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Consumer Affairs major will likely be cut By Anna Duffin THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Consumer Affairs major in UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology is likely to be cut due to a lack of funding. SoHE Dean Robin Douthitt said SoHE administration has requested the University Academic Planning Committee cease admissions to the major, which is typically the first step in eliminating programs. Douthitt said there are currently 11 vacant faculty positions within the program and only enough money to fill about four of the positions. “We have to make some pretty serious budget cuts and we’re at the point right now where we have cut to the bone and the only place we have to turn now are eliminating faculty lines,” Douthitt said. “If we eliminate faculty lines, we have to eliminate programs; we don’t have the luxury of doing anything else.” Academic Planning Committee member Laura Dunek said the committee will likely grant SoHE’s request to cease admissions. “There’s no funding for these programs and without funding, from a reality standpoint, the programs are dead,” Dunek said. Even if the program is eliminated, the more than 160 students enrolled in the major will be allowed to complete their degrees. Maddy Krueger, a junior in the
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currently awaiting results from toxicology tests. The death of 23-year-old Zach “We have nothing at this Zenk is under investigation point to suggest anything susafter the UW-Madison picious took place,” senior was found dead DeSpain added. in his home early last Zach was an aspirweek, campus and city ing history major with officials said Monday. a passion for computers His sister, Rebecca and web design. Zenk, said her brother “He was very carefree went out to celebrate a and positive,” Rebecca friend’s acceptance to said. “He was sort of sara program and “he got castic, very funny, just ZENK a little too drunk and, made everyone laugh.” well, not a little too Jacob Dorff, a friend drunk—he got pretty drunk,” from grade school, also recalled she said. Zach’s carefree attitude and A friend took Zenk home, sense of humor, describing a put him to bed, brought him a time in high school when Zach glass of water and asked him if and his group of friends decidhe needed anything. ed to paint his car hot pink. “[Zach] said ‘no,’ and then he “I don’t know what posjust fell asleep,” Rebecca said. sessed us to do that, but Zach After he failed to answer drove and loved that car for phone calls or go to work, Zenk the next three years,” Dorff was found in his room “a day or recalled. “Zach had a knack for two later” by his girlfriend, who having fun that was truly onecalled the police, Rebecca said. in-a-million.” The Dane County Medical Memorial services will be Examiner’s office told The Daily held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Cardinal an investigation is cur- the Schumacher-Kish Funeral rently underway, but the cause of Home in La Crosse. death has not yet been determined. UW-Madison’s Division of Madison Police Department Student Life is offering counpublic information officer Joel seling services to any students DeSpain said investigators are who need it.
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Chancellor David Ward said faculty need to consider ways to improve education in light of budget cuts.
Faculty Senate: UW needs state support By Cheyenne Langkamp THE DAILY CARDINAL
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate passed a second resolution officially addressing the decline in state budget support for higher education Monday. The resolution asks the governor and the Wisconsin legislature to help “[sustain] top quality higher education institutions in Wisconsin” by providing sufficient funding to help UW-Madison fulfill its
“core missions.” Brad Barham, chair of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee, brought the resolution before the senate. “At the last meeting we got a suggestion of coming up with a motion that gave more guts behind the problems we face,” Barham said. “This document reflects that effort.” The resolution specifically
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The Onion’s visit to UW met with laughs By Kelly Kallien THE DAILY CARDINAL
“Study: Dolphins are not so intelligent on land,” read the headline of a groundbreaking new finding, as featured in The Onion. This was just one of the nearly 20 clips the satirical newspaper’s Editor in Chief shared with a packed auditorium roaring with laughter Monday. The lecture, which featured Editor in Chief Joe Garden and former Editor in Chief Carol Kolb, both UW-Madison alumni, concluded the student organized Distinguished Lecture Series for the fall semester. After sharing false headlines published in their newspaper, including a story about a 500 foot Osama Bin Laden terrorizing New York City, Garden and Kolb gave some insight on how the nation’s most well-known satirical newspaper runs.
Although The Onion’s popular coverage of false news is responsible for drawing in approximately “100 trillion readers” every day, Garden said accurate research is involved while writing a story. Kolb added the newspaper has never been sued for writing false stories. “If your joke isn’t accurate, it’s not going to be as funny,” Garden said. Instead of writing “news” other publications deem most important, Garden said The Onion covers “whatever I happen to be obsessed with at any given time.” He added the staff writes some of the stories well in advance of publication. Not restricting its humor just to print news, The Onion’s streams online broadcast news on The Onion News Network. Kolb said although ONN’s news segments are not as elaborate as television satire, such as John Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” its online presence has helped increase
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Editor in Chief Alumni Joe Garden and former Editor in Chief Carol Kolb of The Onion presented clips from the magazine and gave insight on how the publication functions.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”