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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Forum gives advice for next campus chancellor By Amanda Howser THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Dotty Dumplings Dowry Restaurant, 317 N. Frances St., closed after melting snow caused a water pipe to burst in the building Feb. 24.
WINTER WEATHER WOES
Local businesses cope with consequences of harsh winter By Adam Riback THE DAILY CARDINAL
There is one natural body of water in Madison right now that is not frozen—and it’s the only lake you might walk into accidentally, having never heard of it. Marsh Shapiro, owner of the Nitty Gritty on Frances Street, jokingly named the vast pool of water behind his restaurant’s driveway “Lake Nitty Gritty.” The pool is just one piece of evidence that this winter has been unkind to downtown businesses. “What word can describe how this winter has been?” Shapiro said. “Detrimental.” Shapiro, a Madison native, has owned the Gritty since it opened 39 years ago. He said Madison has experienced more profitable winters in his time at the restaurant. “This is one of the worst winters I’ve ever seen,” he said. The Gritty is known for its parties and birthday celebrations. But due to the severity of recent weather, the
number of people choosing to celebrate their special day at the Gritty has declined. “Not that many people are going out,” Shapiro said. The Gritty has been forced to spend hundreds of dollars on ice melt in order to make the sidewalks safe for people, according to Shapiro. He said employees have had work hard to keep the sidewalks clear in order to
avoid lawsuits and keep patrons safe. The Gritty has had a leaky roof for most of the winter, and Shapiro said they lose some table accommodations on warmer days when ice on the roof melts. Additionally, Shapiro said the restaurant would likely have to redo its wooden floors for the second time in winter page 3
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UW-Madison doctoral student Michael Ciuchta was awarded a 2008 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Monday for his research in entrepreneurship, an area of study that the university is attempting to expand within the student body. Ciuchta was one of 15 students nationally selected for the $20,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. “This is another great indication that our students are smart and that they’re acknowledged for being creative thinkers,” Doug Bradley, assistant direc-
“We need someone who is willing to work with the students and foster leadership.” Lauren Crane sophomore UW-Madison
Students spoke on topics that ranged from international relations to local student and community needs. Almost every speaker mentioned the need for a chancellor who was capable of progressing the Wisconsin Idea, an idea that the university’s boundaries do not end with the state, but expand around the globe. Lauren Crane, a UWMadison sophomore and Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group member, expressed the need for twoway communication between the chancellor and students. “We need someone who is willing to work with the students and foster leadership. Someone who is willing to be committed to the Wisconsin Idea and give students more of a voice,” she said. The committee hopes to have the process completed before chancellor page 3
Trafficking vote unanimous, global warming bill stalls By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL AMANDA SALM/CARDINAL FILE PHOTO
Ian’s Pizza, 319 N. Frances St., also closed for a day following the flood in the building shared with Dotty Dumplings Dowry.
UW student awarded $20,000 entrepreneurial research grant By Devin Rose
UW-Madison students, faculty, alumni and Madison community members voiced opinions, concerns and suggestions for the next UW-Madison chancellor to a panel of representatives from the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee Tuesday. The session was the second in a series of public forums designed to elicit campus and community perspectives on the necessary qualifications for Chancellor John Wiley’s successor. Wiley announced in December 2007 his intent to step down as UW-Madison’s chancellor by the start of the 2008 fall semester. Marsha Mailick Seltzer, chair of the search committee and a UW-Madison professor, said she was happy with the diverse turnout. “Our goal is to listen to many perspectives, and we are pleased with how many people decided to contribute,” Seltzer said. “There was bad weather the day of the first forum, so we were hoping attendance would be much higher this time around.” One of the main concerns voiced at the panel was ethical research tactics in UW-Madison research labs. Three speakers expressed the need for a chancellor who is willing to not only address self interest, but public interest as well. “Most of the students and citizens of Madison are completely unaware that these labs
exist, much less what is going on inside them,” Annalisa Emerson, a UW-Madison alumnus and local teacher, said. “We need a chancellor who will lead with moral courage.”
tor of marketing and communications at UW-Madison’s Office of Corporate Relations, said. According to Dave Kaiser, a research and policy analyst at the Kauffman Foundation, the grants are awarded to Ph.D. students writing dissertations related to entrepreneurship. Kaiser said this could include subjects like economics, finance, sociology and psychology. The Kauffman Foundation’s grant recipient announcement coincides with National Entrepreneur Week 2008, Feb. 23 through March 1. UW-Madison was named one of the Kauffman Campus Initiative universi-
ties in December 2006 and was awarded a $4 million grant over five years to implement programs that will promote entrepreneurship, according to Bradley. Bradley said part of the responsibility of being designated a Kauffman campus is to generate interest in entrepreneurship outside of the business school, in disciplines such as science and the arts. Ciuchta said outreach efforts made during his four years at UW-Madison have created interest in entrepreneurship among students on campus. Last summer, Ciuchta said he assisted in teaching at the 2007 Wisconsin fellowship page 2
A bill banning human trafficking and a bill aiming to limit carbon dioxide emissions were among several controversial proposals voted on in the state Legislature Tuesday. Human trafficking vote Senate Bill 292 would make human trafficking a felony in the state, with punishments ranging from a $100,000 fine to 40 years imprisonment. The bill passed unanimously in the state Senate. Mike Murray, policy specialist for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said he was optimistic about the bill being approved by the Assembly. Murray said Assembly leadership told him the bill is likely to be voted on Thursday by the full Assembly. State Sen. Glenn Grothman, RWest Bend, a co-author of the bill,
also said the bill would be likely to pass the Assembly. “It’s sometimes difficult to get legislation through a divided legislature, but I think this is something both sides can agree on,” Grothman said. Global warming bill fails State Rep. Spencer Black, DMadison, tried to force a vote on Assembly Bill 157 Tuesday, which attempts to limit greenhouse gas emissions in Wisconsin. Black tried a legislative maneuver to BLACK pull the bill from committee and put it before the full Assembly, but the motion bills 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.”