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(02/07/10 6:00am)
With programs like ""No Child Left Behind"" beginning almost a
decade ago and Race to the Top being included in the Recovery Act
last year, the emphasis for national education reform has been on a
teacher's ability to reach each and every student successfully.
However, as of late, the focus shifted to the students.
Specifically, universities have been questioned in their ability to
properly highlight academic accomplishments of deserving
students.
(02/02/10 6:00am)
The academic staff ad hoc committee recently released a report
analyzing the current state of UW-Madison's graduate school and the
Administration's restructuring proposal. Written by seven members
of a world-class research institution, the report's conclusion was
fitting: Show us more evidence.
(01/27/10 6:00am)
Last Tuesday, UW Associate Athletic Director John Jentz told the
Athletic Department's Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee
that, in order to supplement $60 million in lost revenue, ticket
prices for Wisconsin sporting events could increase in the next
year.
(01/20/10 6:00am)
After New Year's it was revealed that Federal animal welfare
inspectors who visited UW in December found twenty violations on
campus. Violations included dogs that did not receive adequate
veterinary care despite vomiting and failing to produce urine and
unsanitary operating rooms. Amidst an uproar over the ethics of
animal research and an argument about whether or not UW should be
participating in animal research, focus has drifted from what
really plagues the UW animal research programs, namely a lack of
oversight.
(01/19/10 6:00am)
The swift response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti has
been impressive and encouraging. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
stumping for the same thing is a good indicator of how Americans
are putting aside disagreements to help our neighbors to the
south.
(12/15/09 6:00am)
Let's admit something that has been fairly obvious for the past
few months: this semester was pretty slow for news. Compare this to
last fall, and there's no presidential election, no new chancellor.
There were no big local electoral races or campus decisions like
last spring's ASM constitution vote either. Overall, it was an
incredibly boring time to be a politically involved Badger.
(12/09/09 6:00am)
The sad reality is that all to often, racial profiling occurs,
with little recourse for the victim. It is time to look into this
problem so that it may be deal with according to our highest values
of equality before the law.
(12/09/09 6:00am)
Last month, Chancellor Biddy Martin approved contract status for
the Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group, a UW student
advocacy organization, allowing the group to receive student
segregated fees to pay four non-student, full-time, professional
staff members. WISPIRG is now the only UW-Madison student
organization to receive contract status, which also allows the
group to use segregated fees to pay dues to the national PIRG
organization.
(12/07/09 6:00am)
Debates over UW-Madison's holistic admissions policy often boil
down to one issue: Are efforts to increase diversity a means to
some altruistic end—such as offsetting socioeconomic
disadvantages—or a desirable end in themselves by exposing students
to as many ideas and cultures as possible?
(12/03/09 6:00am)
If the economic recession of the past year has taught anything
to policy makers, it is that any recovery is likely to be slow and
halting. One might think the top priority of local and state
officials would be job creation in such an anemic environment, with
families going hungry statewide because one or both parents are out
of work.
(12/01/09 6:00am)
We are now entering the home stretch in the cycle of rental
panic within the student population. The rumors are just going to
keep getting more urgent and less informative until winter break,
and after that, the roar about renting will quiet to a whisper.
Right now is the perfect time for landlords and rental companies to
hype up that they are running out of choice units in an attempt to
get inexperienced students to go out and take those rentals at
whatever cost. Every year, it seems most students have secured
their living situations and all the good properties are gone by
Thanksgiving break, which is true if your choice of living space
happens to be in a property belonging to a company like Tallard or
Steve Brown.
(11/30/09 6:00am)
For the past two weeks, student protests have rocked the
University of California. These marches and sit-ins follow a
decision by the University of California Board of Regents to raise
tuition by 32 percent for the next school year, a move which itself
was prompted by $800 million in budget cuts to the University of
California system by the state. With numerous states facing similar
budget difficulties, it is reasonable for UW-Madison students to
wonder if they will be the next to see their tuition raise by a
third.
(11/29/09 6:00am)
Recently, the UW Labor Licensing Policy Committee voted 7-2 to
suggest Chancellor Biddy Martin take written action against Nike
for their violation of UW labor codes. Disregard for labor policies
from big corporations is nothing new, particularly with apparel
contracts here at UW. In the past, Martin and the LLPC have made
their attitudes toward this disregard for human rights known, and
it has led to the termination of several UW apparel contracts. This
incident with Nike is no exception to previous policies and
decisions, and the administration needs to act accordingly. Rather
than just sending a scathing letter to Nike, we must take the steps
necessary to terminate our contracts with the company.
(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.