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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
NFL demands Feingold change campaign ad
Sleight of band
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The National Football League asked Russ Feingold to remove a new television ad he released Tuesday that uses unauthorized video. “We did not license the footage and have contacted the Senator’s campaign about removing it,” said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy in an e-mail. The ad, titled “Number One,” features multiple clips of football players celebrating in the end zone. However, the only clip that uses NFL game footage features former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss pretending to moon Green Bay Packers fans during a game from January 2005. The NFL brought this to their
attention, and the Feingold campaign agreed to alter the ad. “We are making an edit to the ad to accommodate the NFL’s concern,” said campaign spokesman John Kraus in an e-mail. In the ad, Feingold compared the celebration footage to how Republican Senatorial candidate Ron Johnson is prematurely declaring a victory in the November election. “Senator Feingold’s mask is off,” the Johnson campaign said in a statement. “He’s raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from radical liberal groups like MoveOn.org and is using NFL licensed footage without permission in his latest attack ad.” —Adam Wollner
Students rocked out their best air guitar reditions during UW Homecoming’s Air Band competition.
2011 Madison Operating Budget proposed, keeps cuts at minimum By Beth Pickhard The Daily Cardinal
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz presented the 2011 Operating Budget Tuesday, which cuts back on student safety services and provides a 4.8 percent tax increase for the average home. Cieslewicz called the budget “modest” in a statement and said property tax increases are needed to keep basic services available and to maintain financial stability.
The budget will scale back the Downtown Safety Initiative by reducing it to $50,000. The Downtown Safety Plan puts more police on patrol when downtown Madison and the campus area is crowded, including Friday and Saturday nights and campus sporting events. Funds for the Downtown Safety plan were cut from $100,000, when the plan was put in place in 2007, and were further reduced in 2009 to
$80,000. Cieslewicz said the budget does not decrease police, fire or snowplow services overall. Additionally, there will be no change in strategy for how snowplows tackle the downtown area. The mayor’s office has received criticism in the past for its approach to snow removal. There would also be no increases in fares for Madison Metro services and no routes will be cut.
‘College Life’ star and roomates face $86,000 in party fines By Ellen Molina The Daily Cardinal
Gameday on Sept. 11, 2010 may have been a victorious win for the Wisconsin Badgers, but a dramatic loss for three UW-Madison students who face up to $86,000 in fines for allegedly distributing alcohol to minors. Each defendant was cited with 21 counts of procuring alcohol to an underage person, one count of dispensing alcohol without a permit, and 21 counts of an adult encouraging underage alcohol consumption, according to the police report. According to Mitchell Klatt, he and his roommates, Travis Ludy and former MTV “College Life” participant, Kevin Tracy, held a party with approximately 75-100 people that night. However, the City of Madison Incident Report states there were an estimated 200 people in
attendance when officers arrived at their home on 37 N. Brooks St around 11:30 p.m. In total, the students face fines of an estimated $30,000 each, according to the police report. Ald. Mike Veveer, District 4, said he believes the police are making an example of the students. “They want the bust to have a deterrent effect,” said Veveer. “…The press coverage will probably discourage other students from having house parties.” The Central District Community Police Team said big parties, like the one on N. Brooks, often lead to crimes such as sexual assault, battery and theft, according to the police report. Klatt said the fines are excessive and unreasonable. “To put three college kids in a hole like that is over the top,”
said Klatt. With their court date approaching on Oct. 25, the students are in search of good representation in hopes of reducing the charges, according to Klatt. “They want the bust to have a deterrent effect ... discourage other students from having house parties. ” Mike Verveer District 4 Alderman
Veveer said he anticipates the settlements will be smaller than the maximum penalty. “Similar large parties over the year have yielded negotiated settlements that end up being much less fines then what the maximum penalty might be,” said Veveer.
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UW-Madison professors addressed history of the “coastie” and “sconnie” stereotypes Tuesday as part of Ethnic Studies week.
UW professors address coastie, sconnie divide and stereotypes By Ben Siegel The Daily Cardinal
Approximately 100 people attended a panel of UW-Madison professors that addressed the historical, linguistic, and contemporary social roots and implications of the “Coastie” and “Sconnie” stereotypes Tuesday as part of Ethnic Studies Week and the Jewish Heritage Lecture Series. Jonathon Pollack, a Professor of history at Madison Technical College and a fellow at the UW Institute for the Humanities, said the Anti-Semitic connotation of coasties can be traced through the history of coastal Jewish student attendance and their reception in Madison. “Jewish students could get in [to
the university throughout the early 1900’s],” Pollack said, “but Jews were not guaranteed campus housing.” According to Pollack, this led to the segregation of many coastal Jewish students in private residence halls off campus. Founder of the popular Sconnie Nation store on State Street, Troy Vosseller, said he believes the primary housing segregation and its subsequent incarnations in private residence halls such as the Towers and Statesider perpetuate the possible economic and social animosity that can charge the usage of the two terms. “To the extent that there is a derogsconnie 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.”