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Members of First Wave were among many spoken word and hip-hop performers during this year’s “Passing the Mic” event, which included a tribute to John “Vietnam” Nguyen.
Showcase pays tribute to former UW student Event dedicated to student who drowned in August The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives and First Wave dedicated their eighth-annual “Passing the Mic” showcase to the late First Wave performer John “Vietnam” Nguyen, who drowned in Lake Mendota in August. The showcase, which the Office of the Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity also sponsored in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival, featured spoken word and music performances by First Wave,
high school spoken-word artists from around the Midwest and guest performances. The event included a special tribute to Nguyen, a short film to open the program entitled “A Day in the Life” that had been his application to the First Wave program and featured a break-dancing, poetryslamming Nguyen. Members of Kuumba Lynx, a Chicago-area spoken word troupe Nguyen participated in during high school, attended the event. Tanya Smith, a high school senior in Kuumba Lynx, said she expects to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison next fall as a First Wave scholar. Smith and Nguyen were teammates
when their team won a national poetry slam competition in California. “The dude was the essence of hip hop,” Smith said. “He never slept. He was always working on his music … You truly have to love something to put that much work into it.” Smith expressed uncertainty about whether she still wants to attend UW-Madison in the wake of Nguyen’s death. Having visited Madison for previous “Passing the Mic” events, Smith said the feeling was different now without Nguyen. “Coming here, it’s right in your face,” she said. “I do want to go here, though, to continue his legacy.” —Aarushi Agni
The Badger Herald will discontinue printing Friday issues of its newspaper beginning this week. According to Herald Editorin-Chief Ryan Rainey, keeping papers off the stands one day a week gives the Herald an opportunity to focus on online and mobile content as area newspapers are transitioning to a more digital platform. Rainey cited changes in advertiser behavior as well as a decline in print readership, particularly on Fridays since many students avoid scheduling classes that day, as factors in the decision. He said the Herald’s financial situation is fine, but printed editions on Friday were not making any money. Fridays are generally slow
news days in which the paper may need to use Associated Press or filler stories to fill its pages, according to Rainey. “Sometimes the quality of print issue itself ends up going down because you’re trying to fill that news hole,” he said. Additionally, Rainey said the Herald hopes to set a precedent for the way independent student newspapers that receive no university funding respond to a changing media environment, which sees increasing web innovation in both content and advertising. “I think that it makes us more competitive as not just as a college newspaper but as a newspaper in the Madison area,” he said. —Meghan Chua
City Council to vote on 2013 budget Madison’s city Council will deliberate and vote on Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed operating and capital budgets for 2013, including a set of amendments packaged together, during three upcoming meetings this week. The bundled amendment package would make changes to the operating and capital budget, including restoring $900,000 to the Overture Center for the Arts
and eliminating an increase in bus fares the mayor’s budget proposes. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said if the bus fare were to increase, the price of student bus passes would most likely increase in about a year when the existing contracts between the university, Metro Transit and UW Transportation Services expire.
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Youth vote proves elusive for Republicans By Jenna Bushnell The Daily Cardinal
Tuesday night’s election results were a ringing reminder for the Republican Party that it has had a difficult time finding an appealing message for young voters since the late 1980s, as exit polls showed President Barack Obama won the 18-to-29year-old demographic. In the Nov. 6 election, Obama beat challenger Mitt Romney 60 to 37 percent among the age group,
according to CNN exit polls. Democrats have won the youth vote in the last six presidential elections, and the last Republican to win that group’s vote was George H.W. Bush in 1988. There was wishful thinking among Republicans that a slow economic recovery would persuade the young electorate to vote for Romney. At a minimum, the party hoped limited job growth would keep young voters at home on Election Day,
but neither of those aspirations was realized. “We were expecting Romney to win it,” said Ryan Hughes, spokesperson of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College Republicans. “I think we needed a little more time to push the message forward and he would’ve won it.” While Republicans hoped the economy would be their
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Students participate in a musical play celebrating Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, at an event put on by the Indian Graduate Students’ Association. + Photo by Shoaib Altaf
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