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(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.
(11/13/09 6:00am)
With the recent vote on the capital budget, numerous city
projects weighed heavily on the mind of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. In
light of the flurry of civic activity, The Daily Cardinal Editorial
Board sat down with Cieslewicz and discussed some of the more
pressing issues facing Madison.
(11/11/09 6:00am)
Last Thursday, the Dane County Board voted in favor of creating
a regional transit authority to preside over the planning of the
public transportation system around Madison. With big projects like
the new Central Library and Edgewater redevelopment looming, the
RTA makes sense. It is a wonder that there was no governing body to
guide the growth of the transportation system before, which
probably accounts for the lack of progress in high-speed rail and
bus route updates.
(11/10/09 6:00am)
In 1999, Wisconsin finally made the fifth offense for driving
while intoxicated a felony. Even with this stipulation, our state
still had some of the most lax drinking laws in the country at the
time. Even though the state Legislature recently tightened drunken
driving laws, the latest legislation passed will do little to
reduce Wisconsin's reputation as an overly alcohol-friendly
state.
(11/09/09 6:00am)
Last week the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided not to hear the
case of Appling v. Doyle, involving the constitutionality of
domestic partner benefits.
(11/08/09 6:00am)
Last week, the Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee
passed legislation setting up a new public financing structure for
Supreme Court candidates. This public financing would provide
campaign funding for viable Supreme Court candidates who agree to
forgo private financing, totaling $100,000 for primary elections
and $300,000 for general elections. Clearly lawmakers were reacting
to last year's campaign between Justice Michael Gableman and former
Justice Louis Butler Jr., which was widely considered to be one of
the nastiest statewide campaigns in recent memory.
(11/04/09 6:00am)
When the White House announced President Barack Obama would be
visiting Madison, the public's eyes immediately turned to the Kohl
Center and Monona Terrace. Both are standard venues for big
occasions, and both played host to Obama during his campaign. To
everyone's surprise, the president chose Wright Middle School for
this visit to talk about our primary education system.
(11/04/09 6:00am)
Students on this campus have a lot to be proud of in the action
taken at Tuesday's Common Council meeting.
(11/04/09 6:00am)
After Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton's surprise Oct. 26 announcement
that she was withdrawing from the 2010 governor's race, the obvious
reaction was, ""Why?"" Lawton was the first and only Democratic
candidate announced against several Republican candidates. She has
nearly eight years of experience as Wisconsin's first female
lieutenant governor. It had seemed like Lawton had been gearing up
for this moment for years now.
(11/02/09 6:00am)
Remember that issue of the Alcohol License Review Committee
student voting member? That thing The Daily Cardinal has been
harping on for over a week now?
(11/01/09 6:00am)
For the past week, The Daily Cardinal has called upon students
to contact city alders and express their support for District 8
Ald. Bryon Eagon's proposal to add a student voting member to the
Alcohol License Review Committee. Spurred by the ALRC's unanimous
rejection of the proposal, we have lauded Eagon's idea, printed
contact information for the Common Council and called for a boycott
of the Nitty Gritty, the bar owned by Marsh Shapiro, one of the
most vehement and dismissive opponents of the student voting
member. We feel all of these actions have been important to improve
the chances the full Common Council will approve the proposal.
(10/27/09 6:00am)
When Gov. Jim Doyle signed the 2009-'11 state budget, he also
approved a provision, under certain conditions, allowing students
who are undocumented immigrants, or the children of undocumented
immigrants, to receive in-state tuition rates at UW System
schools.
(10/25/09 6:00am)
With last week's rejection by the Alcohol License Review
Committee of District 8 Ald. Bryon Eagon's proposal to add a
student vote to the committee, the issue now moves to the full
Common Council. In the time between now and the upcoming vote, we
urge students to get involved in the issue and express their
opinions concerning student involvement in city policy.
(10/25/09 6:00am)
Over a decade ago Plan 2008 was implemented to place an emphasis
on increasing diversity at UW-Madison. The plan targeted American
Indian, black, Hispanic and Southeast Asian-American students at an
early age to give them structure and motivation, primarily through
PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning
Excellence). However, the plan's sentiments were undercut a few
years later when the university was embarrassed by the cover of an
undergraduate magazine that had a black student pasted in to create
the appearance of diversity. The university found out quickly that
Photoshop is not a proper substitute for actual minorities on
campus.
(10/23/09 6:00am)
The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald often offer strongly
opposing viewpoints on campus or city issues. But after Wednesday's
meeting of the city's Alcohol License Review Committee, the main
organization in Madison that decides alcohol policies citywide, we
have agreed with the Herald's editorial board that a combined call
to action is needed.
(10/21/09 6:00am)
This Tuesday the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that
would ban all drivers from texting behind the wheel. Drivers caught
texting could face fines ranging from $20 to $400, the same rates
assessed by a pre-existing state law against inattentive driving.
The bill passed 27-5 but must be approved by the Assembly before
becoming law.
(10/21/09 6:00am)
Last year, The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board wrote that it is
best for tenants to know their rights when renting so landlords do
not continue to rent properties without oversight. As we said,
""The onus is on the landlords to heed the concerns of students who
are paying sizable amounts of money for a safe place to live.""
Every year, rental companies in Madison get thousands of new
tenants, many of whom have never seen a lease before, and landlords
frequently take advantage of this.
(10/20/09 6:00am)
Alcohol policy in Madison is rarely simple, straightforward or
one-size-fits all. Any proposed policy must be thoroughly vetted in
terms of its impact on students, bar owners, police and the general
community. This is a city that demands public participation in such
decisions and should not be one that unfairly singles out a
particular constituency for inappropriate burdens on personal
rights.
(10/16/09 6:00am)
If State Rep. Marlin Schneider's, D-Wisconsin Rapids, top
priority is grabbing the spotlight, he certainly has accomplished
this. Earlier, the Democrat proposed property tax exemptions for
newspapers. Now he has a plan to limit public access to circuit
court records online. Like his previous ideas, this is still a
well-intended but impractical suggestion.