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Thursday, September 16, 2010
UW property crime down, violent crime up
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By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal
Crime rates in Madison reached a 36-year low in 2009, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report. In the report, Police Chief Susan Riseling said the overall reduction in 2009 came from a decrease in property crimes but said that violent crime has increased from eight to 13 incidents since 2008. According to the report, the overall reduction is a result of programs, Community Policing and the collaborative efforts of students, staff and UW-Madison
police department. Campus programs including Badger Watch, Bait Bike and Community Area Patrols are a few methods frequently used to prevent criminal activity on campus. The report added that patrollers and security officers routinely walk through university buildings, meeting with both staff and students in an effort to ensure their safety and security. UW-Madison police staff members were presented with ribbons in recognition of the role that their hard work and dedication played in 2009’s 36-year low.
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The Wisconsin Student Initiative hosted the Orchard Street Block Party at the new Union South Wednesday afternoon. Over the next few months, Union South will unveil a different feature each 15th.
Rep. Colón appointed as judge By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
State Rep. Pedro Colón, D-Milwaukee, was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle Wednesday to the Milwaukee C o u n t y Circuit Court to replace Judge Patricia McMahon. “I look forward to conCOLÓN tinuing in my role as a public servant and to make sure that all the citizens of the County of Milwaukee get a fair hearing while I preside over Branch 18,” Colón said in a statement by the governor.
Colón, a UW-Madison Law School alumnus who has had a private practice since 1994, is not running for re-election after six terms in the State Legislature. His term as judge will begin September 20 and continue through July 31, 2011, according to the statement. “Pedro Colón is a dedicated public servant that will serve the people of Milwaukee County well on the bench,” Doyle said. However, state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, is less than confident in Colón’s capacity to serve as judge. “Based on Colón’s votes in the Assembly, I fear that his service on the bench could greatly harm public safety,” Nass said in a statement.
Colón serves as vice chair of the Joint Finance Committee and as chairperson of the Wisconsin Migrant Labor Council.
“Based on Colón’s votes in the Assembly, I fear that his service on the bench could greatly harm public safety.” Steve Nass state representative R-Whitewater
Nass said Colón is too sympathetic to illegal immigrants, and has “a proven lack of decency and compassion.” Doyle, however, said Colón “will work really hard to uphold fairness and justice in Milwaukee.”
Noted NBC news anchor, Cardinal alum dies By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
Edwin Newman, distinguished UW-Madison alumnus, witty NBC anchor and former Daily Cardinal reporter, died of pneumonia at the age of 91 in Oxford, England. Newman died Aug. 13 but his death was not made public until Wednesday. Newman was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 25, 1919 and graduated from UW-Madison in 1940 with a degree in political science. He served in the Navy in World War II and started his career in radio during that time.
Newman received a Distinguished Service Award from UW-Madison in 1967 for his work in post-war journalism. Newman worked at NBC for more than 30 years as an anchor, critic and correspondent. UW-Madison journalism professor James Baughman said Newman was a crucial player in NBC’s ability to challenge CBS and emerge as a popular news channel in the 1950s. “Newman was one the reasons [NBC] were able to do that, because he was very good, very solid, very witty,” said Baughman. “He didn’t take himself too seri-
ously. He had a sense of irony about him.” Newman covered such historical events as the shootings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy. He was best known as an anchor on the “Today” show in the 1960s. “My colleagues and I, we grew up watching him,” said Baughman. “He was funny in a very droll way.” With his bushy eyebrows and balding head, Newman did not newman page 3
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Students to build intergalactic habitat By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal
Twelve University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students will be constructing an intergalactic inflatable habitat for astronauts this year for a course offered by the Engineering Department. The students won a proposal to participate in a contest with National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Space Foundation to build the habitat. The contest will be held in June 2011 in Houston, and participants for the contest include the University of Maryland and University of Oklahoma. The contest calls for students to construct a soft shell structure that future NASA crew members can use on their expeditions. UW-Madison senior Nathan
Wong, who will be participating in the project, found the contest online this summer and was soon working on the proposal.
“Space is my passion. I was lucky enough to find other students who were passionate to work on this project with me.” Nathan Wong student UW-Madison
“I’m very, very excited for the project,” Wong said. “Space is my passion. I was lucky enough to find other students who were passionate to work on this project with me.” The project will be planned nasa page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”