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Student input wanted on bus route changes University transportation officials are looking for input from students on changes to campus bus routes that could double the wait time on two major routes. Because of budget cuts, UW-Madison Transportation Services will have to choose two of three options impacting routes 81 and 85 starting Sept. 1. The options include doubling the wait time between bus arrivals for the Route 81 night route from 15 to 30 minutes and the Route 85 wait times from 10 to 20 minutes during weekdays. The third option would combine a portion of Route 85 with Route 80. Transportation services will hold a public meeting at the Memorial Union on May 3 at 7 p.m., and the Metro Transit public meeting will be held May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Madison Municipal Building.
Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said increasing the wait time on routes students rely on is “borderline unacceptable,” especially for the late night bus route. “Shutting down the buses toward the Lakeshore dorms and cutting those services would be the most detrimental to students,” Resnick said. UW-Madison freshman and Lakeshore dorm resident Emily Skorin plans to live in Lakeshore next year and said she relies on the buses because “the bus system is the safest way to get back to Lakeshore.” Increasing the wait time would also affect the image of safety on campus, according to Resnick. “The decision that comes out of this will have a major impact both on the perception and the availability of reliable transportation on campus,” he said. —Abby Becker
SSFC critical of student council’s behavior at meeting By Sam Morgen The Daily Cardinal
At its last meeting of the session, members of the Student Services Finance Committee reflected on student council’s decision to fund the Multicultural Student Coalition and criticized behavior at the council meetings that led to the ruling. SSFC members said student council representatives acted inappropriately during the MCSC budget eligibility hearings earlier this week, alleging student council members were not paying attention to group members’ presentations and were browsing social media sites during the meeting. ASM Chair Allie Gardner said she agreed student council members should not be on laptops during meetings. “I think it’s really problematic
when you have people who are supposed to be representing students in a room and they’re not even respecting each other,” Gardner said. SSFC Rep. Justin Gerstner said the tense environment at the student council meetings when MCSC’s budget was under review depicted how difficult SSFC’s job is. “Student council really dissolved during this entire process,” SSFC Rep. Justin Gerstner said. “The functionality, the way they treated each other, I think it holds us to a very high standard.” Despite its decision to freeze the Multicultural Student Coalition’s funding following an intentional policy violation, SSFC unanimously decided Thursday to support a powwow funded by the group.
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SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart congratulated committee representatives on completing the session Thursday.
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Pictures worth 120 years
Daily Cardinal alumni kicked off a weekend of activities celebrating the paper’s 120th anniversary Thursday night with a photo exhibit at the Overture Center. The celebration continues in the Fluno Center Friday at 10 a.m., with a panel of Emmy winners who got their start at the Cardinal, followed by a panel of Pulitzer Prize winners at 1 p.m. +Photo by Stephanie Daher
Voter ID will not be in effect for recalls By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
For the second time in two days, a state appeals court said Thursday it will not hear an appeal to an earlier decision that permanently froze parts of the voter ID law. This means voters will not have to show an ID at polling places for the coming recall elections. Last month, Dane County Circuit Judges Richard Niess and David Flanagan ruled in separate cases that part of the voter ID law requiring voters to show a valid form of photo identification at polling places is unconstitutional, blocking implementation of the law. The Wisconsin Department of Justice challenged both the rulings, but the state Supreme Court declined to rule on the challenges, sending them back to the court of appeals. On Wednesday the Waukesha District 2 Court of Appeals declined to take up the DOJ appeal, and on Thursday the Madison District 4 Court of Appeals
declined as well. Their rulings mean that no decision will be made before the May 8 and June 5 recall elections and the law will remain invalid. “The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to decline our certification means, as a practical matter, that there will be no definitive court ruling before the May 8 and June 5 recall elections,” said the ruling from the District 4 Court of Appeals. “Given that the briefing period in this appeal has just begun, there is no realistic possibility that this court will issue an opinion before the June 5 election.” Republicans had hoped the voter ID law, which passed last summer with a Republican majority in the Senate and Assembly, would be reinstated in time for the recall elections. “It is my hope that this matter is concluded expeditiously,” said Attorney General Van Hollen in a statement earlier this month. “Continued uncertainty surrounding the conduct of elections represents the potential for irreparable harm to electors
and the franchise.” But Democrats applauded the courts’ recent decisions.
“There is no realistic possibility that this court will issue an opinion before the June 5 election.” Court of Appeals district 4
“We have important elections coming up,” said Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, one of the groups to initially challenge the law. “No matter how you feel about the candidates or the recall itself, if you are an eligible citizen you should be allowed and encouraged to vote in these elections.” Experts are expecting the Wisconsin Supreme Court will make a final decision on the Voter ID law by November elections.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”