft last year is largely because of a dramatic increase in vehicle break-ins. In MPD Cpt. Mary Schauf ’s most recent newsletter, she said theft from auto is an area of particular concern. “There is no doubt that the thefts from vehicles continue to be an issue,” she wrote. “This is an example of a crime of opportunity. The items taken from auto are easily concealed,
saleable for quick cash and all too frequently just lying in view behind that glass window.” There were 399 instances of theft from cars in the Central District of Madison last year, compared to 284 in 2008. According to MPD Lt. Dave McCaw, the increasing popularity of GPS navigation systems may be a contributor to the rise in break-ins. McCaw told The Capital Times that units are a “hot commodity” because they are easily pawnable because of a lack of a lack of easily traceable serial numbers. Other items left in plain sight, such as iPods, cell phones and laptops, also make
vehicles likely targets, McCaw said. Schauf said the quick cash from thefts from vehicles often are used for drug and alcohol purchases. She said prevention, such as not leaving items like
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purses and bags in plain view, is the best method. McCaw agreed, saying a thief may simply walk by the vehicle if they see nothing of value in plain sight. —Grace Urban
instances of theft in 2009 instances of theft in 2008 Source: Madison Police Department
recommendation of the report that said it would be beneficial if dispatchers handled fewer nonemergency calls, such as parking and noise complaints. However, Cieslewicz said the county does not have legal standing to implement the system without the consent of the 911 Center board. Cieslewicz is proposing that the city and county instead give the public two numbers to use: 311 for nonemergencies and 911 for emergencies. He said when he first suggested the idea two years ago Falk dismissed it because it would be too expensive. “Since then there has been county page 3
Assembly reviews ticketscalping bill, excludes university sports venues A bill that aims to restrict ticket scalping was not voted on by the state Assembly Thursday, but lawmakers did propose amendments. The bill would authorize sports venues like Miller Park and the Bradley Center to regulate scalping with “resale zones” where individuals could sell tickets at a price equal to or less than face value. Individuals who sell outside the resale zone would be fined $10 on their first offense and $500 on each following offense. According to Lloyd Clark, legislative adviser for the sponsor of the bill, state tickets 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.”