Group against gym project objects to $31,000 campaign

UW-Madisonâ??s recreational sports department spent about $31,000 to lobby for a $60 million state-of-the-art gym expansion, according to a student group opposing the project. If students vote for the Natatorium renovation and expansion this week, the plan is that they would pay $54 more per semester for the next 30 years, beginning in 2013. But UW-Madison officials said they spent the money to inform students about the campaign, not necessarily to advocate a “yes” vote for the project.