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Students give loans to hopeful entrepreneurs By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
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Behind four touchdowns from Montee Ball, the Wisconsin football team punched its ticket to the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis next weekend with a 45-7 victory over Penn State. For a full recap, turn to Sports on Page 8. +Photo by Mark Kauzlarich
In July, Forbes magazine named Madison the third best city for young professionals, projecting it will experience a healthy growth rate in the upcoming years. Now, 11 UW-Madison students are working to help provide funding for entrepreneurs who have come to the city to launch their business dreams. In September 2010, students Alex Rosenthal and Andrew Tapper created a business model to provide micro-loans for entrepreneurs and small business owners in Madison, which they then launched in June. The significance of the busi-
ness is not only the amount of money it provides, because loans average about $1,500, but also to whom it provides the loans. “We aim toward providing entrepreneurs and small business owners with funding for their business activities,” Rosenthal said. “Specifically we aim toward those who are under-banked, underprivileged, under-educated and many times have poor credit history or no income [or] no steady employment; they’re facing some sort of roadblock in finding funding for their businesses.” The business, called The Madison Fund, is entirely run
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Personhood amendment would change definition of ‘human life’ “This is a declaration that our inalienable rights extend A proposed amendfrom the moment of ment to Wisconsin’s conception,” Jacque told constitution that would the Wisconsin State define personhood Journal. as beginning at the The amendment moment an egg is fertilwould remove the word ized, has pro-life groups “born” from the phrase in disagreement. in the Wisconsin conState Rep. Andre stitution, “all people are Jacque, R-Bellevue, born free and indepenJACQUE introduced the persondent”. hood amendment, which would In a significant referenmake abortion unconstitutional dum vote earlier this month, in Wisconsin, last week. He said Mississippi voters rejected a the state needs a true definition similar amendment. of “human life” in its constituThe amendment would need tion. to be passed by two successive
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state Legislatures and approved by a majority of voters. While groups like Pro-Life Wisconsin support the proposal, the state’s largest pro-life group, Wisconsin Right to Life, said “a personhood amendment strategy is not necessary, risky—and just plain wrong for Wisconsin,” on its website. The group said Wisconsin already has a law that prohibits abortion, but the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion on a national level, supersedes the state’s law. They said in a statement
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Bill would toughen abortion restrictions
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ASM student council will elect a new Diversity Committee chair this Wednesday.
ASM Diversity Chair steps down By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal
A new bill is being circulated through the Wisconsin Legislature that would require doctors performing abortions to confirm women are not being coerced into getting an abortion. It would also prohibit doctors from administering the pill that induces abortions through web conference. The “Coercive and Webcam Abortion Prevention Action Act,” introduced by state Rep. Michelle
Litjens, R-Oshkosh, in the munication program in a clinic. Assembly, and state Sen. Mary Wisconsin Right to Life said Lazich, R-New Berlin, in in a statement the bill the Senate requires the is necessary because physician performing “research reveals that…in an abortion to speak to many situations choosing the patient in person to to abort is not what the determine whether their woman really wants.” consent is voluntary. But Yo u n g The provision would Progressives Issues end “webcam aborDirector Fiona Cahill tions,” where women said the bill is “eerily LITJENS receive instructions similar” to legislation from doctors to take an abortionabortion page 3 inducing pill through a telecom-
Student government Diversity Chair Tangela Roberts announced she will be stepping down from her position this week. Roberts, who has served as chair since last February, said she is stepping down to focus on her graduate schooling. “It’s just been a lot managing my schoolwork with ASM this semester,” Roberts said. Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said Roberts discussed leaving her position for about one month.
“It’s something that’s just not going to fit into her schedule and she knows that it has to be a priority for whoever’s doing it,” Gardner said. “Since her academics are taking on such a big role she thinks she needs to step down, so I’ve known for a while. It’s not a surprise.” Roberts said some of her biggest accomplishments as chair were implementing mandatory diversity trainings for ASM student council representatives and getting members of the committee more involved in
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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.”