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Weekend, October 19-21, 2012
Police plan ahead for overlap of Freakfest, Homecoming weekend By David Jones The Daily Cardinal
In anticipation of larger crowds over the upcoming Halloween weekend, which coincides with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Homecoming, Madison Police Department officials said they will increase police presence in the downtown area to manage traffic and control crowds. MPD Capt. Carl Gloede said at a Downtown Coordinating Committee meeting Thursday, monitoring the traffic flow out of the city after Saturday’s Badger football game and into the city for Freakfest will be the greatest challenge. “The isthmus is just bad for traffic, so we put together the best plan possible given that we’re shutting half the isthmus down for the normal flow,” Gloede said. Gloede said the MPD’s plan to keep traffic in check includes placing officers along certain routes to help direct traffic around the Capitol and out of the city. According to Gloede, the MPD
will work with traffic engineers, some of whom will sit along the same routes to manually control traffic lights in order to better manage traffic conditions. “Patience will be a virtue that day after the game,” Gloede said. The overlap of the city’s Halloween weekend event with the Homecoming festivities poses more of a concern for Madison police than Freakfest by itself, according to Gloede. “The Freakfest event kind of runs itself—it’s a very well managed event—so that is not a concern for us,” Gloede said. “It’s basically the safety of two events coexisting and the traffic getting in and out.” Charlie Goldstone, Talent Buyer for Frank Productions, the organization in charge of Freakfest, said he expects to see more people attending this year’s event given the number of advance tickets that have already sold.
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Local entertainment promoter Frank Productions will take control of the Orpheum Theatre and could obtain ownership after an auction, which will take place within the next year.
Orpheum to reopen Local production company will assist city in bringing events back to theater By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
The iconic Orpheum Theatre will reopen its doors with the assistance of Frank Productions, an entertainment company based out of Madison that could begin hosting events at the concert venue as early as January 2013. “We’re just thrilled to be the ones to help put this theatre back on the map and someday hopefully own it and restore it back to the beautiful facility it once was,” Frank Productions President Fred Frank said. In September, the Monona State Bank foreclosed on the danny marchewka/Cardinal File Photo
This year, Freakfest and UW-Madison’s homecoming fall on the same weekend, which will result in an increased police presence.
Senate debate gets heated over Iran By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson, the state’s candidates for U.S. Senate, went head to head Thursday night in an occasionally feisty debate held at the University of WisconsinMarathon in Wausau. The debate came one day after a
Marquette University Law School Poll showed the two candidates in a virtual tie, with one debate left and only 19 days until the election. Baldwin and Thompson tussled over the economy, the federal deficit and healthcare, but one of the most hostile exchanges came when the two candidates debated over Iran.
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Orpheum because co-owners Henry Doane and Eric Fleming could not pay a $1.1 million loan, according to a letter from Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Zilavy and the city’s Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf. The theatre’s troubles reached a breaking point when the city revoked its liquor license in July. Frank Productions is operating the Orpheum as part of the foreclosure process and an agreement with Dane County Attorney Rebecca DeMarb. The company has the potential to obtain ownership at an auction, which will take place in the next eight to 12 months, after the process ends. “If we were to be the successful bidder, the theatre would be restored back to its glory years,” Frank said. During the intermediate period before the auction, Frank said the company cannot make any major efforts in restoration, such as renovating the marquee.
Frank Productions has already begun the process of bringing life back to the Orpheum by applying for a liquor license, which the city will review at the end of November, and contacting agent managers about using the theatre in coming months. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the Alcohol License Review Committee will most likely approve Frank Productions’ liquor license because of their excellent reputation in Madison. Frank said the city and University of WisconsinMadison students will benefit from the Orpheum’s reopening because it provides a larger venue for bigger acts currently bypassing Madison for cities such as Milwaukee and Minneapolis. “We’re going to try … and turn the lights back on in the place and bring in some topnotch entertainment to not only service the downtown residents but also the student population,” Frank said.
TAA: HR plan misrepresents UW mission By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
The Teaching Assistant Association became the latest group in the University of Wisconsin-Madison community Thursday to speak out in opposition to the proposed Human Resources redesign. According to Lenora Hanson, co-chair of a TAA body that works to share information with campus departments, many members are con-
cerned the document focuses too much on words like ‘market’ and ‘performance,’ with little emphasis on teaching or quality of education. “We’re just concerned there is a pretty big gap between values that we think are important at UW Madison and the language that’s being used in the document overall,” Hanson said. Director of Human Resources and HR redesign project team leader Bob LaVigna said the
TAA’s claim is not accurate. “The vision for the project talks about supporting the mission of the university which is all about teaching and learning,” LaVigna said. However, Hanson said her organization’s concerns don’t stop there. The TAA is also concerned with the suggested switch to performance based pay. “On the level of faculty and students we’re concerned that
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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.”