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SJ to hear MCSC appeal MCSC’s appeal contains 14 complaints against student government committee
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Weekend, September 30 - October 2, 2011
New director appointed to Institute for Discovery
Bright lights, big bascom
By Sean Reichard The Daily Cardinal
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ESPN’s crew came to Madison Thursday to set up the stage for Saturday’s “College Gameday” broadcast from Bascom Hill, featuring Nebraska’s baptismal Big Ten game.
By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
The Student Judiciary confirmed they would hear the Multicultural Student Coalition’s complaints against a student government committee Thursday. MCSC filed the complaint against the Student Services Finance Committee early this week after SSFC capped their funding at $250,000. MCSC had hoped for a $1.27 million budget, but submitted required forms past deadline. MCSC’s appeal contains 14 specific complaints against SSFC, including claims the committee did not inform MCSC of the punishment for turning in the waiver late and failed to be “reasonably helpful” once MCSC made it clear they were going to apply for more than $250,000 in funding. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said not all of the 14 arguments listed in MCSC’s appeal pertained to SSFC rejecting their waiver. “I think that they decided because of this specific instance to file complaints with a lot of other things that had nothing to do with the waiver issue,” Neibart said. “I think they’re using this as an opportunity to voice their concerns on other issues.” But Neibart said many of the complaints listed in MCSC’s appeal did not affect MCSC any more than other student groups. “It’s not like MCSC was put at a disadvantage with these things,” Neibart said. “I think all these things had the same effect on any other group.” MCSC was not available for comment.
Three student seats added to state’s financial aid commission By Kendalyn Thoma The Daily Cardinal
Students will now have input on the state-wide financial aid process after three student seats were added to the Commission on Financial Aid Consolidation and modernization Thursday. This is the first time students will be represented on the commission. AB 144, authored by state Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markeson, created the new seats. The seats will be filled by three students from the
Higher Education Aid Board, the state agency that manages the financial aid system. The Colleges and Universities Committee passed the measure unanimously. The United Council, a statewide student organization focused on student governance, supports the decision. “We are excited there will actually be student input on this commission,” United Council Government Relations Director
Analiese Eicher said. “[It is] a huge victory for students especially when it concerns financial aid.” The commission examines financial aid for part and full-time students who attend Wisconsin universities and colleges and reports the recommendations to HEAB. The details of the degree tp which students will have the capacity to change the current process of financial aid are still unclear.
Let’s talk about ‘Sex’
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Sex Out Loud Representatives presented to SSFC Thursday. The group said they are eligible to receive funding and are beneficial to students who are not sexually active. For more information, visit www.dailycardinal.com
The Wisconsin Institute of Discovery appointed David Krakauer as its first permanent director Thursday. Krakauer said his approach to running the WID will extend beyond scientific research to include the social sciences and humanities. “I want them in the WID, because I don’t think you can make a meaningful contribution to society without incorporating the people who study society,” Krakauer said in a press release. Krakauer said he thinks extending the program to include the humanities will be “very exciting for people who might have been put off science.” “It won’t be narrow and doctrinaire, but open and conscious of the breadth of contributing lines of study,” he said. Krakauer specialized in information processing mechanisms in biology and culture as a professor at New Mexico’s Santa Fe Institute for nine years, including two years as Faculty Chair, as well as co-director of Santa Fe’s Social Computation Collective Group.
“It won’t be narrow and doctrinaire, but open and conscious of the breadth of contributing lines of study.” David Krakauer director Wisconsin Institute of Discovery
Krakauer explored similar projects at SFI, including instruction from novelist Cormac McCarthy as a research fellow. For Krakauer, his time at the WID will be an “opportunity to ask if a non-traditional approach would work at the larger scale.” UW faculty expressed enthusiasm toward Krakauer’s appointment. “I am confident that with David’s leadership the Institute will achieve its full potential as a driver of transdisciplinary research,” said Martin Cadwallader, UW-Madison vice chancellor of research and dean of the Graduate School. The WID, which opened in 2010, is part of the broader Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which includes the Morgridge Institute for Research. Krakauer will replace interim director John Wiley in November.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”