Cunningham Hall on the west side of campus was briefly evacuated following a report of smelling smoke.
About 50 people were evacuated, and after fire crews gave the go-ahead, students and staff members were allowed to re-enter.
Source: TMJ 4 News
Tyler Draheim and the Students United for Change party narrowly defeated Scott Dettman and the Achieving Student Action through Progress party in the Student Association presidential election according to unofficial numbers released early Sat. evening.
The unofficial vote tally released Saturday afternoon had 651 votes for SUFC and 536 for ASAP.
ASAP was forced to run a write-in campaign after being removed from the ballot due to campaigning violations. They are still contesting many of those violations and appeals to the student court are still pending.
A press conference addressing the flaws in the current Student Association election will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 10 a.m. in room 340 of the Union.
Twenty-six members of Achieving Student Action through Progress (ASAP) were recently taken off of the election ballot as the political group accrued too many violation points leading up to the vote.
The move left only Students United For Change members on the ballot.
Members of several student organizations will release statements asking whichever party emerges from the election to rewrite vague SA bylaws in the name of fairness and independence.
Recently elected Ald. Nik Kovac is also tenatively scheduled to attend and make a short statement.
Students are encouraged to attend the conference.
UPDATE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage
The political party ASAP, running in the upcoming student elections, has been removed from the ballot as a result of being assessed additional points stemming from a complaint on Monday.
ASAP had accrued 450 points, with 500 points constituting a removal from the ballot. Wednesday is the final day of campaigning before the Thursday and Friday elections.
More details are forthcoming.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dave Umhoefer won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on an investigation of pension deals for county workers.
Umhoefer, 47, won the prestigious award for local reporting, and is the first Journal Sentinel staff member to win a Pulitzer Prize.
He spent four months researching the intricate story, and two more writing it.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that Patrick Flaherty will not seek a recount.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be hosting a campus master plan launch event this Friday, April 4 at 9 a.m. in the Wisconsin room of the Union.
Chancellor Carlos Santiago and several key administrators will be on hand for the event, which is free and open to the public.
The event is scheduled to provide the campus community with an overview of the plan and allow students and faculty members the chance to engage in the developmental process.
The plan is the first of its kind for UWM in over 35 years.
Nik Kovac claimed an extremely narrow victory over fellow candidate Patrick Flaherty, filling the 3rd district slot vacated by incumbent Michael D’Amato.
According to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report, Kovac won by a mere 71 votes, receiving 4,292 while Flaherty fell just short with 4,221 votes.
JS Online reported that Flaherty is still pondering a recount.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has 3rd District Aldermanic candidate Nik Kovac leading Patrick Flaherty by a mere 71 votes late Tuesday night.
The unofficial tally has Kovac receiving 4,292 votes, with Flaherty right behind at 4,221. More details will be forthcoming in the morning, as the race appears to be coming down to every last vote.
The results for Wards 39 and 40 (Sandburg Hall wards) are as follows.
Ward 39
3rd District Alderman
Patrick Flaherty – 67
Nik Kovac – 193
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Mike Gableman – 89
Louis Butler – 129
Milwaukee County Executive
Scott Walker – 111
Lena Taylor – 110
Mayor
Tom Barrett – 167
Andrew Shaw – 51
State Referendum – “Partial Veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?”
Yes – 114
No – 96
Ward 40
3rd District Alderman
Patrick Flaherty – 266
Nik Kovac – 218
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Mike Gableman – 99
Louis Butler – 367
Milwaukee County Executive
Scott Walker – 140
Lena Taylor – 337
Mayor
Tom Barrett – 374
Andrew Shaw – 82
State Referendum – “Partial Veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?”
Yes – 305
No – 331