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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
CWC aims to regain SSFC funds
Doyle plans to pursue ‘sexting’ DA Kratz’s removal from office
By Alison Bauter
Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz faces removal from office in light of allegations against his conduct in office. At a press conference Monday, Gov. Jim Doyle said a taxpayer of the county needs to file a complaint, and only then can the governor move forward with the removal process. “When that complaint is here, I intend to proceed with the process for removal from office,” Doyle said.
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The Madison Campus Women’s Center applied for eligibility to receive funding from the Student Services Finance Committee for the 2011-’12 fiscal year Monday. According to its website, the CWC tackles problems facing women by “celebrating and affirming” their power to create social change by offering support services, educating the campus community on gender-based issues, and serving as a resource and referral center for all interested students. In 2009, SSFC denied the group funding. SSFC Chair Matt Manes cited inadequate record of sufficient direct services. According to Manes, the CWC did not provide evidence of enough student direct services. After taking its case to the Student Judiciary and making multiple appeals to the SSFC, the CWC was forced to accept the committee’s decision. In the coming months, CWC members face the challenge of financing the 2010-’11 program and operations costs, as well as the reapplication
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Local 171 members protested the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery’s decision to use non-unionized employment.
Union workers protest WID’s food services By Alison Bauter
“[The] SSFC kept us on our toes, but overall, I think it went smoothly.” Nathalie Cheng publicity coordinator CWC
process for future funding. “It’s going to be really, really tight in terms of finances this year,” said CWC program coordinator Rae Lymer, CWC program. According to Lymer, the center is going to be dependent on a combination of grants and co-sponsorships to finance the 2010-’11 school year to cover the cost of rent, basic printing and supplies. The CWC is seeking additional grants and co-sponsors such as PAVE to cover event costs. Lymer and CWC publicity coordinator Nathalie Cheng agreed that Women in Redzine, the CWC’s multicultural women’s magazine, would suffer the most, due to its high printing cost. CWC members already have their eyes on funding for the 2011-’12 school year. Lymer expressed her desire to make this year’s application process as easy as possible, without having to “go through all the different hoops [they] did last year” by keeping better records and working collectively. In past years, Cheng said, the finance coordinator was in charge of ssfc page 3
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Seventy-five sign-wielding members of the Local 171 branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees protested the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery privatization of food service employment outside the WID yesterday. “We’re just calling attention to the fact that we’re serious about this fight,” Local 171 Steward Anne Habel said. Habel, a dishwasher at UW-Madison, said the picket was in response to WID changing its mind on employing union workers.
According to Habel, the WID told Local 171 that the institute would seek unionized employment, only to recently change its position and opt to privatize food services. According to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the organization held discussions with Wisconsin Union Food Services about the unit employing the food venues, but legal and financial issues ended the conversation. The organization said they then sent vendor solicitation proposals to 13 organizations, including three with unionized
“When that complaint is here, I intend to proceed with the process for removal from office.” Jim Doyle governor Wisconsin
Kratz made headlines last week for “sexting” Stephanie Van Groll, an abuse victim he represented. He is now being accused of abusing his position further by bringing a woman on a date to an autopsy, according to a letter sent to the governor by the woman Kratz met on match.com.
“I say this not only as governor, but as a three-term District Attorney and a three-term Attorney General. This thing deeply, deeply troubled me,” Doyle said of Kratz’s actions. The letter from Kratz’s autopsy date, whose name is being protected, said he requested she come to the autopsy “provided I would be his girlfriend and wear high heels and a skirt.” “The thought that a victim’s body, the most private part for their family, was somehow being used as a lure … is just beyond anything anybody could imagine,” Doyle said. Kratz has been urged to step down by legislators, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association. However, instead of stepping down, Kratz announced Monday he was going on “medical leave.” The WCADV and the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault were highly critical of the move. “Although Kratz has not disclosed the condition requiring his leave, it appears he is again attempting to make more excuses,” the groups said in a joint statement. “Sexually harassing a sexting page 3
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New Lakeshore residence hall and food service facility on way to construction By Grace Gleason The Daily Cardinal
The City of Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved a conditional use request to construct a new UW-Madison Lakeshore residence hall and food service facility Monday. The project was reviewed with reference to the City of Madison’s development standards, Planning Division Director Bradley Murphy said. “We were happy to recommend approval,” Murphy said. A conditional use is granted to a project when the uses described for the plan are not permitted outright, but may be allowed if certain standards and conditions are met
along with the Plan Commission’s approval. The committee said they strongly supported the project even though the current building plans exceed the zoning limit of three stories in that zoning district. “We’re a town that’s starting to grow up in many different ways,” committee member Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, said. “Literally growing up ... I think it’s a great idea.” The proposed site of the new residence hall is adjacent to a national eligible Native American mounds site. In preliminary archeological studies performed on the potential lakeshore page 3
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Colin Cowherd, host of ESPN2’s SportsNation, broadcast live from the Memorial Union Terrace Monday with Badger athletes and fans.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”