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ASM proposes new board to oversee funds By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council will vote Wednesday on the creation of a new student board to oversee funds from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
“Students need to voice their opinion on how their money is going to be spent.” Melissa Hanley chair ASM Shared Governance Committee
Tom Templeton, ASM vice chair, said he envisions the committee primarily reviewing the student services aspects of the initiative.
He said the committee would assess funding proposals from campus student services and make recommendations to Chancellor Biddy Martin and Dean of Students Lori Berquam about which proposals should be implemented. According to ASM Shared Governance Committee Chair Melissa Hanley, the proposed student board would work closely with the current Madison Initiative Oversight Committee, which assists Martin in overseeing funds from the initiative and consists primarily of administrators. Hanley said the new board would be more student-based and would focus mainly on allocating funds to student services. “The Madison Initiative is asm page 3
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Children’s book author and illustrator Kevin Henkes signs a copy of his Caldecott Medalwinning book “Kitten’s First Full Moon” after a talk at the Educational Sciences building Tuesday. Henkes received the School of Education’s 2009 Honorary Alumni Achievement Award.
Many students unaware of Breese Terrace Union By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison students could not miss the gigantic hole that replaced Union South last spring, but few have any clue a new union has opened in its place. “Breese Terrace Union? I’ve never even heard of that,” senior Taylor Shannon said when asked if he had used the new union, which has operated since February in the former University Health Services building on Breese Terrace. Of 17 students asked, only four had any knowledge of the union, and none had used the building’s computer lab, study rooms, pool table or two large flat-screen TVs
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UW-Madison professors Chris Kucharik (above) and Dan Vimont outlined future scenarios for Wisconsin climate change at a forum Tuesday sponsored by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
UW-Madison study reveals changing of Wisconsin climate By Andrew Kasper THE DAILY CARDINAL
Two UW-Madison climate experts said Wisconsin may be nearing a tipping point with respect to environmental warming at a forum Tuesday in Engineering Hall. UW-Madison professors Dan Vimont and Chris Kucharik presented the most recent data projections on Wisconsin’s climate, predicting Wisconsin will face rising temperatures and more severe weather in the future.
They stressed the consequences of drastic changes in Wisconsin’s natural climate and said policymakers and industry leaders need to prepare for these changes. According to Vimont and Kucharik, by the middle of the 21st century, southern Wisconsin could see more instances of extreme precipitation and three more weeks per year when the temperature reaches 90 degrees or higher. They added that southern
Wisconsin could experience 10 to 12 fewer days of subzero nighttime lows. Kucharik said if even the most conservative estimates become true there could be huge implications for Wisconsin’s industry and natural environment. He cited examples of the possible effects of these drastic climate changes, like the logging industry’s need for frozen ground and the impact climate page 3
with Wii and Xbox game consoles. Tim Gloeckler, the union’s student services manager, said he is disappointed that word has not spread. “Last spring we were really surprised at how difficult it was to attract people to this place... shocked. We thought things would pick up in the fall, but so far they haven’t,” Gloeckler said. UW-Madison graduate student Justin Kearney worked at Union South and now works at the new union’s front desk providing information and selling snacks, drinks and merchandise. “The only people who really breese terrace page 3
Influenza cases continue in steady numbers at UHS University Health Services released statistics Tuesday revealing that UHS continues to see a steady number of UWMadison students seeking care for influenza-like illnesses. According to the release, UHS evaluated 345 students with influenza-like symptoms over the sevenday period of Sept. 6 to 12, which, according to UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts, is not a significant increase from last week. Influenza-like cases make up 28 percent of the total primarycare visits UHS sees daily, and 98
percent of those cases are students under the age of 25. Roberts said the steady number of recorded cases does not necessarily represent the actual number of sick students on campus. “I think to a degree this reflects a limit to our capacity at UHS to see people because we only have so many people working,” he said. Roberts added, however, that all students who come into UHS with flu-like symptoms are able to be treated. influenza page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”