Ongoing war worthy of protest
When thousands of people from all walks of life—students, parents, teachers and even soldiers—gather at the Pentagon this weekend to demand change, the Iraq War will continue.
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When thousands of people from all walks of life—students, parents, teachers and even soldiers—gather at the Pentagon this weekend to demand change, the Iraq War will continue.
Thanks to legislation fronted by state Senate Majority Leader Judy Robson, D-Beloit, state hospitals may be one step closer to providing an important service—the morning-after pill.
The UW Roman Catholic Foundation exhaled a long sigh of relief last Thursday when U.S. District Judge John Shabaz ruled that UWRCF's funding woes could end with a simple change in board membership.
Last fall an audit found employers in the Madison area involved with UW-Madison's work-study program owed the school a combined total of $150,000 in unpaid debts due to an accounting glitch that underbilled many of the participating organizations.
The large endeavor taken on by The Daily Cardinal to explore campus crime and safety had many goals in mind. We wanted to acknowledge the crime problem on campus, highlight current efforts to keep students safe and, perhaps most importantly, suggest what students and campus officials can do in the future to ensure students' safety.
If Gov. Jim Doyle is touting clean government for Wisconsin, he should be the first to set a good example.
Within two months, the federal government has thrown two devastating blows at students in Wisconsin public schools and universities.
Domestic partner benefits for gay and straight folks are in danger in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, the assault stems from the well-intentioned attempt to secure these rights for employees of the state of Wisconsin.
The citizens and state representatives of Wisconsin should endorse pending legislation that would work to divest money currently engaged in any business partnerships with the government of Sudan.
In his new budget, Gov. Jim Doyle proposed a tax that will extend the state's 5 percent sales tax to Internet purchases such as digital music, television shows and movies.
The sick leave bill currently before the state Assembly is, on one hand, about a questionable perk for elected officials. On the other hand, however, it is about whether elected officials need to be members of the financial elite in order to survive.
A federal appeals court determined Thursday that Paul Barrows was not treated unfairly by the university. The case comes in the wake of the 2004 scandal in which Barrows, the former UW-Madison vice chancellor for student affairs, was accused and later exonerated of sexual harassment against a female graduate student.
Associated Students of Madison recently announced the return of online polls for this spring's student government election. Given the election debacle last year, we hope the new online system is bug and corruption-free come April.
Earlier this month, Gov. Jim Doyle held a politically charged press conference showcasing leaders in stem cell research from Wisconsin and the United Kingdom.
Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to levy a tax on big oil without passing on the cost to consumers seems to smell of political pandering, but we feel it is justifiable to explore a tax on oil companies that funds roads and schools.
Put down that beer and trade it for an ice cold soda—the new alcohol policy brought forth by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Student Organization Office looks to severely limit alcohol consumption among student groups. At least that is what the controversy makes it seem like so far.
Last May, Gov. Jim Doyle signed a Republican-sponsored bill requiring post-release global position system tracking of certain serious sex offenders. The law—which received almost unanimous bipartisan support—mandates lifetime GPS tracking for anyone convicted in Wisconsin of intercourse with a child less than 12 years old or forcible intercourse with a child under 16 years.
It seems like common sense that a lawmaker entrusted with the power to regulate the private sector should not be allowed to take up a lucrative position lobbying for those very same industries immediately after leaving office. Yet this very scenario has played out over and over at all levels of government.
Under legislation expected to go before the state Senate next week, some Wisconsin 17-year-olds would gain the right to vote in primary elections.
It has been called the ""CSI Effect""—the tendency for law enforcement to rely too heavily on DNA evidence to back up their case. Unfortunately, DNA evidence is not always the magic bullet. Nevertheless, the CSI Effect has created a backlog of evidence, and the pile does not look like it will stop growing. In fact, the state Department of Justice says the backlog is now up to more than 1,700 cases.