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Despite incentive, no Bucky rock anthem end to ‘ES-FU’ chant A UW Athletic Department incentive proved ineffective Saturday when the student section continued the so-called “ES-FU” cheer despite university officials’ request to stop the “vulgar” chant. In a joint statement released Thursday before the game, Badger football head coach Bret Bielema and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez called on students to “end the vulgar chant,” referring to the student section’s tradition of chanting, “Eat shit” and “Fuck you” back and forth. The Athletic Department took its anti-chant offensive one step further Friday, offering students “a positive outcome for positive behavior,” in the form of two student tickets to this year’s bowl game. The prize, which would go to
two randomly selected student season ticket holders each game, includes transportation and three nights’ lodging in addition to bowl game tickets, provided students do not start the “ESFU” chant at future home games. But the student section refused to comply at Saturday’s game, using the “ES-FU” chant at least twice during the Indiana game. Associate Athletic Director Justin Doherty said “the offer still stands” through the next two home games. “Thank you to the students who heeded the appeal of the first letter,” Doherty said. “We’ll just continue to appeal to the students to help us create a friendlier, more collegial atmosphere in the stadium. The ball’s really in the students’ court.” —Alison Bauter
Union pickets at celebration By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
Approximately 50 members of a local union led an informational picket Friday during the Red Tie Gala at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which celebrated the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s 150th anniversary. The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees protested WID’s use of non-unionized labor. WID uses non-unionized labor at their two restaurants as well as for its catering service. AFSCME’s “ultimate goal is to make WID employees UW employees,” said AFSCME Spokesperson Laurie Peterson.
WID says it is exempt from unionized labor because it is halfpublic, half-private, said Jerry Chernow, an AFSCME staff member. AFSCME believes it is incumbent upon publically funded institution to support public workers. Since the WID opened in December of 2010, AFSCME has worked to convince WID to hire unionized labor at the facility through protests and pickets. “We have had a long battle with the people at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery about why their food services workers are non-unionized when everyone else on campus is,”
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Students danced on the “Club Bucky” float as part of UW-Madison’s 100th annual Homecoming Parade, which made its way down Langdon, Gilman and State streets.
Woman falls from float
Festivities of UW’s annual Homecoming Parade were marred Friday night when a Madison woman was hospitalized after falling off a parade float. Police said the woman, 22, fell off the Society of Women Engineers float on the 100 block of Langdon Street where she was then run over by the double axle trailer. According to Madison Police Department Sergeant Paul Jacobsen, the woman was transported to UW hospital with serious injuries. “The investigation is still underway,” Madison Police Department Lieutenant Mary
Lou Ricksecker said. “I don’t know there is any indication that would lead us to believe it was anything other than an accident.” Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said it looks like the woman will make a full recovery. Resnick said the city does not have any policies regarding floats, but he is “very confident the city will start looking to see if this was an isolated incident” and will most likely draw up a parade float policy. “While the homecoming parade is festive and draws a lot of folks downtown, we need to make sure it is done in a safe and fun environment,” Resnick
said. “But right now the focus is on the victim and her recovery.” UW-Madison’s annual Homecoming Parade started at 6 p.m. Friday evening, resulting in the closure of Langdon, State and Gilman streets downtown and drawing in thousands of spectators. In addition, the Bucky Wagon made its first appearance since 2001 when the Athletic Department deemed it unsafe out of fear cheerleaders could fall off the truck or that it could run over band members, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. —Taylor Harvey
Feingold encourages Walker recall, Wall Street protests
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Union advocates outside the Red Tie Gala picketed the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery’s use of non-union labor.
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold addressed the Young Progressives at the Memorial Union Terrace Friday, urging them to support the Occupy Wall Street protests and a recall of Gov. Scott Walker. Feingold spoke about campaign finance reform and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United Decision, which allowed unlimited corporate campaign donations, calling it “one of the worst things in the history of the court.” The Citizens United decision overturned the McCainFeingold Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 that limited corporate election spending. Feingold said he was concerned about the ability of corporations to affect the possible recall
election of Gov. Scott Walker. “We have to expose the abuses at the national level … as well as the acts of the Koch brothers and others funding Scott Walker’s outrageous attack on public employees in the state of Wisconsin,” said Feingold.
“Walker’s tactics we’re the least Wisconsin thing I’ve ever seen and that needs to change.” Russ Feingold former U.S. senator Wisconsin
During an interview with The Daily Cardinal, Feingold said
Walker should be removed from office because of his “inappropriate” and “harsh” tactics. “Walker’s tactics we’re the least Wisconsin thing I’ve ever seen and that needs to change,” Feingold said. Throughout the speech, Feingold also shared his views on why he believes the protestors have a legitimate agenda to combat “corporate greed.” “I’m excited about the protests,” he said. “It’s time we stood up to corporate policies.” “The people on Wall Street are still making money hand over fist, getting huge bonuses,” Feingold said. “They act like the rest of us aren’t working hard enough.” —Rachel Hahn
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”