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Homecoming week kicked off Friday with a number of events on Library Mall as well as a barge building competition and race on Lake Mendota. For a calendar of Homecoming events, see page 3.
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Hundreds gathered on Library Mall this weekend for the Madison chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Law’s 40th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival. The festival began Friday with musical performances at the Frequency and High Noon Saloon, and continued with several events Sunday on Library Mall.
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Sunday’s events included speeches, vendors, informational tables and food booths, as well as musical guests Nama Rupa, Rocket-T and Venice Gashouse Trolley. Later in the afternoon festival attendees marched down State Street to the steps of the capitol to rally for the legalization of marijuana. “The march will let [politicians] know how we feel,” said Charmie
Over 400 people braved the crisp fall weather by Lake Mendota for the Brittany Zimmermann Memorial 5K Run/Walk Saturday to remember the UW-Madison student and raise money for the investigation into her April, 2008, murder. Around 9 a.m. participants lined up in front of the Memorial Union ready to race down Langdon Street and Park Street and compete for prizes given out to the top finishers. UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam said she appreciates the participants for coming out to the event and showing their support. The family of Jordan Gonnering, Zimmermann’s fiancé, were also present at the event, according to Berquam. Zimmermann’s parents, Kevin and Jean Zimmermann congratulated participants as they crossed the finish line. Jean Zimmermann, thanked those who came out for her daughter and the Madison Area Crime Stoppers. In addition to many UW-Madison students, there were members of Madison-area law enforcement agencies at the event, according to Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.
raise money and to celebrate Zimmermann’s life. Half of the money raised through $20 entry fee will go toward a reward fund for information about Zimmermann’s murder. The other half will go towards funding for Madison Area Crime Stoppers. All money raised in future events will go to the Crime Stoppers organization.
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Kevin and Jean Zimmermann, parents of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, congratulated finishers at the run.
Barrett ad sparks ire from Walker campaign By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal
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“We will bring justice to the Zimmermann family,” Wray said. Race participants and UW-Madison students Katie Muratore and Leanne Britton were not in Madison at the time of the murder, but decided to run in support of the cause. “It’s a good cause and a good run,” Britton said. The event was a way to
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s new ad claims his Republican opponent, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, is against stem cell research, an allegation the Walker campaign called “an outright lie.” The ad features Whitefish Bay resident Heidi Fallone, a mother of a young boy with diabetes, talking about the threat of Walker banning stem cell research. “Stem-cell research gives our family hope. Hope for a cure.
That’s why politicians like Scott Walker upset me so much,” Fallone said in the ad. “He would ban stem cell research in Wisconsin. That’s right, ban it.” Walker campaign spokesperson Jill Bader said the ad is false because Walker is not against stem cell research outright. She said Walker is a supporter of adult stem cell research, a field she said is “leaps and bounds” ahead of embryonic stem cell research. “When it comes to stem cell research, [Walker] just doesn’t believe that you need to destroy innocent human embryos to be
able to have any medical advances,” Bader said. Barrett campaign spokesperson Phil Walzack defended the ad’s truthfulness. “The reality is this: Scott Walker opposes embryonic stem cell research, that is stem cell research. He opposes stem cell research,” Walzack said. “There’s no great mystery.” Although Bader said the campaign is not worried about a “brain drain” of stem cell researchers, particularly from UW-Madison, ad page 3
Religion on campus: Being Buddhist at UW-Madison By Kathryn Weenig the daily cardinal
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Hundreds came out to show their support for the legalization of marijuana at Madison’s Harvest Festival this past weekend.
For practicing Buddhists, learning entails more than attending university classes and completing assignments. Laiman Mai, a Buddhist who received her Ph.D. from UW-Madison and has lectured at the UW-Madison Buddhism Study Group during the past 25 years, distinguishes the knowledge of her religion from the knowledge of her degree.
“Buddhist wisdom is very different from getting a Ph.D.,” Mai said. “You have to see things as they are, especially the mind.” Buddhists seek understanding of the mind through the practice of meditation. Mai explains this outcome as humbling and educating. “If you meditate a lot, you will know the pattern of your mind,” Mai said. “When you understand the pattern of your mind, you will not believe yourself that much. You will be less self-righteous and
more objective.” UW research studies have found the benefits of meditation include increased concentration. Kelvin Khor, a UW-Madison junior and chair of the UW-Madison Buddhism Study Group, said meditation helps him focus on his schoolwork and disconnect from its demands. “It really improves my concentration in the aspect that I religion 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.”