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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Nass offers alternative to Badger Partnership By Patrick Tricker The Daily Cardinal
State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, proposed an alternative to the New Badger Partnership Tuesday that would delay any decisions from being made until after the biennial budget passed. The plan, which is starkly similar to the Wisconsin Idea Partnership, would keep UW-Madison in the UW System and allow flexibility for operations and finances for all UW campuses. It would also would maintain legislative oversight for miniNASS mum faculty teaching loads and tuition and fee increases. “The current functional relationship between UW-Madison and the UW System Administration must be altered in a manner that prioritizes enhanced efficiencies and limited autonomy for administrators at our flagship campuses,” Nass said in a letter. “I am committed to a com-
prehensive bill that achieves all of these goals for the effective administration of the UW System in exchange for real accountability measures that protect the students, families and taxpayers of Wisconsin.” Vice Chancellor Vince Sweeney said the proposal would not affect the Badger Partnership plan, which is already a part of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-’13 biennial budget. Sweeney defended the original Badger Partnership plan as necessary for UW-Madison to cope with $125 million budget reduction and stay competitive with other higher education institutions. “We will always listen to and be engaged in other discussions, but at least from where we stand, the language in the current budget proposal is the language that best suits UW-Madison,” Sweeney said. David Giroux, spokesperson for the UW System, applauded Nass’ plan because of its similarity to the Board of Regents’ proposed Wisconsin Idea Partnership. Giroux said the key difference between nass page 3
GAB affirms Prosser victory after investigation After unreported votes were discovered in Brookfield, the Government Accountability Board determined Tuesday there were no major discrepancies found in Waukesha County for the Supreme Court race, confirming Justice David Prosser’s 7,316 vote lead. An very close race, Kloppenburg was ahead by 200 votes after all precincts reported two weeks ago. However, when Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus made known April 7 she had missed Brookfield’s 14,000 votes, the election fell in Prosser’s favor. waukesha page 4 Andy Lindgren/the daily cardinal
Paul Soglin takes the oath of office being sworn in as Madison mayor Tuesday afternoon.
Soglin sworn in for third time By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal
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The UW Madhatters performed at the inaugural Service Travel Symposium at the new Union South Tuesday evening.
Service organizations detail missions The Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Alternative Breaks Program hosted the first-ever Service Travel Symposium at Union South Tuesday. WUD Alternative Breaks held the event in recognition of the group’s twentieth anniversary and invited other community and travel service groups to take part
in the symposium. WUD Alternative Breaks Director Ali Loker said the symposium served as “a way for student to see all of their service options in one room and for the different organizations to have a chance to collaborate.” travel page 3
Mayor Paul Soglin and newly elected alders were sworn in Tuesday afternoon before holding their first city council meeting as elected officials later that night. Before Soglin was sworn in, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he appreciated his family and council members as he stepped down after serving eight years as Madison mayor. “I loved being mayor of Madison, but before that I loved being a citizen of Madison,” Cieslewicz said. Soglin, who has already served 14 years in office, was sworn in as Madison mayor for the third time. Bryon Eagon, who represented District 8 on city council, was among the six alders who did not seek reelection for Common Council. Eagon, who represented a majority of UW-Madison students, did not seek re-election because he will be working for Teach For America in New York City next year. Julia Kerr, District 13, Jed Sanborn, District 1, Judy Compton, District 17, Michael Schumacher, District 18, and Thuy PhamRemmele, District 20, are also not returning to serve on the council. During her departing remarks, Pham-Remmele said she appreciates city staff, but purposely left the plaque given to outgoing alders after her speech.
Alders Lisa Subeck, Scott Resnick, Sue Ellingson, Jill Johnson, Anita Weier and Matt Phair were sworn in to Common Council to replace the outgoing alders. Resnick, a recent UW-Madison graduate, took over Eagon’s seat on council to represent the heavily student-populated District 8. Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, was unanimously elected to replace Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, as President of the city council. Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, was sworn in to take over Cnare’s previous seat as the President Pro Tem. At the evening meeting, council members unanimously accepted the feasibility study for a rooftop community garden or green roof at the renovated Madison Central Public Library. An extensive green roof would help divert rain water and protect the roof. However, several Madison residents spoke out against the study, saying an intensive garden roof may be feasible and urged council members to reject the study. An intensive green roof is more complex than an extensive roof, and can serve as a community garden. City Facilities and Sustainability Manager Jeanne Hoffman, who worked on the study, said the team worked with a design team on cost estimates soglin page 3
Academy of Arts, Sciences elects four UW faculty What do Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and four UW-Madison faculty members have in common? They are all fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. UW-Madison Engineering Professor Juan J. de Pablo, Archaeologist J. Mark Kenoyer, Biochemistry Professor Marvin Wickens and Economics Professor Steven Durlauf were among the newest 212 members to be elected to the Academy Tuesday. John Adams, James Bowdoin and John Hancock, as well as other revolutionary leaders, founded the Academy 230 years ago during the American Revolution. The Academy aims to bring together “men and women of exceptional achievement, drawn from science, scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts” to “anticipate, examine, and confront the critical challenges facing our society.” Kenoyer, the current president of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies and director of the UW-Madison Center for South Asia, has excavated in Pakistan and India for more than 30 years. De Pablo is the Howard Curler Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Wickens is the Max Perutz Professor of Molecular Biology. Durlauf is an expert in economic growth, inequality and poverty and is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic 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.”