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Wisconsin Institute for Discovery previews facilities By Taryn McCormack The Daily Cardinal
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery held a preview Tuesday to explain the creator’s goals and showcase the new building’s facilities before the grand opening Dec. 2. George Austin, Project Manager for The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, said one of the main purposes of the building is to lessen the gaps between science and the general public. The idea is to create interactive spaces for collaboration between scientists and the public within a research building that will be relevant to science as it changes over time, Austin said. Interim Director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and former
UW-Madison Chancellor, John Wiley, said, “It will be a public space for science, a place for everybody to come and feel welcome by engaging in science and learning.” The building consists of the main level, or the “Town Center,” which is open to the general public, three research floors, and lower levels. Laura Heisler, director of programming for W.A.R.F, said many important scientific events are already scheduled to take place in The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, such as the National Science Olympiad and Science Expeditions. The Town Center includes a
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Gov. hopefuls clash on best path for the UW By Ariel Shapiro and Megan Orear The Daily Cardinal
Confronted with a state deficit of $2.7 billion and a rapidly approaching budget biennium, UW-Madison’s future funding hinges on the decisions of Wisconsin’s next governor. Republican candidate Milwaukee C o u n t y
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Executive Scott Walker and Democrat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett both say they intend to maintain UW System funding as much as the state’s financial system will permit. However, they will take vastly different approaches towards handling the UW System. Walker has said his main priority for the UW System is to make it “run more like a business,” meaning giving individual UW campuses more autonomy.
More autonomy would allow individual campuses to determine how they spend their money and how they partner with outside entities, including private business, foundations and individual donors. “That’s something that many administrators across the state in individual campuses have pointed out to me,” Walker said. “They just don’t feel that they have the ear of anyone in the government to do that.” Chancellor Biddy Martin recently proposed the Badger Partnership business model, which entails much of what Walker has been advocating for.
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Where they stand: immigration and same-sex marriage rights Barrett
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The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, which will open Dec. 2, aims to promote collaboration between scientists and the public.
DOT, state’s tribes re-affirm partnership By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
Representatives of Wisconsin’s 11 federally recognized NativeAmerican tribes reaffirmed their partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration at the capitol Tuesday morning. The WisDOT/Tribal partnership agreement, first conceived
in 2005, was set up to help tribes meet their transportation needs and promote economic development while respecting the tribes’ right to self-governance. This partnership was the result of Gov. Jim Doyle’s executive order to have state agencies form agreements, such as the DOT tribal page 3
Immigration: Barrett believes that comprehensive federal immigration reform is needed, but that immigration is essentially a federal issue, according to his spokesperson, Phil Walzack. He thinks the federal government needs to work on securing the borders, treating those who are already here fairly, and reforming the process for future immigrants. Same-sex marriage: Barrett supports domestic partnerships and the benefits currently provided to such couples, according to Walzack. Although he opposed the marriage ban passed in 2006, he would respect the will of the people as determined by that bill.
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Immigration: Walker initially shocked fellow conservatives by saying over the summer that he did not agree with Arizona’s controversial immigration law. However, he has since changed his stance after meeting with the bill’s sponsor and re-evaluating the legislation, saying he would support a similar bill for Wisconsin. Same-sex marriage: Walker supported the amendment banning same-sex marriage in 2006, and said he thinks the state’s domestic partnership registry contradicts the amendment passed by voters, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
UW alumni bestow $30 million art collection on Chazen By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
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Wisconsin’s 11 tribal nations re-signed an agreement with the DOT.
UW-Madison Alumnus Alvin Lane and his wife have bestowed their $30 million collection of 20th century sculpture to the university’s Chazen Museum of Art, according to museum officials.
The core of the collection is approximately 75 pieces of sculpture and the majority of the other works are drawings by the sculptors. The collection features works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, David Smith and Christo. Russell Panczenko, Chazen
museum director, said the collection offers many study resources for students. “We become a major study center for modernism. This is a resource you couldn’t get without going to New York or art page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”