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(10/17/11 6:00am)
Amid a growing heroin and opiate problem in the city, Mayor Paul
Soglin announced changes to the 2012 budget. Among the
changes, he plans to reduce funding to the Overture Center to
offset increased spending to deal with the burgeoning drug
problem.
(10/16/11 6:00am)
ASM has done it again. No, it hasn't made great
strides in its mission of ""maintaining and improving the quality
of education and student life on campus,"" rather it has
extrapolated yet another trivial drama to yet another branch of
student government. And this time the Student Services Finance
Committee is in the hot seat.
(10/05/11 6:00am)
Wisconsin Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, is currently
circulating a bill that would remove the requirements for schools
that offer a sexual health education program to teach about topics
such as contraception and body image. Instead, it promotes
abstinence-only sexual education. We feel that this bill will be a
disservice to the children in Wisconsin public schools.
(10/02/11 6:00am)
Last Wednesday, the Associated Students of Madison announced the
resignation of five representatives. ASM Rep. Tom
Templeton said he believes the students resigned not because of
problems with the student government but due to prior commitments.
After interviewing one of the ASM representatives who
resigned, it turns out Templeton was right. The student stepped
down from his role because it was taking too much time away from
his position on the Homecoming Committee. He said he is under the
impression the other representative left their posts for similar
reasons.
(09/29/11 6:00am)
The Brothers Fitzgerald are at it again. This week, Assembly
Speaker Jeff and Senate Majority Leader Scott called for a
legislative inquiry into a ruling by the Wisconsin Government
Accountability Board, or GAB. Specifically, the brothers want to
reevaluate GAB's recent ruling, which states that students may use
modified university ID cards at the polls as part of the new Voter
ID law.
(09/26/11 6:00am)
This summer, the Wisconsin state Senate passed legislation aimed at
curbing local and municipal control over housing laws. Senate Bill
107, which was introduced by state Sen. Frank Lasee,
R-De Pere, would prohibit local governments from
enacting ordinances limiting a landlord's ability to show an
apartment, search a prospective tenant's background or use that
background information as the basis of rejection. The bill will be
taken up by the state Assembly at some point in the current
session.
(09/21/11 6:00am)
The question surrounding Interim Chancellor David Ward's term
length recently surfaced as UW-Madison's University Committee
requested he stay an additional year. While the interim position is
only allotted a single-year term during a search and screen
process, members of the UW faculty argue Ward's background,
collegiate experience and national insight put him in the best
position to lead UW-Madison through Wisconsin's rocky political
climate.
(09/15/11 6:00am)
PREFACE
(09/14/11 6:00am)
Early this week, UW-Madison fell under extreme scrutiny from a
political think tank for its alleged discriminatory admissions
practices, and in turn, aroused a legitimate fury in the campus
community. The Center for Equal Opportunity—a Virginia-based
conservative organization—released a report Monday night stating
that, based on ACT and SAT test scores as well as class rank,
UW-Madison enrollment rates significantly favor black and Hispanic
applicants over white and Asian ones.
(09/12/11 6:00am)
Where you stand on the issue of Wisconsin's ""concealed carry""
law—which allows licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons in
public places and businesses—likely comes down to one question: Do
you feel safer with more guns around you?
(05/04/11 6:00am)
Walker worst for Wisconsin
(05/02/11 6:00am)
Until recently, the Associated Students of Madison's bafflingly
unorganized, unaccountable and bureaucratic funding system could
justifiably be compared to a wild game of Monopoly with student
segregated fees. This year, however, we were pleased to see ASM
make some refreshing and efficient changes when it came to getting
things done.
(04/25/11 6:00am)
The first weeks in office for any newly-elected public officer
serve as a good time to lay groundwork for the agenda's most
pressing issues, so it makes sense that Madison Mayor Paul Soglin
jumped right into the action.
(04/20/11 6:00am)
It is fair to say the New Badger Partnership has ruffled some
feathers across the state. Members of other Wisconsin state
universities have said the plan to break UW-Madison from the UW
System will hinder its ability to properly function. The campus far
left has called the plan an attempt to privatize the university.
State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, has made it his mission to
stop the initiative, announcing Tuesday his quest to remove the New
Badger Partnership from the upcoming budget proceedings.
(04/18/11 6:00am)
Most of the decisions surrounding the New Badger Partnership have
focused on its promise to keep UW-Madison competitive in spite of
deep budget cuts from the state. But beyond the financial benefits
of increased autonomy, public authority status also presents
UW-Madison students with a golden opportunity to strengthen shared
governance.
(04/13/11 6:00am)
In many cases, the Associated Students of Madison is the target of
undue criticism, even from us. But there's no doubt the recent
actions of a few high-profile ASM members warrant a critical
eye.
(04/12/11 6:00am)
The future of UW-Madison's authority model grows hazier as
Chancellor Biddy Martin finds her brainchild gridlocked between UW
System officials and the Wisconsin state Legislature. As evidenced
by her e-mail sent to UW-Madison students last Thursday, Martin's
attempts to implement the New Badger Partnership—a plan to increase
UW-Madison's flexibility through the establishment of a public
authority model that would break the university from the UW
System—are growing increasingly desperate. Although Martin earned
the support of Gov. Scott Walker in his proposed biennial budget,
the idea of Wisconsin's most prestigious and economically viable
research institution stripping away from the UW System has sister
universities and the Board of Regents disconcerted.
(04/07/11 6:00am)
Connections matter when it comes to getting a job, and we realize
politics is no different.
(04/04/11 6:00am)
Working as a Madison Common Council alderman requires a pragmatic
approach to city politics, new policy initiatives and an openness
to differing opinions. That is why we are endorsing Sam Stevenson
for District 2.
(04/04/11 6:00am)
Sometimes, one candidate in an election is so head-and-shoulders
above his opponent the endorsement is a no-brainer. That is the
case in this year's race to represent District 8, where Scott
Resnick has shown that he is the best person to serve on Madison's
Common Council.