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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
SSFC votes against changes to bylaws By Megan Stoebig The Daily Cardinal
The Student Services Finance Committee voted against changing its bylaws Monday after a contentious discussion of the role of student hourly positions. The proposed changes included significant alterations to SSFC’s financial code, as well as the elimination of student hourly positions from student organizations. Additionally, the General Student Services Fund, which currently supplies money allocated to registered student organizations that provide direct services to students by meeting SSFC eligibility criteria, would have also been eliminated. The legislation failed by a 6-7 vote, with most representatives citing the lack of student hourly wages as their reason to vote down the proposal, according
to SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker. “There was not a majority of the committee that felt comfortable removing the opportunity for segregated fees for student hourlies and student organizations,” Bruecker said. During the committee’s open forum multiple student organizations, including representatives from Sex Out Loud and F.H. King, spoke about the effects eliminating these hourly positions would have on their respective groups. Bruecker said she understood why many students were upset, as their jobs were in jeopardy. “It’s difficult because I can justify paying student hourlies for a service but I cannot justify paying a student to be in a student organization,” Bruecker said. SSFC Rep. Kyle Quagliana said the importance of student salaries determined his vote
against the budget. “I do agree with a lot of what [the sponsors] have done, but I am too attached to student wages to delete them from the legislation,” Quagliana said. Four members of the committee recessed to draft a rolling fund that would have capped student hourlies at $400,000, but the proposed amendment did not pass. Bruecker said the rolling fund amendment created a “miniature version of the current model” rather than creating a new model, which was the original intent. Though the legislation failed, Bruecker said it started a conversation about some of the issues with the GSSF. However, she said she will be continue to advocate for a new financial code that will address some of the waste in student organization funding.
Tuesday voting to take place at various locations around campus Polling places for the biennial aldermanic elections Tuesday will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., and are located in several buildings on and around campus, including some university facilities. Voters can cast ballots for the alder representing their city district as well as for either incumbent state Supreme Court justice Pat Roggensack or her opponent Ed Fallone. The race between incumbent state superintendent Tony
Evers and Don Pridemore is also on the ballot. Two of the four aldermanic elections in student populated areas are contested, while the other two are uncontested races involving incumbent councilmen. The election for the Langdon neighborhood area District 2 Common Council seat is between Ledell Zellers, who has served on multiple city committees, and University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 graduate Bryan Post. The District 13 alder race,
Above: Campus polling locations Right: Madison ward map
which is comprised of off-campus housing south of Regent Street, is between incumbent alder Sue Ellingson, who is running for her second two-year term, and Edgewood College sophomore Zach Madden. Downtown Ald. MIke Verveer, District 4, has been on Council for 18 years and is running unopposed, as is Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, who is running for his second term. Residents can register to vote at the polls the day of the election.
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Students discussed and displayed their artwork at the 85th annual Student Art Show at Memorial Union. The exhibition will run through April 9. + Photo by Taylor Galaszewski
Donation to fund lounge addition to Union Theater The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents will hear a proposal to increase the Memorial Union Reinvestment budget at its April meeting following a $2 million donation. The donation, which came from an anonymous donor, would fund the addition of the Sunset Lounge to Phase I of the construction on Memorial Union. The plans for the lounge were included in the original budget but were dropped due to insufficient funding. The lounge was originally designed as a lakefront addition to the Union Theater, but a slight majority of students voted against
the design on a 2011 referendum. The design committee decided to adjust the plans to accommodate student concerns. The lounge was originally placed in the budget as an “add alternate,” which meant if extra funding was made available, the lounge would be built. The donation covers the entire cost of the lounge, meaning student segregated fees and tax dollars will not be used to fund the project. If the board approves the budget adjustment, the plans will then go to the State Building Commission for final approval.
Legislative Affairs leaders hope to pass student-focused leasing policies Multiple student leaders are encouraging the approval of a Tenant Bill of Rights, a set of student-friendly leasing policies for campus-area tenants and landlords. ASM Legislative Affairs Committee Intern Ryan Prestil outlined voluntary provisions Monday for the document which would ask landlords to enforce stricter requirements upon themselves compared to current city ordinances, including rules about maintenance, cleaning and discrimination, as well as notice periods for showing apartments to future tenants. Associated Students of
Madison Student Council will vote on the plan at a meeting April 3.
“[The bill of rights] is trying to promote cooperation, not tell you how to do your job.” Ryan Prestil intern Legislative Affairs
If the legislation is passed, ASM will promote the landlords
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”