The Student Services Finance Committee decided Monday to re-review their funding decision for Safe Arrival For Everyone, which includes SAFEride, SAFEwalk and SAFEbus.
The SSFC agreed some parts of the SAFE contract differ from the group's actual practices and will reconsider their budget next Monday.
Last week the SSFC awarded almost all funding SAFE requested.
The SSFC also granted full funding, $51,704, to Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztl??n. SSFC member Maryam Ashraf applauded MEChA's clarity and honesty in their budget and cited this as the reason they received full funding. MEChA is aimed at educating UW-Madison and surrounding communities about Chicano/a and Mexicano/a history.
Additionally, the committee granted almost all of the requested $73,841 to the Campus Women's Center, but denied funding for employee raises. The CWC seeks to educate the campus on women's issues and provide services for women.
The UW-Madison Home-coming parade will cause many downtown street closures Friday. Police plan to ticket those that park in restricted areas and encourage parking in the Lake Street ramp.
- Between 6 and 7 p.m., the parade route-Wisconsin Avenue, Gilman Street, State Street and part of N. Lake Street-will be closed to traffic.
- The 100 block of Broom Street will also be closed during parade hours.
- Between 3 and 6:30 p.m., Lake Street's 600 block and Langdon Street between Lake Street and Wisconsin Avenue will be closed for parade staging.
- The 700 and 800 blocks of Langdon Street will be closed between 5 and 8 p.m. Traffic will be restricted here beginning two hours prior to closure.
The state Senate Judiciary approved the bill that would lift the ban on concealed weapons in Wisconsin Monday, according to the Associated Press.
The three Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the bill. The two Democrats on the committee did not attend.
The proposal will now go before the full Senate for a vote next week. The bill has to be passed by both the state Assembly and the state Senate and be signed by Gov. Jim Doyle for it to become a law.
The bill's backers say that anyone over 21 who pays for a $75 permit and passes a background check and firearms training class has a right to carry a handgun.
Nearly 250 people, including about 25 students, listened to an energetic Dennis Kucinich, a democratic presidential candidate and current congressman for Ohio, speak last night at Wisconsin Aviation Center, 3606 Corben St.
The candidate discussed his opposition to the war in Iraq and his disapproval of President Bush's $87 billion proposal to continue the war, according to Dan Casanova, head of Students for Kucinich.
He also talked about Madison's minimum wage proposal and said Madison needs to support a living wage.
Twenty-five minutes, 100 tiles, and a chance at $17,500: Madison residents John O'Laughlin and Mark Kenas are headed to Malaysia to compete in the World Scrabble Championship Oct. 21.
The two Scrabblers said they won berths on the elite 15-member national team through massive amounts of memorization and the ability to strategically and quickly add scores. O'Laughlin-a recent UW-Madison graduate in math and computer science-has an average score of 423, and says that computer scientists are far more prevalent at Scrabble tournaments than English professors. Kenas' average score is 444.
The UW Athletic Department announced Monday that ESPN's college football show \GameDay"" will be airing from Camp Randall Stadium this weekend for the matchup between the No. 12 Badgers and the No. 15 Purdue Boilermakers.
Marking their second ever visit to Madison, GameDay hosts Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso will return to the UW campus for the first time since the Wisconsin-Michigan game in September 1999. However, this trip marks the third ""GameDay"" program this season to be held in Big Ten country.
After handing the defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes their first loss in more than a year this past Saturday night, the UW football program looks to be back in the national picture and primed to make a run at the Big Ten title.
