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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Faculty Senate backs Cronon, talks budget By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
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A crowd of thousands descended back on the Capitol Monday for the Memphis to Madison rally at which Rev. Jesse Jackson invoked the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. and his support for unions and rights.
Jackson rallies union supporters Patrick Tricker The Daily Cardinal
Thousands of union supporters gathered at the Capitol Monday to continue Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 fight against racism and poverty in Madison in 2011. On the 43rd anniversary of King’s assassination, which happened while he was helping a union strike in Memphis, Tenn. to protect collective bargaining rights, Rev. Jesse Jackson reminded the audience that one bullet cannot kill a movement and urged them to continue the fight for King’s vision.
“We’ll get our jobs,” Jackson said. “We’ll reserve our democracy. We’ll get peace.” Standing with two workers from the Memphis strike to emphasize the parallel, Jackson highlighted the similarities between King’s struggles and the struggles in Madison more than 40 years later. “Consistent with his quest of organizing workers and protecting the public sector, I feel this should be perfect place for him to be today because Wisconsin is ground zero for the challenge for public workers,” Jackson said. He warned of increased segregation in Milwaukee––which is the
most segregated city in the country, according to census data–– and increased economic inequality resulting from union busting. He asked students to vote Tuesday to carry on King’s spirit. “Every student in this university system, 180,000, are eligible to register and vote tomorrow,” Jackson said. “If you want lower tuition, vote about it. If you want progress, vote about it.” University of WisconsinMadison history professor Will Jones, who has studied public unions for five years, spoke rally page 2
In response to the GOP’s open record request for professor William Cronon’s e-mails, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting academic freedom. The Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom is a resolution aiming to protect faculty from “unfair open records requests.” After brief deliberation, the resolution passed unanimously. Also at the meeting, Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell explained how UW-Madison would operate financially as a public authority status. Bazzell explained the financial aspects of UW-Madison under a public authority status. The core campus budget, Bazzell said, would come from a combination of state and tuition support. One attendee said he disagreed with giving pay raises to professors at the students’ financial expense, but Bazzell said tuition increase would be modest. Bazzell said the state support that funds faculty salaries and other salaries has remained stagnant over the last several years. According to Bazzell, that part of the budget needs to improve. The university will continue to receive the same funding from the state as a public authority model, in addition to receiving funds from other sources like alumni. Former UW-Madison admin-
istrator Harry Peterson said the dependency on outside funding sources worries him. “Most donors believe salaries are the responsibility of the Wisconsin taxpayers,” Peterson said. “It will be extremely difficult to raise this kind of money for salaries. I do not believe it can be done.” Chancellor Biddy Martin said she needs the entire university’s support for the New Badger Partnership to work. “I’m tired, and if I’m out there completely on my own, I need to know that so that I can make the choices that will be best for the university,” Martin said. Also at the meeting, members briefly discussed and passed a resolution that urges the Departments of State and the Department of Homeland Security to process foreigners’ visa applications quickly and thoroughly. According to the Faculty Senate, the resolution, called the Resolution on Problems Caused by Recent U.S. Immigration Practices, would increase international collaboration by facilitating research visits of foreign scholars to the United States. In addition, Martin presented four professors with the 2010-’11 Hilldale Awards. The awards recognize top professors in the university divisions of biological sciences, physical sciences, social studies and arts and humanities. Recipients included professors Bruce S. Klein, Biological Sciences; Max G. Lagally, Physical Sciences; Marsha M. Seltzer, Social Studies; and Claudia F. Card, Arts and Humanities.
Leadership style is focus of race for Mayor By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
After facing off in the 2003 mayoral election, incumbent Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and former Mayor Paul Soglin will compete again in today’s election. However, this time it is about more than political philosophy. Because both Soglin and Cieslewicz lean to the left, significant policy differences on issues like crime, poverty and environmentalism are not as obvious as they would be in most two-party elections. UW-Madison political science professor Dennis Dresang said this particular race instead focuses on leadership methods and how fiscal and social decisions are likely to be made. “It’s a matter of confidence and style, and who’s more likely to run the city well,” Dresang said. When Soglin beat Cieslewicz in the primary election, Dresang
said it was clear where the votes came from. Soglin has split several of the traditional liberal parts of the city and also won the support of more moderate liberals. Dresang said Soglin is using Cieslewicz’s term events from his handling of the cumbersome Edgewater project as points to highlight how his leadership will differ.
“It’s a matter of confidence and style, and who’s more likely to run the city well.” Dennis Dresang professor Political Science
“Success is always greater when you bring people together with diverse experiences and backgrounds to discuss how to
solve the problems identified,” Soglin said. Soglin said he believes the mayor’s role is to guide processes and to encourage discussion, not to select an outcome and then impose a solution. Cieslewicz, who has held office since 2003, said after eight years of experience he is the best person to accept the challenges the city faces. Cieslewicz said his record shows he can handle any challenges that will be thrown at him over the next four years and pointed to his turn around of Halloween on State Street and managing various difficult economic issues. “I love the job and I love the city,” Cieslewicz said. “We were able to manage the city budget and we’ve managed strong fiscal standings, not resorting to budget gimmicks.” In response to Gov. Scott mayor page 2
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The Faculty Senate passed a resolution to support academic freedom and talked fiscal details of the UW-System split Monday.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”