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UW professor to testify in genocide case UW-Madison Professor Scott Straus’ extensive knowledge of genocide and African politics has landed him as an expert witness in the trial of Lazare Kobagaya who is charged with ordering mass murders during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The trial will take place in Kansas, where 84-year-old Kobagaya now resides, marking the first criminal prosecution in the United States to require proof of genocide, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Prosecutors allege Kobagaya illegally obtained United States citizenship by lying on his citizenship application, where he denied participating in the genocide. The U.S. Justice Department alleges Kobagaya directed mass burnings of Tutsi homes and killings of hundreds of Tutsis, in addition to ordering the murder of any Hutu women married to Tutsi men. Prosecutors are bringing in over 20 Rwandans to serve as witnesses for the case. Political Science Associate Professor Straus would not comment on the specifics of the case, but said he expects to testify sometime next week. According to the United Human Rights Council, 800,000 people died in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. If convicted, Kobagaya faces deportation and up to 10 years in prison. —Kayla Johnson
GAB requests to hold recalls in July The Government Accountability Board requested Wednesday to extend the time needed to certify recall signatures due to an unprecedented number of petitions filed against lawmakers in recent weeks. According to Wisconsin state law, the GAB has 31 days to examine and certify a recall petition. The certification deadline for Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, the first senator to have a recall petition filed against him, would be May 2. The dates for the remaining seven senators facing recall elections would soon follow. However, the GAB has never before had to simultaneously review eight recall petitions in addition to the Supreme Court race recount which started Wednesday. The GAB reported their resources were being taxed when they needed to begin the recall certification process. For those reasons, the GAB has proposed a revised schedule which would extend the certification dates to May 31 and hold many of the recall elections July 12. Dane County Circuit Judge John Markson will examine the motion in a hearing Friday.
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Local fashionistas visited Bop Thursday night for an event hosted by College Fashionista, Groupon and BOP cloithing store.
Concealed carry law on the horizon The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin may soon join the list of 33 other states that allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun with a permit. Republicans are moving to introduce a bill that would allow permits to be granted based solely on the person meeting certain criteria laid out by the law. State Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau, is drafting a concealed-carry bill to be introduced within the next couple weeks, according to The Journal Times. “Concealed carry has been pretty high on the GOP agenda for a while,” UW political science professor Charles Franklin said. “The big question is what are the provisions by which you obtain a concealed weapon permit.” Concealed-carry legislation made it through the legislature twice under Gov. Jim Doyle, but he vetoed it both times.
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CBS correspondent, UW alumnus talks future of journalism
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“The bill does not create a single job, help a single Wisconsin citizen, afford health care, or improve schools for a single Wisconsin child,” Doyle said in a 2006 statement addressing his veto of concealed-carry in the Personal Protection Act. “The Legislature should spend more time trying to get jobs into our communities instead of more guns.” “It’s an odd situation with law enforcement and Democrats opposing Republicans on a gun issue,” Franklin said. “The serious side would be law enforcement in the Milwaukee area, but those sorts of concerns don’t seem to matter very much for proponents.” Wisconsin, Illinois and Washington D.C. are the only states to not allow any private citizen to carry a concealed handgun under any circumstances, although Wisconsin does allow open carry.
UW-Madison alumnus and CBS Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield spoke about the state of “the business and the craft” of modern journalism and his hopes for its future Thursday. A 1964 School of Journalism graduate and former editor in chief of The Daily Cardinal, Greenfield drew on his experience as a speechwriter for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his positions as news analyst and commentator with CBS and CNN. “Thanks to technology, we’ve been diverted,” explained Greenfield, saying rather than being limited to a single newspaper or a few news networks, consumers today can seek out what interests them and then view it for free. “There are three thing all news media know you can get money for: sports, sex and finance,” he summed up. Greenfield said the news consumption of this generation and former generations has fulfilled the old adage, “you won’t pay for the cow if the milk is free,” because readers can select the news content they want for free without paying for the rest of a paper. Overcoming this attitude,
“is going to be the challenge of our times,” Greenfield asserted. Greenfield said he sees hope in new forms of online journalism using traditional reporting and the potential for “new, emerging forms of journalism that will attract younger people.” One way to attract this audience, Greenfield said, is addressing the sense of urgency many young people feel facing an uncertain economic future. “Maybe it will help if we tell them, ‘You’re screwed!’” Greenfield suggested. “There’s too many of us getting old and too few who are young and the burden is going to be on you. Are you listening now?” Nonetheless, two School of Journalism students in attendance, Ian McCue and Andria Casey, said Greenfield’s speech was “a little less dire” than many they had heard. “I came here for the extra credit, but I appreciated the speech,” McCue said. “I thought he had a lot of really insightful ideas about where the media is going.” For his part, Greenfield said, “my hope is that there will be good, meaningful journalism … that we’ve survived this revolution in good shape.”
Central Library plans proceed without threatening city finances By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
Mayor Paul Soglin and the Madison Public Library Foundation reached an agreement to keep the Central Library’s construction plans on schedule without jeopardizing the city’s finances. Soglin, who said he agrees the Central Library project is a high pri-
ority, met with the foundation and library officials Tuesday to discuss a new plan that calls for aggressive private fundraising goals. “We have a plan now that allows the city to assess the progress of fundraising in concert with key points of the project and adjust course if needed,” Soglin said in a statement. The Madison Public Library
Foundation agreed to accumulate $8 million in cash and pledges by increasing its private fundraising efforts to meet the project’s financial and construction deadlines. “I have great confidence in the Madison Public Library Foundation and its ability to meet this goal of $8 library page 3
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CBS Political Correspondent and Cardinal alum Jeff Greenfield educates undergrads on the state of journalism today.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”