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Man loses to tiger in tug-of-war bout By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal
A Baraboo man is in good condition at UW Hospital after a Siberian tiger bit him at the Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational Center Friday. Volunteer John Meeker had been watering Kahn, a 7-year-old Siberian tiger, at the rescue facility in Rock Springs. According to the center’s cofounder, Jeff Kozlowski, Meeker was wearing a baggy sweatshirt, which the 500-pound tiger grabbed hold of along with Meeker’s arm through the fenced enclosure. “The tiger was playing tug-of-
war,” Kozlowski said. Volunteers were able to get the 38-year-old Meeker away from the tiger and began first aid until responders from Rock Springs arrived, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Meeker was then flown to UW-Hospital by helicopter and underwent surgery to close the wound. Kozlowski said none of Meeker’s major arteries were hit and he had feeling in all of his fingers. Kozlowski described the incident as a “freak accident.” Meeker’s wife, who was present at the time of the incident, told Kozlowski the
tiger was not growling. The tiger will stay at the center and is not considered a threat to workers or guests. The non-profit rescue facility works to rescue abused, abandoned or unwanted big cats, Kozlowski said. The center is open to the public and allows people to see the animals at the facility. Kozlowski said Meeker had been working as a volunteer at the rescue facility for a while and is excited to return. “He said he cannot wait to come back and be with the cats again,” Kozlowski said.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Feingold and Johnson face off in final debate By Ariel Shapiro
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U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, and his Republican challenger, Oshkosh manufacturer Ron Johnson, found little to agree on in their contentious third and final debate at Marquette Law School in Milwaukee Friday. Johnson criticized Feingold’s vote for the stimulus package and his disconnect from the business world. “The premise of that is … the government can create long-term selfsustaining jobs, and that’s just wrong,” Johnson said. Feingold attacked what he called Johnson’s lack of specific plans and his avoiding the questions. Johnson noted that over Feingold’s 18-year Senate career, however, the deficit has gone from $4 trillion to $14 trillion, referencing his most recent television ad. “Everybody knows that when Bill Clinton was president we worked together, we completely balanced the budget. I took very tough votes,” Feingold shot back. “And then I stood up to the deficit spending of the Bush administration. Your ad is absolutely dishonest, Ron.” The two also disagreed on the recent decision by a federal judge to
overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Feingold said he supported a fully integrated military, while Johnson said he disagreed with the judge’s injunction and that the military needs more information on the effects of removing the policy before overturning it. “That’s what the American people, that’s what Wisconsin voters dislike, when one federal judge replaces democracy,” Johnson said. “I think we should get the input from the people who actually serve.” When it comes to the conflict in Afghanistan, Johnson said there should be no limit on the military’s presence there so long as Afghanistan acts as a haven for terrorists. “We better get ready to invade just about every country in the world then,” Feingold said in response, arguing that Al-Qaeda is an international problem that cannot be solved with the invasion of just one country. In their final statements, the two candidates presented very different offers to Wisconsin voters. Johnson said he could bring a fresh, business world discipline to Washington to fix the deficit. Feingold emphasized his experience and reputation for fiscal responsibility.
Professor awarded for diversity involvement UW-Madison Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Damon Williams was awarded the W.E.B. DuBois Community Advocacy Award. The award is given annually by the Madison branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to a citizen who works to foster equality and is named for the civil rights activist who helped
found the organization in 1909. “Dr. Williams has assumed the mantle of working toward diversity in higher education at the state’s flagship university campus with unflinching commitment,” Madison NAACP President Linda Hoskins said in a statement. “We’re proud to present him with this recognition of his work to date and the goals he has set for him-
self, the university as an international institution and the entire state of Wisconsin,” she said. Williams works on diversity projects at UW-Madison including Posse, the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, the Center for Educational Opportunity and the Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).
Chancellor Martin holds first student panel to gain insight UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin met with the Chancellor’s Panel of Student Leaders for the first time Oct. 20 to hear the concerns of 20 students. According to a statement, the panel consists of leaders from student organizations, student government and other individual leaders selected by university officials.
Positions were offered through the ASM Shared Governance Committee, the Wisconsin Union, UW-Madison Housing and the College Dean’s Office. The group allows university leaders to communicate with students directly to discover what concerns they see on campus. Input from the students will be
considered in university government decisions. Panel members also have the ability to suggest initiatives or other ideas to Martin. Provost Paul DeLuca and other university vice chancellors will help with the committee, and Dean of Students Lori Berquam will fill in for Martin if she is absent.
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Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson squared off in their third debate Friday, the last time they will meet before the Nov. 2 election.
Architects narrow library designs to four Architects working on the renovation of Madison’s Central Library have narrowed the number of concepts from seven to four, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Architects from Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, of Minneapolis, and Potter Lawson, of Madison, are working on the design for the new library. The architects presented seven plans at a schematic design meeting earlier this month. The design team
then used the feedback from the public meeting to narrow it down to four design concepts. All of the four options conserve the Aaron Bohrod mural currently located in the children’s section. The project is currently budgeted a $29.5 million with $8 million of coming from private funding. The four designs will be presented for public input at an informational meeting Wednesday.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”