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Students may be considered impoverished
Born to run
Some forced to rethink postgraduation plans By Caitlin Gath The Daily Cardinal
As graduation looms near and thousands of University of Wisconsin students descend into the real world in search of a full-time job, and thousands of others scramble for a summer position, it can be hard to ignore the frighteningly high unemployment rate. Despite the fact that Madison has been able to insulate itself from much of the recession, the unemployment rate still remains relatively high, at 6.4 percent, making the level of poverty that exists throughout the city quite daunting.
ees anchoring it, but still the unemployment rate is twice what it normally is.” While many students are sometimes able to avoid falling into a poverty trap because they are in school and usually supported by governmental aid, it is not the case for everyone, especially when part-time jobs are increasingly hard to come by. “College students are notoriously poor. In a robust economy, there are enough jobs for folks,” Clingan said. “But now when employers are looking for employees, are they going to hire the person with a family, or a college student? They become pitted against one another and a change in the service sector occurs.” Although more companies are hiring across the nation compared to last year and students stand a better chance of landing a job, the recession is still present, so the traditional next step after graduation is not clear-cut. “[Students] start contemplating grad school, or maybe doing some volunteer work and a part-time job to weather it out,” Clingan said. “It’s fair to say students are not going to have a lot of money while in school … It’s not right or wrong, it’s usually just by definition. They have limited resources as well as competition in the work force. And that’s unfortunate. Poor is poor.”
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Over 20,000 people participated in the 28th Annual Crazylegs run/wheelchair/walk, which spanned from State Street to Camp Randall Stadium Saturday morning.
Current ASM vice chair declines seat for next year’s student council Legislative Affairs chair to fill his seat, run for vice chair By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
Current Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Tom Templeton declined his seat for next session’s student council last week, allowing another current student council member to fill the seat. Adam Johnson, who current-
ly chairs the Legislative Affairs Committee, was asked to fill in Templeton’s seat after his resignation because he was the first runner-up in the College of Letters and Science election. After receiving the seat on student council Wednesday, Johnson announced Friday that he plans to run for vice chair. “I want to continue some aspects of my work, but at the higher position where I can hope to direct the overall position of ASM,” he said. Johnson also said he plans to
continue strengthening the relationship between ASM and city and state leaders. Templeton said he believes Johnson’s experience as Legislative Affairs Committee chair makes him an excellent candidate for vice chair. “Last year, the Legislative Affairs Committee was not functioning and didn’t exist for most of the year,” he said. “Essentially, Adam created that committee from the ground up.” asm page 3
U.S. Supreme Court case could affect funding for campus groups that limit membership Decision may force universities to fund discriminatory groups By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
Public universities including UW-Madison could be required to provide recognition and funds for student groups that
limit membership on the basis of beliefs if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a California campus Christian group. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez last Monday. The Christian Legal Society of the University of California-Hastings College of Law, which denies voting membership and officer positions
to those who participate in “fornication, adultery, and homosexual conduct,” is suing the university and said that the college’s non-discrimination policy violates their freedom of expressive association. UC-Hastings’ non-discrimination policy states that public funds and benefits are only available to an organization that admits “any supreme court page 3
“There are students who are living independently at or below the poverty level.” Chynna Haas president Working Class Student Union
“Madison has changed to an extent,” Bill Clingan, director of economic and community development for Madison, said. “Even with the recession the city has been fairly wellprotected with the university and so many state employ-
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Stripper at Medical Student Assoc. formal prompts investigation By Ryan Hebel the daily cardinal
UW-Madison officials are investigating the appearance of a stripper at a Medical Students Association event last Friday at Memorial Union. According to UW Medical School Associate Dean for Students Patrick McBride, about 150 students attended the “Black Bag Ball”—a formal dance and dinner held every semester for medical students and funded by the School of Medicine’s Alumni Foundation. McBride said at one
point in the evening “a very small number of students” moved into a smaller room near the Great Hall where a stripper began to perform, but did not undress. “Students interrupted the event and said, ‘This should stop,’ and sent her on her way,” he said. McBride said the performance lasted about 5-10 minutes. He said he did not attend the event and did not know the dancer’s identity or business affiliation. Union Spokesperson Marc stripper 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.”