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Center for Educational Opportunity study fails to acknowledge K-12 educational disparities +OPINION, page 9
Electronic artist Tiësto is sure to leave Madison bouncing at his concert tonight + ARTS, page 7 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Keg ordinance reconsidered
en garde!
By Taylor Harvey THE DAILY CARDINAL
City officials considered amendments Wednesday to an ordinance meant to curb large house parties and may remove controversial pieces from it that would allow police to cite parties with visible kegs and punish landlords of repeat offenders. Madison’s Public Safety Review Committee considered a substitute version to the ordinance meant to tame rowdy, profit-driven house parties in the downtown area. The ordinance’s previous draft stated that if a keg is visible to the public, police could enter the party
and charge tenants. Downtown Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said police wanted the ability to enter house parties with visible kegs, especially in situations where kegs could entice more people to come and make parties “even more out of control.” But, Woulf said, “I do think there were some legitimate concerns about situations where kegs would be outside and there certainly wouldn’t be an instance of a nuisance house party.” The committee also proposed remov-
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Fetal tissue research worth protecting, Chancellor Ward says MARK KAUZLARICH/THE DAILY CARDINAL
Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism practice their swordsmanship on East Campus Mall. SCA creates and reenacts aspects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
ASM members debate Terrace extension By Anna Duffin THE DAILY CARDINAL
Student government officials voted Wednesday to include a vote to expand Memorial Union on the student government fall ballot. Although the votes would not decide the fate of the union renovations, the Associated Students of Madison said the student input could influence Chancellor David Ward’s decision. The proposed expansion would include adding a lounge behind the union, expanding onto the Terrace. The project is expected to cost over $52 million. Some students said the renovation was already included on a ballot in 2006 and adding it to the fall ballot would
undermine the students who voted then. Sarah Mathews, Vice President of the Wisconsin Student Union, said if the project is included on the ballot, some students might vote without being informed about the renovations. “I feel like the referendum is well-intentioned, but I feel like its outcome is inadvisable because all it means is that students will vote on a project that they are not informed on,” Mathews said. Mathews said no segregated fees have gone into the expansion design cost. Some students said a vote was unnecessary because students are able to voice their
opinions about the expansions through open forums held by the Wisconsin Student Union. Representative Andrew Bulovsky said students should have more of a say in such a large project. “This is a pretty huge project that students should have an opportunity to voice their opinions on,” Bulovsky said. Representative Cale Plamann said if the renovation did not go through, some of the money expected to go towards the project could help offset segregated fees. “At the end of the day, we’re going to be paying more money to decrease the amount of space I have to get hammered on the Terrace,” Plamann said.
By Ben Siegel THE DAILY CARDINAL
The use of fetal tissue in biomedical research benefits Wisconsin, Chancellor David Ward said in a memo to Wisconsin lawmakers Wednesday. Ward urged state legislators to vote against a forthcoming bill that would prohibit the use of fetal tissue or cells of fetal origin
in scientific research statewide. Research using fetal tissue played a role in the development of the polio, rabies and chicken pox vaccines, among others. “It is research that can improve the lives of not only our state’s citizens but people everywhere,” Ward said. “This is proven science
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City addresses heroin addicts’ access to ‘quick money’ By Taylor Harvey THE DAILY CARDINAL
Police say consumer purchases at secondhand stores will now be electronically monitored to help track a series of robberies committed to fund drug addicts’ heroin habits. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he has an interest in updating the ordinance because many of his constitu-
ents are students, and highly vulnerable to burglaries. The revised ordinance, proposed by Verveer provides police the means to operate more efficiently by requiring pawnshop owners to record their transactions electronically instead of on paper. “The way things are, we have stacks and stacks of paper from pawn transactions we cannot
keep up with because we have to input them manually,” Madison Police Department Capt. Jim Wheeler explained. Wheeler said the city needs to be aware the resale industry has the capacity to facilitate crime, making it easy for drug addicts to steal from citizens, then sell back stolen goods to
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Chancellor David Ward sent a memo Wednesday to Wisconsin lawmakers urging them to protect stem-cell research.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”