No New Seg Fees!

04/15/2010

"It looks like the No New Seg Fees campaign knew what they were doing."
When the Sconz says it, you know it must be true:
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28839

TEA PARTAY! Yeah, it's that time of the year to eat some crumpets and challenge the constitutionality of Barack Obama's policies, his presidency and his citizenship!

04/15/2010

Record numbers of students voted...and said No New Seg Fees.
http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/15/record_student_turno.php

The Badger Herald is an independent student newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

04/15/2010

FTW: http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/14/asm_ballot_results_.php

The Badger Herald is an independent student newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

04/15/2010

won.

04/14/2010

We're finishing up with tabling and fliering, then heading over to the Memorial Union for our victory party! We're celebrating a great campaign and the power of collective action, as well as thanking all of the activists that worked so hard:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115468465131904&ref=mf

04/14/2010

Last chance to vote! Being a fan of No New Seg Fees!, you've probably already voted. But make sure that all of your friends and classmates have done so as well. Polls close in 90 minutes...

04/14/2010

The Herald has another story on the growing scandal over Rec Sports creating and funding NatUp:
http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/04/14/natup_spends_around_.php

The Badger Herald is an independent student newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

04/14/2010

NatUp is now claiming that Rec Sports will disregard the results and go to the Regents as if the referendum passed even if 15% of students don't vote. This is student democracy?
http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/natatorium-vote-elicits-strong-campus-reactions-1.1341416

UW-Madison students have been actively demonstrating their support or opposition to a referendum that would increase student segregated fees to extensively expand the Natatorium with a $60 million renovation.The ...

04/14/2010

We've got one more day of Get Out the Vote work. Meet us at 11 AM on Library Mall to help. Then, join us at 5 PM at Memorial Union (Inn Wisconsin) for the victory party!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115468465131904&ref=mf

04/13/2010

We heard from a lot of you today while we were getting out the vote in
Library Mall. Thanks for your support! If you haven't voted yet, now's
the time. Voting closes Wed at 5pm. Tell all your friends.

04/13/2010

Badger Herald's Sam Clegg (http://badgerherald.com/oped/2010/04/13/matching_outfits_and.php):
"Segregated fees, the aspiring politica continued, are not tuition. But sometimes all rectangles really are squares, and gloss is just plain bu****it. Every student pays segregated fees, and those fees have doubled in five years. It is a straightforward lie to parry serious concerns by differentiating between two sums of money, both of which you pay to attend college."

The Badger Herald is an independent student newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

04/13/2010

WKOW did a story on the 6 PM news tonight about the seg fee increase referendum. Check it out:
http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12294973
Make sure to click on the video on the upper left hand corner of the page.

UW students will be asked to vote this week on raising fees to pay for an expansion to the Natatorium, one of the student gyms on campus.