There’s a story, from yesterday’s Daily Union, about the Starin Road extension. See, Whitewater dedicates Starin Road extension. In the story, Whitewater’s city manager advances a few justifications for the multi-million-dollar, taxpayer-financed extension: first for emergencies, then for connecting the Innovation Center to the campus, then as part of a package including bike trails. There’s…
University
Government Spending, Politics, University
4.3 Beats 35
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a story over at the Janesville Gazette about the budget for UW-Whitewater: WHITEWATER – Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to slash funding to state universities could drain as much as $4.3 million from UW-Whitewater’s 2011-12 base budget, college administrators estimate. See, Walker plan could cut $4.3 million from UW-W — GazetteXtra. The story comes despite…
Crime, University
GazetteXtra: Threat closes UWW’s Williams Center
by JOHN ADAMS •
WHITEWATER – UW-Whitewater has closed the campus’ main athletics building after a written threat was found in a men’s restroom. A spokesman said there has been no explosion or injury. Here’s the text of a notice on the university’s website: “Williams Center will be closed for the remainder of today, Tuesday, April 19 and all…
Government Spending, Liberty, Politics, University
Thirty-Five Million’s Not the Answer
by JOHN ADAMS •
You may have heard that UW-Whitewater’s in line for thirty-five million in construction spending. All those millions, but still a march of UW-Whitewater professors to Madison to protest the governor’s budget. (I posted on the trek, as reported in the Janesville Gazette, on March 23rd at Daily Wisconsin.) Why would they walk all that way?…
Politics, University
“Understanding Wisconsin Politics” – Former State Senator, Assemblyman Mordecai Lee to Speak at UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Government Spending, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Planning, Taxes/Taxation, University
Another Innovation: Whitewater’s ‘Innovation’ Center as an Eleven-Million Dollar Meeting Hall
by JOHN ADAMS •
The federal government gave millions in tax dollars to Whitewater, the Whitewater Community Development Authority, and UW-Whitewater for a reason. Here’s that reason: September 7-September 11, 2009 …$4,740,809 to the Whitewater Community Development Authority, the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, and the City of Whitewater, Wisconsin, to fund construction of the new Innovation Center and infrastructure…
University
Whitewater’s Levell Coppage featured in Sports Illustrated
by JOHN ADAMS •
So very well deserved — The UW-Whitewater junior running back was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd section celebrating his 299-yard, three touchdown effort Dec. 18 that helped the top-ranked Warhawks beat Mount Union Ohio 31-21 to win their second consecutive NCAA Division III national championship and third in four years. Via WIAC…
Crime, University
Wisconsin State Journal: Questions abound after uptick in hate crimes at university campuses
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reporters Deborah Ziff and Doug Erickson write about the rise in hate crimes on some state campuses. They note how standards for cataloguing incidents vary between schools — Even on UW campuses, there is variance in what officials interpret as a hate crime. At UW-Eau Claire, racist graffiti in four bathroom stalls in March, including…
Crime, University
Wisconsin State Journal – On Campus: A third hate crime reported at UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
At the Wisconsin State Journal, reporter Deborah Ziff writes about reports of a third hate crime at UW-Whitewater: Three cars owned by African-American students at UW-Whitewater were vandalized this week, in what university officials are describing as the third hate crime incident on campus this semester. The owners of the vehicles notified police that the…
University
Police search for suspects in potential hate crime involving a UW-Whitewater student – WITI
by JOHN ADAMS •
Officials say on Sunday, November 7th around 6:45 p.m., a female student was approached by two males walking on the sidewalk near the cemetery on the north side of the UW-Whitewater campus. The taller of the two men pushed the victim into a fence and held her there. He made a derogatory statement about the…
City, Police, University
The Weak Reasoning of Prohibitionism
by JOHN ADAMS •
A few weeks ago, Whitewater police cited one-hundred thirty-two underage drinkers at a house party in Whitewater. Thereafter, Whitewater’s police chief acknowledged that information about the party came from ‘undercover students,’ an acknowledgment that’s just foolish and tone-deaf. (Yes, Coan’s actually quoted calling them ‘undercover students,’ by the way.) I wrote about Coan’s remarks, in…
City, Government Spending, School District, Taxes/Taxation, University
Calls for Public Spending in a Small Town
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are, I think, two principal ways that a government spending proposal in a small town succeeds. (There are more than two ways, but here I’m simply considering principal ways.) The first way is how all spending proposals should be considered — on the merits. Is it necessary to tax for a public purpose, and…
Freedom of Speech, University
Tonight on Stossel: Campus Speech Codes
by JOHN ADAMS •
If you’ve not seen Stossel, the eponymous program of libertarian John Stossel on the Fox Business Channel, you’re missing a great program. Stossel’s program airs on the Fox Business Channel (rather than Fox News) on Thursdays at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. central time. On tonight’s episode, Stossel considers the
University
Wisconsin State Journal: Dogs Sharpen Sniffing Skills at UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a story about dogs learning to improve their tracking skills, and possibly do lifesaving work, after completing a training course at our local campus: This week, [Ed] Presnall, of Walworth, is on the UW-Whitewater campus teaching dogs and their handlers how to find Alzheimer’s victims and other people who may wander away from home.…