Scott Walker talks budget, school accountability plans
Sarah Weatherbee, Copy Editor
December 21, 2012
Scott Walker has recently had a lot to say about education. Students and administrators may want to listen a little closer. He has a few goals going into the next budget, one of which is his accountability plan for educational goals and outcomes. A future state budget is slated to tie dollars to school... Read more »
Walker impedes progress again, with implemention of the Affordable Care Act
Ellen La Luzerne, Staff Writer
November 13, 2012
Walker is doing it again – ignoring laws, making secret plans and perhaps undermining Wisconsin citizens’ quality of life. As of Nov. 16, all states must submit plans for implementing “Obamacare” as part of the core of the Affordable Care Act. Wisconsin is one of the Republican-controlled states... Read more »
New Badger Partnership still sparking debates
Sarah Blaskey, Managing Editor
June 28, 2011
A highly controversial part of the governor’s biennial budget proposal, the New Badger Partnership, would allow University of Wisconsin-Madison more flexibility in certain areas such as tuition, financial aid, faculty compensation, and building. The plan will also allow the university more autonomy... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Current budget situation
Phil Gasper, Interim Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences
April 13, 2011
Dear Editor, Sarah Blaskey’s article on the current budget situation (“Crisis mode,” March 30, 2011) provides a good overview of the difficult decisions that are being made at Madison Area Technical College in light of a projected $10.3 million deficit for the next academic year. Gov. Scott Walker... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Benefits of Unions
Cinder Roherty
April 13, 2011
Dear Editor, In college I read “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. It was not an enjoyable book. It chronicled the conditions in which immigrants worked in Chicago, during the turn of the twentieth century. Conditions in the meat packing factories were deplorable, to say the least, but if one wanted... Read more »
Crisis Mode: State legislation causes budget gap for college
Sarah Blaskey, Managing Editor
March 30, 2011
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed biennium budget for 2011-2013 slashes funding for state technical colleges by $35.8 million each year and freezes tax levies at the current dollar amount. This puts significant financial strain on the 16 state technical colleges that are scrambling to absorb the cuts. Madison... Read more »
State Supreme Court race takes center stage
Aaron Childers, Staff Writer
March 30, 2011
Judge Dave Prosser and JoeAnne Kloppenburg squared off at the University of Wisconsin Law School for a candidate forum sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television on March 25. In Wisconsin, Supreme Court elections are constitutionally non-partisan, which is why they occur during the spring local elections,... Read more »
Behavior of leaders during budget battle leaves bad taste
Jennifer Abplanalp, Opinions Editor
March 9, 2011
“To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making,” Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of the German Empire, once said. So have been the past few weeks in Madison and we’ve not been able to look away. The behavior of the state’s Republican leadership and legislature,... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Students will be hit hard by governor’s plan
Benjamin Oertel, Student
March 9, 2011
Dear Editor, I am a student and a parent. I do not agree with Gov. Scott Walker and the ideas he is putting forth. He is going too far in this so-called budget repair bill and the fiscal budget itself. Gov. Walker seems to be on a mission to destroy the government of Wisconsin and everything good about... Read more »
Leaders fail to unite people by playing political games
Greg Kuper, Staff Writer
March 9, 2011
In only 235 years, our country was born, grew, flourished and now is dying. America’s upswing was because of great people who united and led Americans to greatness and freedom. The death of this country will be due to greedy people and leaders who divide. It’s not just the Republicans and big corporations,... Read more »
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