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Monday, April 30, 2012
The Daily Cardinal celebrates 120 years By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
Courtesy Peter Barreras
Members of the “Shadid Brigade” toast at The Daily Cardinal’s 120th anniversary gala Saturday night at the Orpheum Theater.
One hundred-twenty years of printing a daily newspaper has generated thousands of loyal writers, contributors and editors for The Daily Cardinal. That loyalty showed strong last weekend as nearly 250 alumni returned to their journalistic roots in Madison for the newspaper’s 120th anniversary celebration. Events included a photography exhibit of the Cardinal’s past and present, panelist discussions from Emmy award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Cardinal alumni, a Daily Cardinal office open house and an anniversary gala. Founded in 1892, The Daily Cardinal has seen war, the Great Depression and a shut down in 1995. According to Editor in Chief Kayla Johnson, the weekend helped bond current staff and alumni who have one thing in common: resilience. “The weekend was really
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Shadid’s death reunites former Cardinal colleagues I n the sea of Daily Cardinal alumni who gathered in Madison for the newspaper’s 120th anniversary last weekend, a small group of two dozen, reconnected by hope, comforted each other in a time of tragedy. A group of approximately 50 alumni created the “Shadid Brigade” on Facebook last spring, after their friend, former Cardinal colleague and The New York Times Foreign Correspondent Anthony Shadid was kidnapped in Libya. But tragedy soon struck when Shadid passed away in February from an asthma attack in Syria. During the weekend, alumni introduced an Anthony Shadid scholarship as a fund for his family and a potential future scholarship for students interested in becoming foreign correspondents. The scholarship is spearheaded by the brigade and the
UW-Madison School of Journalism. Brigade Member and Assistant Wisconsin State Journal City Editor Mark Pitsch said the 120th anniversary was the first time any of the members had reunited in person since working at The Daily Cardinal in the late 1980s. “We were holding hands,” he said, reflecting on being with the group as they watched a video tribute to Shadid. “Some of us were crying. We had our arms around each other.” But despite the tragedy, Pitsch said it was “easy” and “comfortable” to reconnect with the friends who he said came to feel like family. “Anthony’s death has sort of brought us back together [and] it’s nice to be able to do that,” he said. —Alex DiTullio
SSFC reps. challenge MCSC funding decision After months of debate, student council made the final ruling to fund the Multicultural Student Coalition. But now, members of the Student Services Finance Committee are asking the Student Judiciary to deem the decision invalid. In their complaint, the representatives said some student council members had “clear biases” in favor of MCSC and took the group’s point of view into account when ruling, violating “viewpoint neutrality.” The complaint alleged ASM Chair Allie Gardner and other student council representatives expressed support for the group’s funding prior to the decision being brought to student council because they are friends with
MCSC members. But Gardner said SSFC representatives are also friends with members of other student groups funded through student fees, and as long as both rule objectively, viewpoint neutrality is upheld. The complaint also said any student council member who ruled that MCSC did not intentionally violate university policy by allegedly sidestepping contracting policies to hire an alumni trainer was either “grossly negligent in considering the evidence” or found the violation unintentional “for the sole purpose of funding the group.” SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart
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MCSC sends ASM apology Members of the Multicultural Student Coalition sent a letter to the Associated Students of Madison, apologizing for profane remarks one member of the group made toward a student council representative at Wednesday’s meeting. One member of the group swore at ASM Rep. Maria Giannopoulos after she asked a question at the meeting.
In the letter, MCSC said members of student council were also disrespectful throughout the eligibility discussion, citing an incident where one representative gave ASM Chair Allie Gardner the middle finger during the session. “This entire process has exposed areas of development in all parties involved, and regardless of the past, MCSC will work hard moving forward to improve in all areas,” the letter said.
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Blue chairs appeared at the Memorial Union Terrace Sunday. The chairs will be sold for $1,000 each to raise funds for the Memorial Union renovation project.
Blue union chairs to raise funds While terrace chairs in their usual colors are a sign of spring, the blue chairs that appeared at Memorial Union yesterday are a sign of ongoing fundraising for renovations to the building. The new “Mendota Blue” terrace chairs are part of a fundraiser to raise money for the union renovation project, which begins this summer. Donors who give $1,000 to the project will receive one of the blue terrace chairs, with incentives for smaller donations as well. The Mendota Blue campaign hopes placing the blue terrace chairs in the public view will pub-
licize the cause. Memorial Union Project Coordinator Jacklyn John said its goal is to raise $500,000 by the end of July, when the novel chairs will leave the terrace. But critics of the renovation project, such as Save the Terrace, say the project could have reduced its need for student segregated fees if it began fundraising when the 2006 referendum approved the project. While Student Council Rep Cale Plamann applauded the campaign’s potential to offset renovation costs, he too said he wished the Mendota Blue Movement began fundraising earlier.
“One of my largest criticisms of them is that they have been shoveling off on students the money that should have been coming from fundraising,” Plamann said. But according to John, fundraising has been going on for years, generating $5 million. Still, John said she understands why people would not be aware of previous fundraising efforts, since they have been private. “I think that’s just misinformation that hopefully we’ll be able to clear up by launching the public campaign,” she said. —Meghan Chua
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”