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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Madison reacts to Baldwin’s candidacy By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal
Just a day after U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate, members of the campus community and politicians across Wisconsin expressed their opinions and made predictions about her campaign. Representatives of two student organizations expressed enthusiasm over her Senate bid. Former College Democrats Chair Evan Geisemann said he thinks Baldwin is a “breath of fresh air” in today’s political climate. Baldwin is “standing up for students, middle class … the people of Wisconsin,” Geisemann said. Members of the LGBT community in particular have actively voiced their support for Baldwin, who, if elected, would be the first openly gay senator. Robin Matthies, Assistant Director of the LGBT Campus
Center, said Baldwin “has consistently been a strong advocate for [the LGBT] community in Madison and beyond.” But former Republican U.S. Congressman Mark Neumann, who could face Baldwin in the 2012
election, criticized her for “voting for the entire Obama agenda except for when it wasn’t liberal enough.” “Since Tammy Baldwin was elected, Congress has racked
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ON CAMPUS:
Campus leaders react to Baldwin’s Senate bid: [Baldwin] will have to stake out a campaign that lets her acknowledge her liberal voting record but present that as a positive to voters charles franklin,
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Demands brought to Ward’s door at rally
[Baldwin] has consistently been a strong advocate for [the LGBT] community in Madison and beyond Robin matthies, LGBT Campus Center.
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[Baldwin is] standing up for students, middle class ... the people of Wisconsin Evan Geisemann, College Democrats
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Football player dismissed following arrest By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema dismissed reserve defensive linemen Jake Irwin Tuesday after university police arrested the redshirt freshman, saying he was involved in a fight outside the Red Gym. UWPD said they arrested Irwin late last week on two counts of disorderly conduct
and two counts of battery for his role in an early morning fight on Langdon Street, Sept. 1. Irwin, a 20-year-old freshman from Wa u n a k e e , redshirted as a IRWIN freshman last season, but was
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ASM Representative Leland Pan encourages protesters to resume the fight for increased wages and benefits for TAs.
not part of this year’s fall camp roster because he was serving a suspension for undisclosed reasons, according to Bielema. The badger football coach announced his choice to dismiss Irwin Tuesday. “Following an incident that occurred late last week, I have decided to dismiss Jake from
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Jenga gets the stamp of approval
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Students played Jenga and other board games at STAMP Game Night on Tuesday evening at Union South.
By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
Rallying cries rang throughout Bascom Hall Tuesday afternoon, as more than 100 UW-Madison teaching assistants, faculty, staff and students posted a list of demands on Chancellor David Ward’s door. The sign, which protesters taped on Ward’s door, demanded what they called reasonable benefits and wage increases for TAs and that the university give students a stronger voice in policy making. “For too long we’ve been out of the streets, but we’re back on campus,” TA Michael Billeaux said. “I think things are going to change this semester.” Billeaux said he earned $12,000 as a TA last year and expects a lower salary in the upcoming year. He said $12,000 sufficed for his lifestyle as a single male, but for some it is not enough. “Some of us have families. Some of us have children. Some of us have people who depend on us or who are sick and in need,” said Billeaux. Madison Area Technical College Professor Ben Manski, who participated in Tuesday’s event, is no stranger to marching at Chancellor Ward’s doorstep to demonstrate his beliefs. In February of 1999, Manski was among a group of UW-Madison students who locked themselves in Ward’s Bascom office in protest of the university’s handling of sweatshop apparel. “What we found was we
could eventually get [Ward] to do the right thing if we made him do the right thing,” Manski said. “I have confidence [students] will make him do the right thing this year.” Manski said the current question facing Ward was whether he will remain accountable to students, faculty and staff or to Gov. Scott Walker.
“Students have an unprecedented amount of power in Wisconsin and they should take advantage of that.” Leland Pan representative Associated Students of Madison
“I think it is really important in the coming semester that students let the chancellor know that they expect him to be on their side, not on the side of the Chamber of Commerce,” Manski said. ASM representative and Student Labor Action Coalition member Leland Pan, who helped organize Tuesday’s protest, said the best way for students to express their expectations for the new chancellor is through ASM. “It is state mandated that [ASM] must exist to help govern the university,” said Pan. “Student’s have an unprecedented amount of power in Wisconsin and they should take advantage of that.” Chancellor Ward could not be reached for comment before publication.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”