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Correction Due to a reporting error, in the Oct. 17, the “UW administration fights allegations of discrimination at Assembly hearing” on the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities’ hearing regarding the holistic admissions process of the University of Wisconsin, reported 6.3 percent of UW students are African American. However, African Americans make up 6.3 percent of the state’s population, rather than UW students. A change has been made to the online version of the article to reflect this correction. We regret the error.

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City hears plan for student life complex Urban Design Commission weighs proposals for four-story building on Brooks Street, new headquarters for non-profit group to help unemployed Ally Boutelle City Editor The city’s Urban Design Commission heard the initial plans for a new student housing complex which developers said was designed with a keen eye on student life. In his first meeting with the commission, JLA Architects representative Joseph Lee gave an informational presentation on his plans for a new four-story building on the corner of North Brooks Street and Dayton Street that will be open exclusively to house students. The four-story, 14-unit private student housing project is designed for student life, Lee said. The building features bicycle and scooter parking as well as lofts built above the fourth-floor units.

Lee said the building continues both the movement to “urbanize” the student-friendly downtown area and blends in aesthetically with the surrounding neighborhood. Its brick and metal panel construction blends traditional downtown architecture and modernism, he said. The meeting marked the proposal’s first time being presented to members of the commission. Lee and other representatives from the group will meet with take up the issue at a future meeting. The city commission also heard the proposal construction of a new home for the local nonprofit Food Enterprise and Economic Development Project. FEED’s mission is

of an expansion plan enabled by a $300,000 grant FEED recently received. Seamon said the building will immediately serve between 130 and 140 people, with plans for expansion in the future. The 5400 square foot facility will be located between Packers Avenue and Pankratz Road. The proposal will be taken up again for consideration at a future commission meeting. UDC also discussed the current plans to demolish two residential buildings on South Mills Street to make way for a new child care facility on the Meriter Hospital Campus. Kirk Keller, a representative for Plunkett Raysich Architects, said the project would consolidate two existing day care

to support local food entrepreneurs and foodrelated employment as well as increase the quality and availability of inexpensive local food, a statement from the organization said. John Seamon, the architectural director at Iconica, also presented plans for the organization’s new headquarters at 1502 Pankratz Rd. to the committee. “The project was identified as a priority for the Northport/Warner neighborhood — this was chosen as a particularly needy area,” he said. The building will house service training programs for unemployed or disadvantaged adults, allowing them to find future employment opportunities, he said. The new facility is part

facilities into a single center to serve hospital employees’ children. Keller said the building would border both South Mills Street and Saint James Court and be fewer than four stories tall. “We’re keeping it small — this space serves as a transitional zone between the hospital proper and the adjacent residential neighborhood,” he said. He added this building marks the first step in a plan to eventually further develop the east side of the Meriter campus. The center will also further Meriter ’s recent environmentally friendly agenda by adding planters and pots to grow herbs and vegetables, he said. The project will be up for a vote from UDC members in an upcoming meeting.

Plan to check power of SSFC ignites controversy Chair says proposal indicates ‘mistrust,’ little faith in group Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor Members of the University of Wisconsin student government voted to send a controversial piece of legislation that would place added checks and balances on the Student Services Finance Committee to that committee. A matter of dissent among Student Council during last night’s meeting surrounded the Process Standardization Committee legislation and whether it should go to SSFC for two weeks to later be killed, reviewed and potentially amended. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart and Rep. Cale Plamann urged council members to vote to send the legislation to

their committee so they could ensure it upheld viewpoint neutrality and respected the autonomy of the committee. Neibart said she saw the legislation as a personal attack against herself and other members of her committee. “This legislation proves a sheer mistrust of myself, SSFC and the Student Judiciary to not serve [in our positions],” SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said. “I urge you to have faith in myself and my authority.” Neibart added if the legislation was not passed to SSFC, she would refuse to hold hearings and step down as chair. Rep. Nneka Akubeze said she disagreed with the ultimatum being put on the table. She added that she was nervous this announcement could affect how council members voted and said letting it affect their

decisions would be inappropriate. Before the vote, legislation co-sponsor Rep. Arturo Diaz made a point of information stating that he would be taking a leave from his position on SSFC for the next two weeks, when the proposal would be in the committee. The motion was carried through a roll call vote with 12 ayes, six nays and four abstentions. Legislation proposing Associated Students of Madison support the UW’s holistic admissions process and stand in opposition to the Center for Equal Opportunity’s report was also approved. Rep. Leland Pan spoke on the legislation, characterizing it as a way to support the university throughout the process while also emphasizing transparency in a university study of the admissions process. Pan added if there was any credibility to

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Rep. Nneka Akubeze defended the measure to implement oversight over the committee. be found in the CEO’s document, this would be an issue that needs to be “tackled.” Council members then amended the legislation in the aims of making it an accurate representation of the differing viewpoints among each representative. The amended legislation was passed unanimously. “I did think there was a lot of dicey process with the amendment,” Pan said in an interview with The Badger Herald. “I think people wanted to ensure [the legislation] was as reflective as possible for the entirety of council, which was reflected in the unanimous vote.” Legislation affecting

TASK FORCE, from 1 from three weeks to six months. Patients who are able to navigate the system may receive treatment within 24 to 72 hours, she said. “The problem is not knowing how to navigate the system — there are

HEARING, from 1 non-discrimination clause has raised concern with Department of Public Instruction, Kevin Benish, a member of Grigsby’s staff, told the committee. Grigsby said the bill is about party interests over the safety of Wisconsin

deadlines for the SSFC and General Student Services Fund groups were also passed during Wednesday’s meeting. Additionally, a motion to review the Board of Regents’ UW System Financial Policy 50 was approved, which lends ASM support to the United Council of UW Students’ initiative to give students more power over segregated fees. Other legislation to express ASM is against the differential tuition bill being passed around was carried along with a proposal to add student seats to the Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operating Flexibilities.

so many providers, the system is so packed with treatment funding through the HMO system that you can’t just access the first slot, you have to stay within your funding stream,” Garvey said. Cheryl Wittke, Safe Communities executive director, said work

groups would address each issue in the plan for the next several months. Members will then meet for a summit in January with recommendations to move forward with suggestions. In April, the group will evaluate and determine the next steps to take, she said.

students. “We’re looking at partisan politics ,” Grigsby said. “We are not looking at what is best for our children.” As legislative staff searched for a larger room to handle the number of attendees, the committee heard testimony for over

two and a half hours on the bill. Committee Chair Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, tried to limit each testimony to three minutes, but most spoke longer. The bill to repeal the Healthy Youth Act will be voted on by the Senate Committee on Education during a future meeting.