Commuter rail before streetcars
(05/01/07 6:00am)
It is time for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz to get on board with a regional plan to provide the Madison area with commuter rail.
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Omission of partner benefits hurts WI
(04/29/07 6:00am)
Estimated at a cost of $1.3 million a year, a meager amount in comparison to the billions of dollars that make up the entirety of the budget, the addition of UW System domestic partner benefits to the Wisconsin biennial budget was unjustly denied last week by the Joint Finance Committee.
City must do more to clean up waste
(04/26/07 6:00am)
Nearly 30 years ago, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., a neighborhood known as Love Canal faced an environmental health crisis. The newly developed neighborhood was built on a toxic waste disposal site. City officials did little to respond to the ailing residents, leading former President Jimmy Carter to declare a federal emergency in 1978.
uw-madison takes right precautions
(04/25/07 6:00am)
In wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, parents worry about their children and whether UW-Madison would react appropriately if such a dangerous event were to occur here. The UW-Madison system recently started a review of the campus' current security policies and instituted a plan to conduct future reviews to ensure that the campus has a safety plan should one of any number of different scenarios arise.
Density plan caveats ease some concerns
(04/24/07 6:00am)
Much to our dismay, the downtown bar attrition plan gained momentum April 19, as the Madison Downtown Coordinating Committee voted 7-5 in favor of recommending the plan to the Alcohol License Review Committee.
textbook theft an issue for students
(04/23/07 6:00am)
In his last hurrah on the City Council, Austin King proposed an ordinance that would regulate the sales of used textbooks. According to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, textbook theft is a prevalent city problem and forcing stricter record keeping at bookstores is the solution.
Sexual assault a year-round problem
(04/22/07 6:00am)
As many campus organizations are working to publicize, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UW-Madison. While almost everyone is aware that the majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone acquainted with the victim, the truism still bears repeating.
consent decrees are the right step
(04/19/07 6:00am)
The practice of payola has been going on since the invention of the radio, but two years ago Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold introduced legislation to Congress that tried to bring a real end to a practice that has monopolized music and closed out radio play to artists without a thick wallet.
Strict sentences just
(04/19/07 6:00am)
Last semester, Marcus Bonner and two accomplices committed a brutal sexual assault on the 500 block of University Avenue, directly behind Ian's Pizza. Two men assaulted a 23-year-old woman while a third took pictures of the incident with his cell phone.
Override Bush veto
(04/19/07 6:00am)
On April 11, 2007, the Senate passed a bill that would potentially loosen restrictions on stem cell research. Following the 63 to 34 vote in favor of the bill, Gov. Jim Doyle and nine other governors sent President Bush personal letters asking him to refrain from vetoing it.
Politicians need to uphold the law
(04/17/07 6:00am)
Our public officials have a duty to respect the law, except in Dane County, where officials only have to respect the laws they like. That is the message our local public officials are sending when they decide to take the oath of office under protest.
Chain stores ruin the city identity
(04/17/07 6:00am)
What's in a chain? Apparently not much, according to participants in a recent survey conducted by Downtown Madison Inc.
shooting raises awareness for safety
(04/16/07 6:00am)
The Virginia Tech shooting, the deadliest in the history of this country, leaves us wondering how this tragedy happened, and if anybody would have been able to mitigate the rampage.
Verveer should step up in city council
(04/15/07 6:00am)
Eli Judge's victory in the District 8 aldermanic election served as another setback for Progressive Dane in the Madison City Council. With a mere six seats in the council, Progressive Dane has a much looser grip on local politics than in previous years and faces an identity crisis.
State Supreme Court race too negative
(04/12/07 6:00am)
On Tuesday, April 3, while most students were away on Spring Break, Annette Ziegler beat out Linda Clifford to become a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. With 58 percent of the vote, compared to Clifford's 42 percent, it seemed to be a resounding victory.
Justice served in Thompson acquittal
(04/11/07 6:00am)
April 5, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeal acquitted former state employee Georgia Thompson. The ruling ignited a slew of accusations that U.S. attorneys from Wisconsin are part of the growing U.S. attorney scandal.
Lack of funds will hurt Thompson
(04/10/07 6:00am)
The race for the Republican Presidential nomination heated up last week with former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson announcing he will seek his party's nomination for a 2008 bid.
Tavern League unreasonably stingy
(04/09/07 6:00am)
In a childish attempt to scare the Madison community into revoking the smoking ban, the Dane County Tavern League issued an ultimatum.
Police, not greeks have duty to patrol
(04/08/07 6:00am)
UW-Madison students have done a commendable job of taking safety into their own hands.
Decline in biomed funding hurts uw
(03/29/07 6:00am)
The U.S. Congress is facing a critical funding decision in the near future, with dramatic implications for the well-being of the country—and we are not talking about the Iraq War.
