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Weekend, May 4-6, 2012

Police concerned with theft in warm weather

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About 15 students gathered around a table at der Rathskeller to hear Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett talk about his campaign and his strategy against Gov. Scott Walker.

Given the trend of burglaries increasing at the end of the academic year, police in Madison’s southern district are reaching out to residents in student-heavy areas, telling them to take extra precautions against theft. While the number of burglaries happening now is low, South District Captain of Police Joe Balles said students should remain vigilant as the weather warms up and finals begin. Robberies spiked with the heat in March, to as many as six within a couple days, according to Balles, and the end of the semester also triggers more burglary attempts. “When finals start,” Balles said, “[burglars] are just… watching for [students] to move out.” Though burglaries were down from 2010 to 2011 in the south district, which includes student neighborhoods south of Regent

Street, they became concentrated more heavily near Orchard and Mound Streets. According to Balles, this a result of criminals preying on vulnerable students, who he said are “easy pickings” to robbers. Most thefts are nonviolent and happen during the day, according to police. Burglars often ring the doorbell to see if residents are home and break in through windows or back doors if no one answers. In addition to standard precautions, the Madison Police Department recommends protecting against burglary by making it appear like someone is home. Increased lighting around the house can deter some criminals, authorities said, and if students leave town, they should ask someone to retrieve their mail and bring the trash out. — Susan Endres

Barrett talks recall at on-campus meeting By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal

While the drive to recall Gov. Scott Walker has been a highprofile affair, leading Democratic candidate Tom Barrett sat down at der Rathskeller Thursday for a more intimate conversation with a group of students. Barrett faces three competitors in the May 8 Democratic primary, but said Thursday he is not concerned about them. “I’m focusing on Scott Walker and Scott Walker alone,” the Milwaukee mayor said. A Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday has Barrett easily beating former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, and Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette in the primary. The poll also shows Barrett and Walker tied in a head-to-

head contest. Walker defeated Barrett when they faced off in the 2010 gubernatorial race. Barrett told the group of about 15 students at the event hosted by College Democrats the recall election will be a referendum on Walker because people are not satisfied with the governor’s performance. “Are the people of this state satisfied with having a governor who has had the worst job record of any other governor in the country?” Barrett asked. “I know the answer to that is no.” He also criticized Walker for the “ideological war that has been going on” in Wisconsin since he took office and said people don’t feel comfortable about how much out-of-state money Walker has raised, compared to the individual, in-state donors Barrett said have contributed to his campaign.

“It was great to have him,” said College Democrats of UW-Madison Chair Chris Hoffman. “We tried to get all the candidates on campus to meet students before the primary so they could see all of their options for the primary.” While College Democrats cannot endorse a candidate until the primary because of its affiliation with the Democratic Party, another liberal group on campus, Young Progressives, has endorsed Falk in the primary. “We chose to endorse Kathleen Falk because we think her values most closely match up with our own,” Young Progressives’ Chair Sam Gehler said. “She took a situation much like Scott Walker was handed in 2010 and she managed to balance a budget while receiving her union contracts.”

Woman arrested for fourth drunk-driving offense Madison police arrested a woman on East Washington Avenue early Thursday morning for her fourth offense of driving while intoxicated. An officer stopped Christina Philbrick, 31, at 12:08 a.m. after witnessing her SUV run into

the median curb and also cause another driver to swerve suddenly to avoid a collision. According to the police report, Philbrick had a 0.239 blood alcohol level when she was tested at the Dane County Jail. Her last conviction for drunk

driving was in 2008. DeSpain said alcohol has not been the only problem on Madison’s roads. “We’ve seen people who are under the influence of heroin and driving,” he said. “[It] is a trend that is kind of concerning.”

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Transportation Services Director Patrick Kass said Thursday campus bus services need to take a 10-percent cut.

Cuts to campus buses met with opposition at forum By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Students and other members of the UW-Madison community told officials Thursday they have concerns with proposed cuts to the campus bus services. UW Transportation Services Director Patrick Kass said Transportation Services is currently operating in a deficit and needs to cut about 10 percent of the bus services to help balance its budget. Proposed cuts could include combining services on routes 80 and 85 or eliminating half

of the route 81 trips while also eliminating half of the route 85 trips after 10 a.m. The changes would mean longer wait times for campus busses and increased loads of people on busses. Gene Devitt, a landlord in the Mansion Hill district, said he feared cutting busses could make campus less safe and could make it more difficult for individuals with disabilities to get around on campus. “I don’t think we realize that

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