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By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison’s three shared governance groups are all on board with faculty’s request to extend Interim Chancellor David Ward’s term at the university for another year. The Associated Students of Madison sent UW-System President Kevin Reilly a letter endorsing the request Wednesday, bringing the shared governance groups to a consensus. The University Committee, the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, made the request last week and The Academic Staff endorsed it Friday afternoon. In their endorsement letter to Reilly, ASM said extending Ward’s chancellorship would allow for more extensive dialogue about changes within the UW-System and at the university. “We believe continuing the appointment of Interim Chancellor Ward for another year will allow for meaningful discussion about timely issues affecting the climate of UW-Madison and UW System surrounding governance, the personnel system and other flexibilities extending from the biennial budget,” the letter said. Ward said he would consider staying another year if governing bodies within the university and the system feel it is in the best interest of UW-Madison. “I’d like to let people think about it for a week or two,” Ward said. “The last thing I’d want to do after the spring is to create a controversy.” Ward said he thinks it might be easier for him to deal with the upcoming changes at UW-Madison than a new chancellor because he is familiar with the university. “I think the arguments being made make sense to me, but I am a patient person and I think these kinds of decisions need to mature,” Ward said. Dean of Students Lori Berquam said UW-Madison is “in good hands with Chancellor Ward,” and the length of his chancellorship should be determined by how long it takes the university to select the best possible candidates for the next chancellor.
By Corinne Burgermeister
After nearly five years of lawsuits, UW-Madison will pay approximately $500,000 in taxpayers’ money to Badger Catholic, after denying the group funding for religious practices including prayer and worship practices in 2007. The lawsuit began after UW-Madison withheld a portion of the $253,000 reimbursement requested by Badger Catholic, then known as the Roman Catholic Foundation. In 2010, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the university violated the group’s First Amendment right to free speech. The UW-Madison System Board of Regents asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review
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the ruling, arguing that a public university should not be required to provide funds specifically for religious worship activities, but the request was denied. Nico Fassino, president of Badger Catholic said he is relieved that the final chapter of the lawsuit has ended. “The payment is not the issue; I’m just relieved that this has finally come to a close and that this is resolved in a way that really affirmed Badger Catholic’s original position,” Fassino said. The Supreme Court declared funding for religious groups like Badger Catholic is not a violation of the separation of
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Five years after denying Badger Catholic funding for religious practices, UW will pay the group about $500,000.
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal has roots in UW-Madison movement By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal
The military’s controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is officially repealed Tuesday. Twenty-two years ago, UW-Madison became the first major university to officially criticize military policy toward gays and lesbians. In 1989, gays and lesbians were prohibited from serving in the armed forces and could face discharge if they openly served. At an emergency faculty meeting on Dec. 4, 1989, fac-
ulty called on the university to sever its contract with the ROTC if it did not stop discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation. “I was very proud of the faculty,” UW-Madison Sociology Professor Joseph Elder said. “On the whole, they thought [the policy] was absurd.” The faculty vote passed 386 to 248, but on Feb. 2, 1990, the Board of Regents voted against ending the contract, opting
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Fo r m e r Wi s c o n s i n Governor Tommy Thompson told WTMJ Radio Monday he has filed paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. Even though Thompson has not officially announced his candidacy, he has created a campaign website and announced to members of his campaign staff. He will officially announce within the next two weeks. Thompson will face former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann for the Republican nomination and may campaign against U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, the only Democrat to have officially declared. On WTMJ Radio, Th o mp s o n c r it i c i z e d President Barack Obama’s fiscal policies. “[Obama] is addicted to spending and taxes, and if you look at my record, I cut taxes 91 times and created jobs,” Thompson said. Thompson said he changed Wisconsin from a “blue to a purple state,” calling himself the “original conservative.” During his four-term tenure as Wisconsin governor
from 1987 to 2001, Thompson reformed Wisconsin’s welfare program with the Wisconsin Works program, and created the BadgerCare and FamilyCare programs. Thompson then worked as secretary of the Department of Human Health and Services under President George W. Bush, where he reformed a federal welfare program. Thompson already faces criticism from both sides of the aisle about running for U.S. Senate. National conser vative group Club for Growth began running ads against Thompson, questioning his stance on tax rates and the 2010 health care reform law in the last couple weeks. Club for Growth is supporting Neumann in the Republican primary. After receiving a negative response from his own party, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin also criticized Thompson. “Thompson has been too busy taking lobbying cash from Big Oil and Wall Street to stand up to the divisive, anti-Wisconsin agenda of Paul Ryan and Scott Walker,” DPW Chairman Mike Tate said in a statement.
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”