GENETICS & HEART HEALTH New scientific research suggests that genes in the Y chromosome may play a significant role in determining one’s chances for heart disease.
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Letter to the Editor The debate on affirmative action continues with a response to last week’s article on the topic.
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Ward told Alvarez to stay out of Chadima assault investigation By Alison Bauter and Mallory Ramp The Daily Cardinal
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The Government Accountability Board and Director Kevin Kennedy met to discuss the next steps in the recall process.
State Senate recall elections confirmed Officials waiting for review of Walker petitions to set election dates By Kendalyn Thoma The Daily Cardinal
State election officials confirmed Monday there are enough valid signatures to prompt a recall election of four state senators, but did not officially announce when the elections would be held. The G ove r n m e n t Accountability Board verified enough signatures to force recall elections for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Sens. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau, Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls, and Van Wanggaard, R-Racine. But the Board said election dates would not be officially announced until the signatures calling for a recall election of Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch are fully reviewed and confirmed. GAB Director and General Counsel Kevin Kennedy said the board is trying to hold all of the elections at the same time to cut down on expenses. Pending a request for more time to review petitions filed against Walker and Kleefisch, it seems likely a general election could be held as soon as
May 8. If primary elections are needed, however, the general election would be moved to June 5, one day after Memorial Day, and the primaries would be May 8. State Democrats have been urging the GAB to declare the elections as soon as possible, since incumbents may raise unlimited funds before an election is officially declared, while challengers must comply with normal donation limits. Conversely, Republicans have asked the board to thoroughly review the signatures to disqualify invalid signatures. UW-Madison Political Science Professor Barry Burden said that another reason Republicans would like to see the elections later is they are hoping the economy will improve, and with it public perception of Republicans in power. “They want to get away from the bad economic news from the last six months or so and get further away from the protests and division of last year,” Burden said. “Whereas Democrats want to build on the momentum they have right now.” Also, the board reported Monday that 930,000 signatures were submitted against Walker, contrary to the 1 million signatures recall organizers said they gathered. That number is still well over the 540,208 valid signatures needed to force a recall election.
When UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward learned that a senior athletic department official allegedly sexually assaulted a student, he called Athletic Director Barry Alvarez within hours with a message: Do not “interfere.” A file released by the committee charged with investigating the claims details Ward’s message to Alvarez. It also includes hour-by-hour details of what transpired after former senior
associate athletic director John Chadima allegedly made inappropriate contact with a student employee earlier this year. Additionally, investigators submitted the final report on two subsequent allegations of misconduct by Chadima to the chancellor Monday. In the file describing the initial incident, which allegedly occurred following a Dec. 30 Rose Bowl party in Pasadena, university officials and campus police first briefed Ward around 10:05 a.m., Jan. 6. At approximately 11 a.m., the
chancellor called Alvarez, who had worked closely with Chadima for years, saying, “UW will assume responsibility in investigating the matter and … Athletics should not lead, run a parallel or interfere with the investigation.” The chancellor then told Alvarez to put Chadima on unpaid leave, and stipulated that the associate athletic director should not be on campus or have contact with the alleged victim. After being placed on leave, Chadima resigned that same day.
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Judge permanently halts voter ID law By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
A judge’s ruling Monday permanently suspended implementation of Wisconsin’s controversial law requiring voters to provide a valid form of identification before receiving a ballot. Last week, another Dane County judge issued a temporary ban on the law. Monday’s ruling, however, is significant
because it permanently suspends any implementation of the voter identification requirements. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess said in a written decision Monday the photo ID requirements supported by state Republicans are unconstitutional because they undermine the fundamental right of the people to vote. “Act 23 goes beyond mere
regulation of elections. Its photo ID requirements impermissibly eliminate the right of suffrage altogether for certain constitutionally qualified electors,” Niess wrote. “As just one example, an individual who has incontrovertible and even undisputed proof at the polls that he/she is a qualified elector
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Police responded to a call from a home on the 200 block of Langdon Street Sunday. A fight between two men who knew each other resulted in one of the men stabbing the other.
Police identify two suspects in stabbing on Langdon Madison police identified two suspects, one of whom is a UW-Madison student, whose fight with each other resulted in one man stabbing the other with a knife. The Madison Police Department received a call Sunday at 5:22 p.m. and responded to a Brian House apartment complex at 201 Langdon St. At
6:30 p.m., six police cars were at the scene, and the apartment’s backyard was taped off. Police said the two men argued inside one of the men’s apartment, which led to one of the suspects stabbing the other man, who is a UW-Madison student. The other suspect was also injured during the fight. Both of the suspects were
treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain. DeSpain said the neighborhood is not in danger because this was an isolated incident, and the fight occurred between people who know each other. There have been no arrests, according to DeSpain.
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