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Bernie Sanders rallies thousands at Kohl Center before primary election By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Sen. Bernie Sanders drew a large crowd to his rally Sunday in an effort to garner support before Wisconsin’s primary Tuesday.

In one of his final appeals before Wisconsinites head to the polls, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders spoke before an estimated crowd of 4,400 at the Kohl Center, days before what could be his final stand in his quest for the White House. Sanders’ visit marked the first time a candidate has visited the Kohl Center since 2008, when

then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama rallied supporters on the eve of the Wisconsin primary. Sunday’s event had a different flavor, blending rock concerts with the type of raucous speeches that have become characteristic of Sanders’ campaign. Actresses Shailene Woodley and Rosario Dawson as well as Madison Mayor Paul Soglin were among the dignitaries to introduce Sanders.

The 74-year-old didn’t back down from his attempt to “start a political revolution,” discussing income inequality and student loan debt and challenging what he calls a “corrupt” campaign finance system. “The things that we have thought were extraordinarily radical happened and they happened because people stood up and fought back,”

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UW graduate engineering program loses high ranking after data error By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

The U.S. News and World Report retracted the high national ranking of UW-Madison’s graduate engineering program after finding the school reported incorrect application and acceptance rates. U.S. News Chief Data Strategist Robert Morse said in a Wednesday blog post that the university recently advised that some data used to calculate the program’s ranking in the 2017 Best Graduate Schools was not

correct. The initial data analyzed placed the engineering program at 14th overall. The school said while the originally reported application number for the program was 9,338, the correct number was 6,172, according to Morse’s post. Morse said the school also reported its acceptance number as 833, but the actual acceptance number was 1,154. Additionally, the school claimed an 8.9 percent acceptance rate for Fall 2015 master’s and doctoral program applicants, but

the correct rate was 18.7 percent. These discrepancies, Morse said, caused the program to seem more selective and therefore be ranked higher than it would have been using the correct data. After the error was confirmed, U.S. News gave the engineering program an “Unranked” status, which Morse said will last until the next publication of Best Engineering Schools rankings and until the university can con-

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Historic home to be renovated for CALS student services By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison College of Agricultural & Life Sciences announced a renovation project that would turn the historic dean’s residence near Allen Centennial Gardens into a meeting space for the school’s students and faculty. In partnership with the university’s fundraising campaign All Ways Forward, CALS will use roughly $2 million to refurbish the building into a home for the school’s “signature student experiences,” according to the initiative’s website. More than 72 percent of CALS

students take part in three or more of these beyond-classroom experiences, the website says, which include joining an affiliated student organization, studying abroad, working on grant-funded research or having an internship. The college currently does not have a designated meeting space for its more than 20 student groups, according to the website. There are also limited spaces for services like alumni mentoring activities, international study programs and corporate recruiter interviews. Donors can claim naming rights to areas within the build-

ing, with amounts ranging from $25,000 for front-door entrances to $5 million for naming the building as a whole, according to a press release. Additional monetary gifts to the house will be used for furnishing and upkeep, as well as supporting the student activities inside. The house was built in 1896 as a private residence for then-Dean of Agriculture William Henry, and in the years since it has been home to the four deans and their families following Henry. Today, the interior still resembles the Queen Anne Gothic home constructed in the 19th century.

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Wunk Sheek helped display Native American culture throughout its 47th annual powwow over the weekend.

47th annual spring powwow draws more than 8,000 people By Peter Coutu THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Alliant Energy Center hosted the 47th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow over the weekend to celebrate Native American culture and help connect the UW-Madison community with Wisconsin’s 11 Native American tribes. UW-Madison student organi-

zation Wunk Sheek organized the powwow, which was free to the public. More than 8,000 people attended the event, and more than 50 Native nations across the United States were represented. University Housing provided free transportation to the event, which was originally a concern when

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Sexual assault reportedly occurred early Sunday morning in fraternity house on Langdon Street A sexual assault occurred early Sunday morning between 12:45 a.m and 1:30 a.m. in a fraternity house on Langdon Street, according to a campus-wide UW-Madison crime warning. A third party reported the sexual assault to the UW-Madison

Police Department, and no further details have been released. This is the third sexual assault crime warning of the semester. Around 3 p.m. Sunday, the UW-Madison student organization “We’re Better Than That” Men Against Sexual Assault said

in a video that they, along with leaders from Greek life, were taking a stand against sexual assault at UW-Madison. The video said more than 25 percent of female undergraduate students at UW-Madison reported being sexually assault-

ed, and that these assaults disproportionately occurred at Greek life events. UW-Madison students in the video stressed the need to open a dialogue to change the culture of Greek life to reduce sexual violence. “We should actually be blam-

ing the culture that young men grow up in, to where they know they won’t be questioned about the issues of sexual assault,” UW-Madison senior and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Kenneth Cole said in the video. —Peter Coutu

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”


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