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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Roundtable to discuss Ethnic Studies classes By Tamar Myers the daily cardinal
An upcoming roundtable dinner will give students and staff an opportunity to provide feedback on the mandatory ethnic studies requirement as part of a student government campaign to reform the current structure. The event, organized in part by the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee, is planned for Feb. 18 and marks the next step in a process to apply large-scale changes to the mandatory eth-
nic studies requirement. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s website, all students are required to take an approved class of three or more credits discussing marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. since the policy was adopted as a general education requirement in 2003. The roundtable will include a presentation on the history of the requirement, an open-mic portion where attendees will be asked to share experiences with classes and make suggestions,
and smaller discussions led by ASM Diversity Committee members. Attendees will also be provided note cards on which they can leave comments about their class experiences. Suggestions from the roundtable will be forwarded to the Student Ad Hoc Committee and Campus Diversity Plan Ad Hoc Committee to be incorporated in the new campus Diversity Plan due for release in April. At a meeting Monday, com-
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On Campus
Moore trombone?
Dylan Chmura Moore performs at Morphy Hall in the Humanities building Monday + Photo by Grey Satterfield
PBR ads removed from buses
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Early Monday morning, a shot was fired outside of the Frequency nightclub, the first gun incident since last May.
None injured after shot fired outside Frequency nightclub A fight at a downtown Madison nightclub led a patron to fire one gunshot outside the venue early Monday morning. According to a police report, two black men in their 20s were fighting inside the Frequency nightclub, 121 W. Main St., around 1 a.m. Monday when one pulled out a gun. The men then moved outside, according to police. The struggle continued outside the club and one shot was reportedly heard. This is the first shooting in
downtown Madison since last May’s shooting near Segredo and Johnny O’s Sports Lounge, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. “Shootings never happen in downtown Madison,” Verveer said. “It’s very troubling.” Verveer said police recovered the fired bullet from a nearby tree and added it was by “sheer dumb luck that no one was seriously injured.” According to the report, both men left before police arrived and no arrests have been made.
Man hit by car outside Grainger Hall An intoxicated, middle-aged man stepped into traffic on the corner of North Park and West Johnson Streets just outside Grainger hall at approximately 7:40 p.m. Monday, according to Madison police. The man, who police said appeared to be in his 50s, was
intoxicated when he stepped into traffic and got hit by a pickup truck. Paramedics took him to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. He will be cited for failing to yield to traffic, according to police.
The controversial Pabst Blue Ribbon advertisements will no longer be seen on Madison Metro buses due to the company’s decision not to renew its recently expired contract. Metro Transit had nothing to do with the removal of the ads, according to Metro Transit spokesperson Mich Rusch. The contract simply expired and PBR never renewed. However, Rusch said the PBR ads received many complaints because they looked liked beer trucks. UW Transportation asked the buses be kept off campus and
many parents of middle and high school students complained about the buses driving past schools. “We had complaints that ... [the PBR buses] would go past schools, middle schools and high schools,” Rusch said. “There were a lot of concerns from parents.” Rusch added the 2011 PBR ads were “artistic” and received no complaints, “whereas the ones this year just sorta caught your eye” because of their resemblance to beer trucks. According to Rusch, beer ads cannot be banned because of free speech and, since the
ads were from a third-party vendor, they were allowed to be released without input from Metro. Metro switched to an “inhouse” advertising team this year, which allows them to control what vendors they pitch to and will give them a say regarding the content of ads. Rusch said if PBR were to contact Metro now, it would be possible to work together to “find ads that would be acceptable to the community.” “We can’t say no to [beer ads], but [the in-house ad team] is how we can better address it,” said Rusch. —Erik Thiel
Mining bill advocates outspend opposition on campaigns Supporters of the Republican-backed proposal to ease mining regulations in Wisconsin spent 610 times more on political campaigns than the bill’s opponents between January 2010 and June 2012, according to new figures released Monday. The government watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reported special interest groups in favor of the mining legislation, which is designed to allow a new iron ore mine to open in northern Wisconsin, contributed $15.6 million to Gov. Scott Walker and state lawmakers during the 30-month period, while environmental groups which oppose the bill donated just $25,500. “There’s a very broad coalition of business interests behind
[the mining legislation], and they include some of the biggest campaign donors in Wisconsin politics,” said Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Mike McCabe. Mining proponents contributed a total of $11.34 million to Walker for his 2010 and recall election campaigns and another $4.25 million to state legislators of both parties. However, Republican legislators, who have been pushing mining legislation for the past two years, accepted an average of about $44,000 from pro-mining interest groups compared to approximately $16,000 for Democrats. State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, who faced a recall in the summer of 2011, received $467,000 from mining supporters, more than any
other state lawmaker during this time frame.
“There’s a very broad coalition of business interests behind [the mining legislation], and they include some of the biggest campaign donors in Wisconsin politics.” Mike McCabe executive director Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign did not include contribution amounts through the second half of 2012 in its report because that information is not available until the end of the month. —Adam Wollner
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”