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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Walker administration settles case on Capitol protest permitting By Jack Casey the daily cardinal

Protesters choosing to assemble in the state Capitol will no longer be bound by permit restrictions after a lawsuit regarding the controversial Capitol assembly permitting rules ended in a settlement Tuesday. Two protesters, including University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Michael Kissick, brought the federal case against the Wisconsin Department of Administration with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. The lawsuit challenged the DOA’s administrative rules requiring groups of four or more people to obtain an assembly permit from the DOA before gathering in the state Capitol. A preliminary decision from U.S. District Court Judge William Conley issued in July

increased the necessary number to 20 or more people. Soon after the decision, the Capitol Police began arresting members of the Solidarity Singers, a group of singing protesters, because the group refused to obtain a permit for its gatherings in the Capitol rotunda. The arrests culminated in a contentious stretch between July and September where protesters faced off with Capitol Police over what protesters said was their First Amendment freedom to assemble. Tuesday’s settlement would change the process for assembling to only require the groups to notify the DOA two days before a group of 12 or more plans to assemble in the Capitol. All groups of less than 12 would not be required give advance notice, but everyone who plans to assemble still could apply for a permit. Mike Huebsch, the DOA sec-

retary, said in a statement the settlement represents the DOA’s efforts to maintain the Capitol as a place of business. “The permit process has been repeatedly upheld as constitutional by the courts, and today’s settlement demonstrates ACLU’s agreement with the process as well,” Huebsch said in the statement. “We have taken reasonable steps to ensure all visitors and citizens can enjoy our beautiful Capitol building, and I’m hopeful we can all move forward together.” ACLU Legal Director Larry Dupuis said the settlement is a “victory” for protesters because it imposes a less restrictive notice process. “This settlement halts the state’s unwarranted punishment of individuals who gather inside the Capitol to exercise their free speech rights,” Dupuis said in the statement.

Legislation to increase state landlord rights moves on to Senate A bill that critics say would further skew the relationship between landlords and tenants passed through the state Assembly Tuesday despite adamant Democratic opposition. The state Senate bill is a rewritten version of a bill that was first introduced in the state Assembly and would attempt to make a uniform landlord tenant law in Wisconsin. The bill comes in opposition to Madison representatives who support a local government’s, such as Madison’s, rights to control rental laws. If the bill were to pass, landlords would no longer need to provide renters, including student renters, with an itemized list of the reasons for security deposit deductions. Tenants could also face eviction if a crime were to be committed on the rental property, or could have their personal things taken without warning if they are evicted. Democratic state representatives took turns speaking on the state Assembly floor Tuesday, condemn-

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UW Spirit Squad members pump up the crowd at Union South during the spirit parade Tuesday, an event that is part of UW’s homecoming. + Photo by Grace Liu

College of the Arts proposal replaced with potential Art Institute redesign By Tamar Myers the daily cardinal

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Lions center Dominic Raiola apologized to UW band members Tuesday and made a “significant” donation to the band.

Raiola apologizes to UW Marching Band Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola apologized to University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone in a telephone call Monday and indicated he

would make a “significant donation” to The Marching Band Fund, a foundation supporting the UW Marching Band.

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The over-four-year initiative to create a College of the Arts was dropped in the spring, replaced by a plan that would revamp the Art Institute instead, University Committee Chair Michael Bernard-Donals said at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday. The college would have brought together arts programs housed in different University of Wisconsin-Madison schools into one unit with a single dean. School of Music Assistant Director Benjamin Schultz said the new proposal brought forward in the wake of ending the College of the Arts would reorganize the Art Institute, where representatives from arts departments across campus currently assemble to promote cross-department collaboration and discuss issues such as financial support for arts students. Multiple factors played a role in the decision to call an end to the College of the Arts, Schultz said. For example, several arts departments voted to decline joining the proposed college. “There wasn’t enough unification between the arts departments on campus,” Schultz said. The School of Music was one

of the programs that decided not to join the proposed college, although Schultz himself did not vote on the matter. Some of the contention within the School of Music came from music academics who believed their research needs were best served by staying in the College of Letters and Science, faculty senator and music professor James Doing told The Daily Cardinal in April. Professors of different departments were also worried about the financial burden of creating a new college with its own dean, Schultz said. A May 2012 proposal said the College of the Arts would have cost $2,635,000 in addition to money that would have been transferred to the college from the participating departments and programs. “Many people felt that money could be used elsewhere in support of students and departments that currently exist,” Schultz said. In the end, Schultz said, faculty on both sides were trying to decide how to most effectively serve students. “These different professors and faculty members, they do have the best interest of the students at heart,” Schultz said. “They want them to experience the arts as much as they can.”


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