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Boldt Construction’s Project Manager Melanie Taylor explains the changes to an upper Terrace that was previously only accessible to Union Theatre patrons.
Memorial Union project aims to preserve historical integrity By Megan Stoebig the daily cardinal
The Daily Cardinal and other student media were invited Tuesday to tour Phase One of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project, which is expected to finish in summer 2014. In 2006, students approved a referendum initiative with the objective of preserving the value of the Memorial Union while upgrading and refurbishing the nearly 80-yearold building, according to the project’s website. Boldt Construction’s
Project Manager of Central Operations Melanie Taylor stressed the project should be considered more of a reinvestment than a renovation. She said the team works closely with the Wisconsin Historical Society to preserve the historical integrity of the iconic University of WisconsinMadison building. “The intent here is not to renovate and change, it is to reinvest to bring [the Union] back to what it used to be,” Taylor said. Construction crews categorized each stone on the
building’s exterior and placed them back in approximately the same location. Also, the glass blocks lining the wall of the East Corridor by the Wisconsin Union Theatre have been preserved. Phase One renovations also include the Sunset Lounge, a new student hang-out space behind the old theater lobby that is enclosed with glass walls allowing students a prime view of Lake Mendota. Marc Kennedy, Wisconsin Union communications direc-
The University of WisconsinMadison Police Department is coordinating stricter patrols of campus-area intersections with the city’s Transportation Enforcement Safety Team to crack down on traffic violations and safety hazards at busy crosswalks, according to UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott. Madison Police Department Lt. Carl Strassburg said the TEST will specifically look for bicyclists who run red lights, because crosswalk collisions have caused seven fatalities this year alone in Madison. “The focus on our part is education so we don’t have any
more people injured or killed,” Strassburg said. Lovicott added “for the most part, bikers need to follow the same rules of the road as vehicle traffic does.” TEST officers ticketed 24 bicyclists one day last week who ran the red light at the intersection of University Avenue and North Park Street, Strassburg said. He said most were college-aged and added 24 is a “pretty typical” number of citations. According to Strassburg, the TEST monitors the intersection cornered by Grainger Hall, Chadbourne Hall, Mosse Humanities Building and Vilas
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State Assembly bill would allow sale of ‘Choose Life’ license plates By Jack Casey the daily cardinal
Wisconsin citizens would be allowed to purchase special anti-abortion license plates if an assembly bill that committee members discussed at a public hearing Tuesday were to pass through the legislature. The bill, introduced by state Rep. Andre Jacque, R-De Pere, would require citizens to pay the normal first-time special license plate fee of $15 with a recurring yearly charge of $25 if they
elected to display the “Choose Life” plate, according to Jacque. Tuesday’s hearing was held in front of the Assembly Committee on Transportation. The license plate fees not used to pay for the actual plate production would go to Choose Life Wisconsin and then get distributed to 35 pregnancy care centers in the state, which provide services to women designed to provide an alternative to abortion.
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Police officers suspended for gun violation A local police officer was penalized Thursday for operating a weapon while intoxicated earlier this year, Madison Police Department Lt. Dan Olivas said in a Professional Standard and Internal Affairs Summary. MPD Officer Cary House was arrested for Intoxicated Use of a Firearm on Jan. 3, 2013 after the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a resident call that shots had been fired, according to the summary. In addition to criminally charging House, the depart-
ment reprimanded him and put him on unpaid suspension for a total of 30 days, Olivas said in the statement. House fired the weapon into an unpopulated area from the backyard of his rural residence in Columbia County, according to the summary. It is not believed that any residents were in danger. Officer Emily House was also at the scene, Olivas said in the summary. A subsequent internal investigation suggested that she likely drove while intoxicated over the course of the evening, though the
department did not criminally charge her. Emily House was penalized with nine days total of unpaid suspension for breaching general department conduct and safety policies, according to the summary. Cary House has worked for the MPD since 2008, receiving four commendations during his time with the department, according to the MPD summary. Emily House has worked for the MPD since 2007, and has received 13 commendations. —Adelina Yankova
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Sharon Kilfoy paints part of a mural at the Art Lofts Tuesday that will eventually adorn the walls of the Humanities building. + Photo by Grace Liu
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