1 announces SA president candidacy

One person has announced he will run for the 2007-08 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Association.

Robert Grover, who is currently serving as a senator in the SA Senate, said he will be running as a member of the newly formed Students United for Change party. His vice presidential nominee will be Amanda Voigtlander, the current speaker of the Senate.

The rest of the candidates for Student Association president will be verified and announced early next week. Elections will be held on April 26 and 27. Previously, the elections were scheduled for April 30 and May 1.

Bill could alter UW regent selection methods

Currently, 14 citizens from around Wisconsin serve on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, but if a new bill goes through, the way those regents are selected could be greatly altered.

On March 19, representatives issued a bill that would require at least one citizen member who resides in each of Wisconsins congressional districts to be appointed to the board.

If the bill is approved, the initial term of the first member to specifically represent a congressional district would begin on May 1, 2009. For the next six years, another member would be appointed.

New engineering campus, public health program proposed

Gov. Jim Doyle proposed funding for a new engineering campus for UWM, as well as a planned public health program.

The proposed engineering campus, budgeted at $3 million, would be in Wauwatosa, near the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and the Milwaukee County Research Park.

Both the engineering campus and the public health program were addressed by Chancellor Carlos Santiago in his plenary address this past January, in which Santiago outlined an effort for UWM to expand beyond its current campus boundaries.

If these proposals go through it would be the first major expansion of the UWM campus since the 1970s.

City to vote on support of statewide smoking ban

The Milwaukee Common Council will vote on April 17 whether or not to support a statewide smoking-ban.

Several aldermen said that a statewide ban would be better legislation for everyone and would eliminate the argument that smokers would go to adjacent communities to smoke, said Patricia McManus, Smoke Free Milwaukee Project (SFMP) spokesperson in a press release.

Milwaukees Judiciary and Legislation Committee voted March 19 to adapt a resolution to support the governors statewide smoke free air, but it still needs to be approved by a full vote.

The resolution is sponsored by Ald. Terry Witkowski, Joe Davis, Willie Hines, Robert Puente, Michael Murphy and Michael DAmato.

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