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The new eco-friendly Union South opened its doors for a media tour Friday, one week before the official opening April 15. Student Project Manager Paul Davidsaver said the building will be unlike any other on campus. “This will be the first [Leadership Energy and Environmental Design] building on campus, and it’s going to receive the gold rating,” Davidsaver said. The design committee had originally sought to earn a silver rating from LEED. LEED ratings measure sustainability and are given based on design and how the building operates. Builders were able to recycle 88 percent of the former Union building, as well as panels from the Schlimgen building and Kohl Center floor. Flooring in Varsity Hall and
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several meeting rooms of the new Union are made from reclaimed wood barns in Wisconsin. The builders tried to use all Wisconsin materials when recycling, Davidsaver said. Union South also features forms of entertainment not offered at other university buildings. The lower level includes a rock climbing wall, bowling lanes and billiards. The main level will host live music performances and the third floor has additional seating overlooking the stage. The multi-level recreation and entertainment area called The Sett is thought to be the living room of the campus, Davidsaver said. The building contains new restaurants as well as a Badger Market and the Daily Scoop, union page 3
UW-Madison expands environmental studies programs with two new majors More than 1,800 students have earned environmental studies certificates since the program’s conception in 1979. Now, UW-Madison undergraduate students can take their ecological interests further with a major in environmental studies or environmental sciences. The two newest undergraduate degrees were approved by the UW System Board of Regents Friday. The College of Letters and Science and Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies will administer the environmental studies programs. CLS will also
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oversee the environmental sciences major along with the Colleges of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Meant to be pursued in conjunction with another major, the environmental studies degree will allow students to “couple the disciplinary focus of a primary major with the interdisciplinary breadth of the environmental studies major,” according to the university. On the other hand, the environmental sciences program is designed as a stand-alone major with a strong focus on natural sciences.
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Bassnectar, made up of electronic dubstep DJ Lorin Ashton, performed at the Alliant Energy Center to a transfixed crowd Friday evening.
Federal government avoids shutdown By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
The federal government narrowly avoided shutdown Friday evening after the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans agreed on a plan to cut $38.5 billion from the budget. The agreement, which occurred a mere hour and a half before the government was to shut down, came after a long battle in the split Congress over both fiscal and ideological issues. In the final hours leading up to the shutdown, Planned Parenthood became the center of the debate, with Republicans demanding its defunding and Democrats refusing to do so. In the end, Planned Parenthood was taken out of the equation
but Republicans did manage to increase the amount of cuts to the overall budget. “This has been a lot of discussion and a long fight, but we ought to keep government spending down because it really will in fact help create a better environment for job creators in this country,” U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after the deal was cut. President Barack Obama said he “would not have made these cuts in better circumstances,” but that he was glad women’s health and other ideological issues were taken out of the equation. The budget itself has not been passed yet, but the deal made
Friday keeps the government running through this coming week, during which Boehner said he expects the Republican controlled House to pass it. Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Wis., who was among the dozens of freshman lawmakers voted into office with the Republican wave of 2010, has been a driving force in demanding further cuts from Obama’s budget. The effort to cut federal spending does not end with this budget, he said . “While I am relieved that we were able to prevent a government shutdown, our hard work is only just beginning,” Duffy said in a statement. The nation faces very serious problems and tough choices will be required, he said.
Judiciary hears case of alleged seg fee misuse for Badger Herald advertisement By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
The Student Judiciary heard the case of AFTER v. VandenLangenberg Sunday, concerning the charge that
AFTER, a student group made up of student government members, intended to misuse student segregated fees by printing a political advertisement in the Badger Herald.
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AFTER Members argued Sunday they never intended to use seg fees to pay for a political advertisement in the Badger Herald.
AFTER, the Associated Free Thinkers Ensuring Responsibility, placed an advertisement in the Badger Herald March 28 that encouraged students to vote against the United Council Membership Referendum, which keeps UW-Madison a member of the UW System lobbying group. The student group planned for two similar advertisements in the newspaper at a total cost of approximately $2,400, but later withdrew its contract. That is where the disagreement begins. Kyle VandenLangenberg, shared governance chair of the Associated Students of Madison, alleges AFTER retracted the advertisements after they heard he was going to file a complaint against the group for the misuse of student segregated fees. It is against ASM bylaws for candidates, initiative or referenda spon-
sors to use ASM resources, such as segregated fees, in campaigns without prior approval from Student Election Committee or Student Judiciary. Member of AFTER and Finance Committee Chair Matt Beemsterboer said he never intended to use segregated fees to pay for the advertisements and AFTER has not yet received an invoice from the Badger Herald for the ad. Private funds were going to be used for the advertisements, Beemsterboer said. Beemsterboer said he pulled the other advertisements because multiple copies of the newspaper were destroyed the first day the advertisement ran in what he believes was a direct response the the ad’s message. ASM Representative and AFTER member Carl Fergus said the Student Judiciary cannot punish AFTER based on the speculation they intended to
misuse segregated fees. “No operations grant money was used and Student Judiciary cannot punish thought crime,” Fergus said. “No money was spent. No rules were broken.” Current United Council Member and former Student Council member Maxwell Love said AFTER conspired to use segregated fees to unfairly influence the UC Referendum. The petitioners argued that because members of AFTER are all part of student government, they knowingly violated the bylaws and neglected their duty to protect those laws. “Public officials need to be held to a higher standard and be subject to public scrutiny,” VandenLangenberg said. “There is no transparency.” The Student Judiciary will decide on AFTER’s case within 10 school days.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”