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Police continue searching for alleged killer By Caitlin Gath The Daily Cardinal
The search for Tyrone Adair, the man who allegedly killed his two young children and their mothers, continued over the weekend, and the quadruple homicide became a joint inves-
tigation including the Madison and Middleton police departments and the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office. On Friday the Dane County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Amber Weigel, 25, and Neveah Weigel-Adair, 2, both of Madison, and Tracy Graser, 33, and Deja Adair, 23 months, both of Middleton. According to the coroner’s investigation, Weigel and WeigelAdair were “victims of homicidal firearm attacks” and Graser and Deja Adair were “victims of homicidal attacks that were not related to firearms.” At about 6 p.m. Thursday, Madison police were called to the 6800 block of Park Edge Drive, about five miles southwest of the UW-Madison campus, where Weigel and Weigel-Adair were found fatally shot in a vehicle parked inside their garage. shootings page 3
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UW asks Nike to act on alleged labor violations By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
LGBT rights activists rally to show support Proponents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights rallied at Library Mall and marched to the Capitol to show their support Saturday. Participants in the march said they were supporting four main issues: equal protection in all civil law matters nationwide, overturning Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban, granting national antidiscrimination rights through the 14th Amendment, and a presidential executive order to
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Badger hockey players Matt Thurber (left) and Podge Turnbull autograph a fan’s jersey at the annual ‘Skate with the Badgers’ event at the Kohl Center Sunday evening.
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Activists gathered at Library Mall Saturday before marching to the Capitol to show their support for LGBT rights.
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overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Char Hanson, spokesperson for Unified for Equality and one of the organizers of the rally, said the main purpose of the event was to show government and the community the need for equal rights. “The main purpose is to continue to make noise, to keep reminding Washington, D.C., and those in our state capital that the LGBT community, we still want our equal rights,” she said. “We’re not going to give up. This isn’t just about our
marriage rights, this is about survivor benefits, this is about parenting, this is about adoption. There are so many rights that we’re actually pushing for that we still haven’t gotten.” According to Hanson, President Barack Obama has not done anything significant in terms of LGBT rights despite his campaign promises. She said her main concern is for equal protection for all citizens. “There are 38 states in the U.S. rally page 3
Chancellor Biddy Martin asked Nike, a UW-Madison apparel licensee, last week to begin making progress correcting alleged workers’ rights violations within the next four months. According to a university release, Nike closed two of its factories, Hugger de Honduras and Vision Tex, unexpectedly in January, allegedly firing the workers at the factories with little notice beforehand and refusing to grant them severance pay and back wages. The release said Nike now owes those workers over $2.1 million, about $1,000 per worker on average. Dan Cox, an organizer for UW-Madison’s Student Labor Action Coalition, said although UW-Madison is making steps toward acting on this issue, SLAC generally believes Martin’s actions should have been more assertive. “We’re pretty disappointed,” he said. “Really, the agreement does not specifically make Nike do anything.” Cox also said he thinks the fourmonth time frame is too long and that simply asking for progress to occur is not a strong enough demand. He said he would like to see Martin begin cutting Nike’s contract instead. “They’re a multibillion-dollar company,” he said. “I don’t think
we need to give them four months to show any sort of progress on this issue.” Martin said in the release that she disagrees, stating the company has made major strides toward the correction of their workers’ rights violations. “Nike agrees that the situation constitutes a problem that they have a responsibility to address.” Biddy Martin chancellor UW-Madison
“Nike agrees that the situation constitutes a problem that they have a responsibility to address,” she said in the statement. “They have been open about the range of complexities involved, but have not argued that the complexities absolve them of responsibility to make concerted efforts.” According to the release, Nike generated $49,000 in royalties for UW-Madison in 2008-’09. Nike agreed to a code of conduct regarding its labor practices in its licensing agreement with UW-Madison, the release said.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”