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(02/18/10 6:00am)
The White House announced in late January that Wisconsin would
receive over $810 million in federal grants to develop high-speed
rail in the state between Madison and Milwaukee. An additional $13
million will be used to improve the existing Milwaukee-Chicago line
and study the feasibility of connecting to Minneapolis. This grant,
which the state won in competition against other states around the
country, has the real possibility of creating thousands of jobs and
increasing tourism at a time when countless Wisconsin families need
relief.
(02/17/10 6:00am)
We here at The Daily Cardinal are not big fans of eminent
domain. On a case by case basis, some exceptions may seem
reasonable for the public good. But the idea of the government
seizing private property against citizens' will is quite
frightening, particularly if the private citizens feel taken
advantage of.
(02/16/10 6:00am)
Now that this year's rental rush is, for the most part, over,
it's important to begin reflecting on your current living
situation. Things probably aren't as rosy as you thought they would
be when you decided to sign the lease on your apartment or
house.
(02/14/10 6:00am)
Last week the Dane County Board of Supervisors took up its old
habit of sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. When voting to
endorse the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice
President Dick Cheney in 2007, the Dane County Board showed they
couldn't care less about wasting time on issues in which they have
absolutely no role. Now they have decided to pry into UW-Madison
primate research. Twenty supervisors, including the board's
District 5 student representative Wyndham Manning, are questioning
the ability of the university's All Campus Animal Care and Use
Committee to objectively supervise the university's research
efforts.
(02/12/10 6:00am)
The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates' Oversight Committee
held its final meeting last week, deliberating which 114 proposals
to suggest Chancellor Biddy Martin fund. On its face, the meeting's
intelligent discussion and probing analyses would have satisfied
the standards expected of a group proposing to spend $6.2 million
in our tuition. Unfortunately, it happened to be preceded by at
least four other closed-door sessions that have shrouded the entire
process in secrecy and suspicion. UW officials eventually announced
they were opening the Committee's final meeting after intense
pressures, but instead of admitting wrongdoing, they agreed to open
the meetings ""in the spirit of transparency and openness."" How
thoughtful.
(02/07/10 6:00am)
With programs like ""No Child Left Behind"" beginning almost a
decade ago and Race to the Top being included in the Recovery Act
last year, the emphasis for national education reform has been on a
teacher's ability to reach each and every student successfully.
However, as of late, the focus shifted to the students.
Specifically, universities have been questioned in their ability to
properly highlight academic accomplishments of deserving
students.
(02/02/10 6:00am)
The academic staff ad hoc committee recently released a report
analyzing the current state of UW-Madison's graduate school and the
Administration's restructuring proposal. Written by seven members
of a world-class research institution, the report's conclusion was
fitting: Show us more evidence.
(01/27/10 6:00am)
Last Tuesday, UW Associate Athletic Director John Jentz told the
Athletic Department's Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee
that, in order to supplement $60 million in lost revenue, ticket
prices for Wisconsin sporting events could increase in the next
year.
(01/20/10 6:00am)
After New Year's it was revealed that Federal animal welfare
inspectors who visited UW in December found twenty violations on
campus. Violations included dogs that did not receive adequate
veterinary care despite vomiting and failing to produce urine and
unsanitary operating rooms. Amidst an uproar over the ethics of
animal research and an argument about whether or not UW should be
participating in animal research, focus has drifted from what
really plagues the UW animal research programs, namely a lack of
oversight.
(01/19/10 6:00am)
The swift response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti has
been impressive and encouraging. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
stumping for the same thing is a good indicator of how Americans
are putting aside disagreements to help our neighbors to the
south.
(12/15/09 6:00am)
Let's admit something that has been fairly obvious for the past
few months: this semester was pretty slow for news. Compare this to
last fall, and there's no presidential election, no new chancellor.
There were no big local electoral races or campus decisions like
last spring's ASM constitution vote either. Overall, it was an
incredibly boring time to be a politically involved Badger.
(12/09/09 6:00am)
The sad reality is that all to often, racial profiling occurs,
with little recourse for the victim. It is time to look into this
problem so that it may be deal with according to our highest values
of equality before the law.
(12/09/09 6:00am)
Last month, Chancellor Biddy Martin approved contract status for
the Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group, a UW student
advocacy organization, allowing the group to receive student
segregated fees to pay four non-student, full-time, professional
staff members. WISPIRG is now the only UW-Madison student
organization to receive contract status, which also allows the
group to use segregated fees to pay dues to the national PIRG
organization.
(12/07/09 6:00am)
Debates over UW-Madison's holistic admissions policy often boil
down to one issue: Are efforts to increase diversity a means to
some altruistic end—such as offsetting socioeconomic
disadvantages—or a desirable end in themselves by exposing students
to as many ideas and cultures as possible?
(12/03/09 6:00am)
If the economic recession of the past year has taught anything
to policy makers, it is that any recovery is likely to be slow and
halting. One might think the top priority of local and state
officials would be job creation in such an anemic environment, with
families going hungry statewide because one or both parents are out
of work.
(12/01/09 6:00am)
We are now entering the home stretch in the cycle of rental
panic within the student population. The rumors are just going to
keep getting more urgent and less informative until winter break,
and after that, the roar about renting will quiet to a whisper.
Right now is the perfect time for landlords and rental companies to
hype up that they are running out of choice units in an attempt to
get inexperienced students to go out and take those rentals at
whatever cost. Every year, it seems most students have secured
their living situations and all the good properties are gone by
Thanksgiving break, which is true if your choice of living space
happens to be in a property belonging to a company like Tallard or
Steve Brown.
(11/30/09 6:00am)
For the past two weeks, student protests have rocked the
University of California. These marches and sit-ins follow a
decision by the University of California Board of Regents to raise
tuition by 32 percent for the next school year, a move which itself
was prompted by $800 million in budget cuts to the University of
California system by the state. With numerous states facing similar
budget difficulties, it is reasonable for UW-Madison students to
wonder if they will be the next to see their tuition raise by a
third.
(11/29/09 6:00am)
Recently, the UW Labor Licensing Policy Committee voted 7-2 to
suggest Chancellor Biddy Martin take written action against Nike
for their violation of UW labor codes. Disregard for labor policies
from big corporations is nothing new, particularly with apparel
contracts here at UW. In the past, Martin and the LLPC have made
their attitudes toward this disregard for human rights known, and
it has led to the termination of several UW apparel contracts. This
incident with Nike is no exception to previous policies and
decisions, and the administration needs to act accordingly. Rather
than just sending a scathing letter to Nike, we must take the steps
necessary to terminate our contracts with the company.
(11/24/09 6:00am)
On Nov. 17, 2009, The Daily Cardinal published the opinion
column ""Race deserves no place in university admissions."" Over
the past several days we have witnessed a significant reaction to
the article by students on campus, and it is obvious the article
sparked a dialogue regarding issues of diversity at UW-Madison.
(11/17/09 6:00am)
Following The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board's recent meeting
with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, budgetary issues tended to push other
topics to the back burner. One subject that we made sure to address
however was the recent compromise Cieslewicz brokered with the
Common Council regarding a student serving on the Alcohol License
Review Committee. After convincing Ald. Bryon Eagon, Dist. 8, to
remove language making the student voting member a permanent
position, Cieslewicz vowed to nominate a student to the seat once
two new voting members were added to the ALRC.
