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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Freakfest ticket sales higher than last year By Meghan Chua The Daily Cardinal
Frank Productions, the producer of Freakfest, has sold more tickets for admission to downtown Madison’s 2012 Halloween party than it did last year at this time, a company representative said at a press conference Tuesday. With rap star Mac Miller and electronica collective Big Gigantic headlining the main stages at this year’s event,
Charlie Goldstone from Frank Productions said more tickets have been sold before the event than were purchased ahead of time last year. “We’ve gotten a really good response from community on that talent,” Goldstone said. Tickets cost $8 if purchased in advance from businesses on State Street, or $12 if purchased from ticket booths in the area
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City to reroute traffic Saturday The city is implementing alternate traffic routes for postgame travel on Saturday in anticipation of traffic delays that could result from crowds leaving Camp Randall from the 2:30 p.m. Michigan State football game after city officials begin gating off State Street at 5 p.m. to prepare for Freakfest. Traffic on Johnson Street will detour onto Bassett Street to West Washington Avenue and take the outer loop of the Capitol square to avoid the street closure, according to a City of
Madison release. Additionally, vehicles cannot turn left from Regent Street onto North Park Street. Madison Police Department Lt. Dave McCaw said the streets will be very crowded, but encouraged drivers to be patient and plan more time for travelling. “Here, we’re pretty used to driving from A to B without a whole lot of interference,” McCaw said. “On [Saturday] it’ll just be more like a big city.“ Meghan Chua/ The Daily Cardinal
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., explains his economic policy positions to students at Union South Tuesday. Following his speech, four student representatives debated economic policy.
Sen. Johnson speaks before student debate By David Jones The Daily Cardinal
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Criticism of HR redesign continues at public forum By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
Around seventy-five campus community members filled the Memorial Union’s Great Hall on Tuesday to discuss issues with proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin-Madison personnel plan. One of the goals outlined in the plan is to improve university employee recruitment, but many attendees said they had concerns about how the plan might end up harming senior UW-Madison employees.
Linda Meinholz, a university accountant for over 18 years, criticized the university for creating “quick wins” for new employees under the new system. According to Meinholz, the possibility of a new employee earning more than her under the new plan feels like “age discrimination in a blanket.” Gary Mitchell, president of a local state employees union and current classified staff member,
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke about economic issues and their importance in this year’s election at Union South Tuesday prior to a debate between members of a student panel representing different political opinions. Johnson criticized President Barack Obama’s economic policies, arguing his tax policy and healthcare legislation have limited job growth and added to the national deficit. “Unfortunately for all you young people, for the nation,” Johnson said, “President Obama took the wrong path.” He argued Obama’s plan to raise taxes on wealthier Americans would not raise enough revenue to offset spending deficits. “President Obama has this concept—the American econo-
my’s like a pie—and his solution is let’s divide up that pie,” Johnson said. “The conservative solution is let’s grow the pie—let’s grow the economy, let’s make sure everybody’s piece of that pie is larger.” According to the first-term Senator, “the federal government is so far removed, it is not accountable” to citizens for increasing the deficit so much. Following Johnson’s opening remarks, four students representing four political viewpoints continued the economic conversation, debating some of Johnson’s remarks and general economic policy issues as they relate to students. University of WisconsinMadison College Democrats publicity chair Austin Helmke said the biggest issue for voters this election is “jobs, jobs, jobs” and that Obama’s policies, including the
Affordable Care Act, help struggling families and the economy. “Healthcare costs are out of control,” Helmke said. “You’ll see once we put in place President Obama’s model, we will be able to reduce our costs and that will have a large impact on our longterm debt problems.” But UW-Madison College Republicans public relations director Ryan Hughes disagreed, saying Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget plan is the best way to address long-term debt problems and provide a stronger way for the economy to grow. “What he’s doing is saving programs that are otherwise going to go bankrupt,” Hughes said. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and repre-
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UW students receive 14 Fulbright study abroad grants A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and students won grants from the 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar Program, an organization that gives grants for study abroad and teaching abroad opportunities. The grants provide recipients with funding for a complete year of study, teaching or research abroad. The program is sponsored by the U.S.
State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, along with contributions from participating countries’ governments. Three graduate students were awarded Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grants, 14 students received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants and four faculty members were awarded CIES Fulbright
Scholar Program grants. Since its inception, the Fulbright Program has provided approximately 310,000 students, teachers, artists and scientists opportunities to study, teach and research abroad. UW-Madison is consistently among leading U.S. research institutions that produce Fulbright recipients, according to a statement released by the university.
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