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Dems request hearing for UW System cuts
By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal
Democrats on the Committee on Colleges and Universities requested a public hearing about the impact of the additional $65.7 million in cuts to the UW System announced Friday, arguing that they will hurt student access to quality public higher education. “While everyone knew additional lapses were coming, we were under the misguided impression that the lapses would be fair,” State Reps. Mark Pocan,
D-Madison, Terese Berceau, D-Madison, Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, and Barbara Toles, D-Milwaukee, said in a letter to Colleges and Universities Committee Chair Steve Nass, R-Whitewater. Mike Mikalsen, Nass’ spokesperson, said Nass does not think a hearing is warranted because the cuts were made due to budget lapses and would be part of the biennial budget passed in June. “It should not be a shock
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to anybody unless Democrats failed to read the budget bill that they voted on,” Mikalsen said. Democrats were also concerned Gov. Scott Walker’s office would only receive $1,742 in cuts, or .001 percent of the budget shortfall, while the UW System would receive $65.7 million in cuts, or 37.7 percent of the lapse. “Once again, there is no shared sacrifice. A budget that took from Wisconsin commu-
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City talks ID policy controversy By Kimberly Goldman The Daily Cardinal
City officials expressed concerns Wednesday about racial discrimination in response to a tougher ID policy campus area bars initiated last summer. The new policies require a valid driver’s license or passport and do not allow those with only state ID cards to enter some bars. City officials said driver’s licenses are not accessible to some people with poor driving records or those with medical conditions
who are unable to drive. “I am in a way glad that this issue has been raised to a new level of public scrutiny… A number of alders would be interested in digging deeper into and really getting to the facts the city can take action on and address,” said Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5. According to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, there was confusion and disagreement among downtown liquor license holders about the new policy because some said it helped reduce violence while oth-
ers said it was “blatantly discriminatory, particularly for those with certain health conditions.” Mayor Paul Soglin has gotten involved in the discourse by coordinating different city agencies to address issues regarding the ID policy. “I appreciate that the mayor is taking this so seriously that he himself organized the meeting,” Verveer said. The committee also unani-
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ASM fall 2011 election results Terrace referendum voted down By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison students voted down a referendum to renovate the Memorial Union, including a controversial “glass box” that would extend onto the terrace seating area Wednesday. The referendum ultimately failed by a margin of 323 votes, with 2,363 against and 20,040 in favor of the proposed Memorial Union expansion. Although the referendum is not a deciding vote, it does weigh in on the renovation decision, Wisconsin Union
President Katie Fischer said. “The vote shows us that students care deeply about the future of the Memorial Union,” Fischer said in an e-mail. “We hear their concerns and value their input.” Fischer said Wisconsin Union has been working to “create and renovate spaces that enhance our beloved Memorial Union.” But many students, including Associated Students of Madison Rep. Cale Plamann, applauded
TURNOUT 11.3 percent UNION EXPANSION VOTES
2,363 NO 2,040 YES JUDICIARY REFORM VOTES
2,857 YES 1,266 NO
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UW-Madison elects new student government representatives Letters and Sciences Rep.
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Buckingham U. Badger poses with some of the students who came to the Nitty Gritty to support multiple sclerosis research Wednesday.
City-County joint initiative announced to fight heroin By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
Mayor Paul Soglin and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced a joint comprehensive plan Wednesday to address the rising number of heroin and prescription drug overdoses in the county. The City of Madison and Dane County plan to coordinate multiple task forces to combat the county’s drug and opiate “epidemic,” including finding the best treatment practices as well as the strongest ways to hinder drug distribution and violence. “Both the county and the city faced difficult budgets, but the Mayor and I agreed that a joint investment needed to be made to reverse the deadly and troubling trend of heroin and opiate overdoses in Dane County,” Parisi said in a statement. In the weeks and months ahead, a number of work groups consisting of local officials, law enforcement, health care providers and alcohol and other drug abuse prevention community members will
collaborate to tackle the issue. “What we plan to do over these next few months is form groups to examine these issues and get people together to come up with strategies based on our best practices,” Executive Director of Safe Committees Cheryl Wittke said. Soglin said in order to get firm control of the problem, the city needs to start not with the illegal drugs but with prescription medication abuse, which can provide a gateway to heroin use and addiction. The first two of the six goals of the initiative include reducing access to prescription drugs and hindering inappropriate prescription drug use. Other initiatives include improving poisoning intervention to reduce overdose deaths and integrating mental health care to tackle the root causes of addiction. In addition, the plan calls for early intervention, drug treatment
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”