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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.
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.
One of the money-saving measures under Gov. Jim Doyle's budget proposal has provoked significant backlash. The plan would release up to 1,000 state inmates and potentially save $27.5 million, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report. Doyle and company are stressing that only nonviolent criminals would see early release, and the offenders who don't violate prison rules could reduce their prison sentences by a third. Additionally, inmates under extended supervision could receive early release, as well as terminally ill inmates or those with expensive, debilitating medical conditions.
After nearly a calendar year's worth of work drafting a new constitution designed to improve ASM's viability and effectiveness, 12 listening sessions designed to incorporate student concerns and numerous drafts, the constitution fell in the span of two election days.
In a time when every dollar matters and every issue has a partisan angle, even judges aren't immune.
The day of judgment for Associated Students of Madison's new constitution has finally come, as students can vote Monday or Tuesday online whether to adopt or reject the reformative document. A product of ambitious minds and much deliberation, this constitution holds promise for the future of UW-Madison's student government, an institution that has ebbed and flowed between irrelevant and futile in previous years.
Last Friday, Gov. Jim Doyle announced the Charter Street Heating Plant will convert from burning coal to biomass by 2012. The plant is run by UW-Madison and is responsible for the heating and cooling of the UW campus.
President Obama ran on the coattails of the buzzword change."" After unveiling his two-year budget plan for Wisconsin, Gov. Jim Doyle is pushing his budget on the tagline of ""sacrifice.""
On Tuesday, Madison's District 8 will hold primaries to narrow the race for the alder seat being vacated by Eli Judge this spring.
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City staff and Alcohol License Review Committee members have recently proposed an alcohol ban list"" in an attempt to prevent chronic street alcoholics in Madison from purchasing alcohol.
Last Wednesday, the Campus Antiwar Network was at it again, this time invading a career fair at the Kohl Center to continue protesting the war and dissuading students from the hypnotic allure of the Marines recruiting at the fair.
UW-Madison officials announced Thursday the university will cut its contract with Russell Athletics, which previously had a licensing deal to use the UW logo on its clothing. Russell was accused in a Workers Rights Consortium preventing workers from forming a union by closing their Jerzees Choloma plant, denying them freedom of association, thus violating the UW licensing and code of conduct.
On Feb. 5, Juicy Campus, the notorious college gossip website, shut down forever. Juicy Campus closed not because of alleged links with student suicides or belittling rape victims, but because of decreasing ad revenues in the face of the country's economic meltdown.
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Wisconsin state Assembly leaders passed a rule banning Assembly members from raising campaign funds until the state budget deliberations are complete. In essence, the rule seeks to remove any impropriety regarding funding during the lengthy budget hearings so state lawmakers' focus remains on expediently passing the budget rather than catering to special interests or focusing on upcoming election battles. Although this sends a strong, bipartisan signal of genuine reform worthy of commendation, let's evaluate what exactly this accomplished before we hail this the great campaign finance reform of our generation, as has Assembly Majority Leader Thomas Nelson, D-Kaukauna.
There is nary a moment when driving drunk should be considered a viable course of action.
Chancellor Biddy Martin has conducted four brainstorming sessions since December to hear what students and others have to say concerning possible ways the administration could save money. A plethora of ideas came forward, some easily attainable and some far-fetched. The one thing the ideas have in common thus far is none has been implemented in any useful capacity.
In an effort to strengthen the ties between Madison students and downtown residents, the Associate Students of Madison announced their plans to forge a relationship with Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. Wednesday.
To his credit, Gov. Jim Doyle's State of the State"" address made no attempt to sugarcoat Wisconsin's current plight. Rather than waltz around the $5.4 billion elephant in the room, Doyle looked it head on and delivered a tough message in his opening lines: The economy has put us in crisis mode, and even with federal stimulus aid, we're in it up to our necks.
With the country in a national recession, a projected state budget deficit of $5 billion and Wisconsin unemployment on the rise, it seems Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, would have his hands full gearing up for the new legislative session.
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