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‘Skrapy’ music WUD Music presents Iceage, Solid Attitude and Skrapyard (pictured above) in Der Rathskeller Tuesday night. + Photo by Courtney Kessler
Gardening on city-owned land to require permit Madison’s Food Policy Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that will allow members of the public to garden on city-owned land, effectively sending it to Common Council for final approval. MFPC took public input into account when amending the original draft to address major concerns, mostly about the permitting process and enforcement of possible problems with the practice, before unanimously approving it. Madison Food and Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said residents will have to apply for a permit to garden on a specific parcel of city land. MFPD worried the application process could become a burden to residents unfamiliar with the city process, but Woulf said he hopes an online, user-friendly format will facilitate the process. As stipulated in the ordinance, members will have to notify the alder of the Dictrict in which they intend to garden
as well as the appropriate neighborhood associations, although neither will have authority to affirm or negate applications. The permits will be either accepted or denied by the governing body presiding over the respective planting area. For instance, the city Parks Commission will review applications for public gardening in Madison’s parks. Each applicant will have to present a ‘planting plan’ outlining how they intend to use the land, and MFPC unanimously agreed it will be the responsibility of the the respective presiding city entity to enforce the plans if community members complain the gardens are not being properly maintained. Woulf will now draw up an official policy and an application template that he said could be presented to Common Council for final approval as early as April 16. —Melissa Howison
Suspect named in 1986 murder of UW student Town of Madison police identified a suspect Tuesday in the 1986 fatal stabbing of a University of WisconsinMadison student, according to a Wisconsin State Journal article. Town of Madison Police Chief Scott Gregory confirmed Donald Ameche Braxton, 49, is a suspect in the murder of 20-year-old Andrew Nehmer, who was stabbed in the neck during a convenience store robbery, according to the article. Authorities took Braxton’s DNA in 2011, and tests show Braxton could not
be excluded as the source of DNA collected at the scene, according to Gregory. The article also said Braxton has not yet been charged in Nehmer’s homicide. Nehmer worked the night shift at an Open Pantry on Park Street, where he was found lying in a pool of blood on April 24, 1986. Authorities arrested Braxton while investigating Nehmer’s murder in 1986, but could not link him to the crime. Authorities will hold a press conference Wednesday to discuss the investigation.
A city committee unanimously agreed to recommend one of three designs submitted for a future building on the 800 Block of East Washington Ave. that will include residential and commercial space, along with a Metcalfe’s Market. The 800 block development committee favored Gebhardt Development’s plan over the other two, submitted by C.D. Smith Construction and T. Wall Enterprises, based on Gebhardt’s ideas of sustainable development. Gebhardt’s building proposes a geothermal ground source heat pump, which is less environmentally invasive than traditional heating and cooling practices. Developers also reached out to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for funds to support a rooftop research production farm. Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, added an amendment to the proposal that would ensure Gebhardt follows through with its
sustainability plans. Committee members provided four additional amendments to address their concerns regarding Gebhardt’s plans, including the potential high cost of rental units. Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, proposed an amendment that would require 45 of the total 262 rental units be priced at a rate affordable for families within Dane County’s 50 to 60 percent income range. Rummel also drafted an amendment to address committee members’ continuous concerns about a labor dispute within Metcalfe’s Market, which commissioned Gebhardt Developers. Metcalfe’s representatives said at a previous meeting the dispute would be resolved by the time of construction. UW-Madison Senior Lecturer and committee member Tom Landgraf supported Rummel’s amendment to hold company representatives to their word, and said it will “[encourage] the city
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Top higher education official speaks at UW, urges more U.S. college grads U.S. Department of She also mentioned the spending cuts known as the Education Undersecretary increasing financial burden sequestration, which took Martha Kanter spoke on on college graduates, say- effect March 1, could affect campus Tuesday about the ing the median student debt 70,000 students in the federal future of higher education, is currently about $25,000. work study program in the emphasizing postsecondary According to Kanter, there fall, according to Kanter. education as a vital contribu- are currently six federal Kanter also said she hopes tor to the country’s economic tax credits for higher edu- ongoing budget discussions in and social future. cation, but they “mostly the government will produce a Kanter, who has served as advantage the wealthier decision on whether or not the undersecretary since 2009, folks in this country.” sequestration will continue. said too many people do not Dramatic government —Meghan Chua finish college. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a graduation rate of almost 83 percent within six years, according to data from the university’s Academic Planning and Institutional Research office. “If all of them could have the outcomes that the University of WisconsinMadison has … America would far exceed its international competitors in terms of a highly educated college group of Americans,” Kanter said. Kanter emphasized maximizing the options for different approaches to higher education, which could help more people complete degrees. She cited Massive Online Open Courses, which UW-Madison will pilot Meghan chua/the daily cardinal beginning in fall, and the U.S. Department of Education Undersecretary Martha UW Flex Option degree Kanter speaks about the future of higher education. as examples.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”