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(09/04/09 6:00am)
War begins Saturday for the University of Wisconsin, albeit a
relatively tame war. While the Badgers look to go 1-0 on the
football field, the university looks to keep the alcoholic culture
associated with football games down to a minimum. In many ways, the
war on binge drinking and underage drinking is a futile endeavor,
especially when dealing with something as inveterately linked as
football and beer. But it is a noble endeavor nonetheless; one that
the University has shown it is willing to fight. The concept of
""show and blow"" was introduced last year to keep underage
drinking down, and now UW has dropped radio ads during football
games associated with alcohol presumably to obscure the connection
between football and beer drinking.
(09/03/09 6:00am)
Following last Tuesday's neighborhood meeting concerning the
proposed redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel, one thing was
incredibly clear: both sides are passionate about this case. Hammes
Company president Bob Dunn, the lead developer on the project, was
given a rousing applause from his supporters following a booming
speech. The whole presentation had an aura akin to a sales pitch
from ""Mad Men,"" seeming rather hollow and soulless yet oddly
inspirational at the same time––and surely the fact that the
presentation was flanked by Bethel Lutheran Church's giant stained
glass rendering of Jesus was not lost on Dunn.
(08/26/09 6:00am)
Apparently all the media attention given to the governor's race
in recent weeks has made Wisconsin state Attorney General J.B. Van
Hollen a tad jealous. With all of the Democratic candidates
officially jumping into the fray or merely speculating about a run,
one could be forgiven for forgetting that Van Hollen, himself
possibly considering a campaign for the top state office, even
exists.
(05/07/09 6:00am)
911 Call Center drama
(05/07/09 6:00am)
911 Call Center drama
(05/04/09 6:00am)
Although it may not have been noticeable at first, something was
missing at the 40th annual Mifflin Street Block Party. No, it
wasn't the blaring music or raucous crowds lining the streets. It
wasn't the swarm of police officers and crowd control in place to
keep the student-heavy population in check. Rather, the annual bash
was missing the usual increased number of handcuffed partygoers and
arrested revelers, signaling a marked change from previous
years.
(04/27/09 6:00am)
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz didn't pull any unexpected punches when he
delivered the State of the City address on Wednesday. His speech
detailed six priorities, all of which centered on the city economy
in some fashion.
(04/24/09 6:00am)
It is almost certain DCNY PRO, the company granted a sponsorship
permit for the Mifflin Street Block Party, did not raise enough
money to proceed with its plans to construct stages on Mifflin
Street and find musical acts to play the event. One of the ideas
behind the sponsorship was to reduce the number of arrests, which
reached a record number last year, by getting people's minds on a
musical act and off alcohol.
(04/23/09 6:00am)
Last fall, the American people voted to move beyond the
stagnation of the previous administration and elected President
Obama. The first 100 days of Obama's term have almost passed,
bringing everything from socialist paranoia to worthy admiration.
Obama and his administration have stumbled at times, but largely
they have kept up the hopeful momentum of the campaign
trail.
(04/20/09 6:00am)
Last Wednesday, thousands of people flowed up State street and
assembled near the state capitol, some sporting various costumes,
including pigs, minutemen and corporate CEOs. However, it wasn't
for the annual Freakfest celebration. Instead, the crowd was there
to support the ""Tea Party,"" a nationwide event aimed at
protesting higher taxes at the state and national level.
Wisconsin's ""Tea Party"" was aimed specifically at Gov. Jim Doyle
and other Democrats' handling of spending and tax hikes.
(04/16/09 6:00am)
In light of the disaster of the last state budget, which took
115 days over its allotted time to become law, state Sen. Mark
Miller, D-Monona, and state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, have
removed roughly half of the nonfiscal items from this year's budget
proposal to make it more palatable from a bipartisan perspective.
As the chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance, Miller and Pocan
removed some nonfiscal items to be introduced in separate bills,
leaving some non-fiscal items on the budget for the state
Legislature to deliberate on.
(04/09/09 6:00am)
The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board voted March 30 to
amend state policies so political ""issue ads"" would be better
regulated by the state.
(04/06/09 6:00am)
Without question, serving as District 8 alder in the large and
impressive shadow of outgoing Ald. Eli Judge is not the most
enviable position. Both Bryon Eagon and Mark Woulf, the two
candidates for Judge's position, have made no secret about their
respect for Judge and commitment to continuing his impressive work
in students' issues such as downtown lighting and tenant rights.
Although both candidates bring an impressive slate of ideas related
to student and city concerns, only Bryon Eagon has the pragmatic
and realistic approach to accomplish the focal points of his
campaign. After meeting with both candidates, The Daily Cardinal
Editorial Board reaffirms its earlier endorsement for Bryon Eagon
in District 8.
(04/03/09 6:00am)
Following the excitement brought by last year's big-budget
production of the upcoming movie ""Public Enemies,"" the Wisconsin
film industry has drawn extra attention. As the most high-profile
Hollywood project to shoot in the state in years and the first
blockbuster to take advantage of Wisconsin's film tax incentive,
many hoped that a flurry of jobs and local spending would accompany
the stars and bright lights. But even months after the cast and
crew left the state, it is unclear exactly what benefits ""Public
Enemies"" and the film tax incentive in general have brought to the
area.
(04/02/09 6:00am)
In 2007, many students saw the price of their birth control
prescriptions multiply by 10 times overnight when the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 went into effect.
(03/30/09 6:00am)
It appears drug users in Wisconsin are not the only ones passing
joints. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin state Assembly also passed a
joint—specifically, a joint resolution giving judges the power to
decide whether drug offenders' driver's licenses should be
suspended in sentencing.
(03/27/09 6:00am)
At the University of Montana, a sex column has sparked a fervent
response from a member of the university staff. Kristen Juras, a
University of Montana law professor who opposes the publication of
the sex column in the school's Kaimin newspaper, is threatening to
take her case to the state legislature unless the newspaper
establishes written policies for reviewing content and hiring
employees. As a faculty member of the school, Juras says the column
is ""inappropriate"" for college students and negatively affects
her reputation. Juras also says that because the columnist is not
an accredited ""sexpert,"" she is not qualified to write a sex
column.
(03/09/09 6:00am)
On Wednesday, residents of Madison's Greenbush neighborhood met
to discuss a proposal for Porchlight Inc. to operate a transitional
housing program in a property at 1009 Vilas Ave., which is one
block west of Park St. in between Meriter and St. Mary's Hospitals.
(03/06/09 6:00am)
On Wednesday morning, the entire editorial staff of the Daily
Emerald—the independent student newspaper of the University of
Oregon—went on strike in protest of the attempts of its board of
directors to install a publisher with control over the paper's
editorial content.
(03/05/09 6:00am)
Last week, Doyle was getting hammered for his proposal to
release nonviolent inmates early to save money in the budget. Doyle
is under fire again this week for a proposal to ease the budget
crunch by lessening the post-prison monitoring of some sex
offenders.
