UW System Clipsheet

"Assembly OKs Republicans' budget," Associated Press, July 11.

UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley called the State Assembly's version of the state's biennial budget -- one that includes more than $120 million in cuts to the UW System's funding and a proposed annual tuition cap of 4 percent until 2010-11 -- an assault on higher education; the budget bill will next go to a bipartisan conference committee before landing on the desk of Gov. Jim Doyle.

Related: "Assembly approves pinching taxes," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 11.

Also: "Assembly OKs its version of budget," Wisconsin State Journal, July 11.

And: "UW hopes for better budget deal from conference committee," Wisconsin Radio Network, July 11.

Editorial: "Hoping for revenge, Assembly Republicans promote dumb budget," Editorial, Superior Daily Telegram, July 11.

Listen: http://www.wrn.com/po...99B/dguwva071107.mp3

"Assembly budget could jeopardize funding for UW-Parkside project," Racine Journal Times, July 11.

UW-Parkside would be unable to remodel its communication arts building if the State Assembly's proposed budget, which includes major cuts to UW System construction projects, goes unaltered; in that case, the $4.5 million private donation already secured for the project would be placed in jeopardy, according to campus officials.

Related: "Tax battle: Austere GOP budget would prevent state tax increases, but UWS, city would suffer," Superior Daily Telegram, July 11.

"Language of Dance puts movements on paper," Stevens Point Journal, July 11.

Using "movement notation," students in a UW-Stevens Point certificate program hope to one day be able to study the work of choreographers in the same way people now study the music of famous composers.

"Wisconsin priorities evident in distaste for 'Covenant,'" Column, Appleton Post-Crescent, July 8.

This column debunks the notion that state residents cannot afford the Wisconsin Covenant, a program wherein participating students who meet specific academic and nonacademic criteria would be guaranteed admission into a Wisconsin college or university.

"Bush threatens veto of student aid bill," Inside Higher Ed, July 11.

President George W. Bush said he would veto a proposed House of Representatives bill that would shift federal funding from private loan companies to the need-based Pell Grant program.