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State-by-state outcomes*
Democrats Clinton
Arizona Arkansas California Mass.
New York New Jersey Oklahoma Tennessee
Obama
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Chair of Students for Hillary Pasha Sternberg, center, and other supporters pf U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., watch election results.
Republicans McCain
Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Illinois
Missouri New Jersey New York Oklahoma
Romney
Alabama Illinois Alaska Kansas Colorado Minnesota Connecticut Missouri Delaware North Dakota Georgia Utah Idaho
Montana Alaska Colorado North Dakota Utah Mass. Minnesota
Huckabee
Alabama Tennessee Arkansas West Virginia Georgia
*results according to latest CNN projections
‘Super Tuesday’ leaves race wide open Clinton, Obama split large states, McCain fails to knock out Romney or Huckabee By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL
Following the end of “Super Tuesday,” Wisconsin’s primary remains an important battleground for Democrats and Republicans. U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, DIll., each won several large victories Tuesday, according to early polls.
Both won their home states, each receiving large amounts of delegates. U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., won in several large states including New York and New Jersey. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won several states in the South, including Georgia and Alabama. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney won in his home state and
Utah, along with several Western states. Gov. Jim Doyle campaigned for Obama in Kansas Monday and watched results with supporters in the Brocach bar in Madison Tuesday night. Doyle said the Feb 19 Wisconsin primary would be one of the most important contests in the race for
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the Democratic nomination so far. “Wisconsin is going to be a very crucial state,” Doyle said. The governor said he would campaign for Obama in Green Bay Wednesday and that Obama would visit the state multiple times before the primary. Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, along with other supporters of Clinton,
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A state lawmaker Tuesday proposed a solution to a lawsuit between UW-Madison and Washburn University involving the trademark “Motion W” logo. “We are convinced that an amicable settlement is in the best interests of both the UW and Washburn.” Cindy Van Matre trademark liscensing director UW-Madison
State Rep. Jeff Stone, RGreendale, issued a statement Tuesday saying the two logos are different, one being red and the other blue. Michael Pyritz, legislative aide to Stone, said the “tongue in cheek” release called for the UW System Board of Regents to drop the lawsuit filed in early December against Washburn University, located in
Topeka, Kan. Stone is an alumnus of Washburn University. “While we are confident in the merits of our legal position and the necessity of filing the complaint, we are convinced that an amicable settlement is in the best interests of both the UW and Washburn,” Cindy Van Matre, UW-Madison’s trademark licensing director, said in an e-mail. According to Van Matre, UWMadison owns its trademarked logo outright. “We remain hopeful that Washburn will decide to adopt a mark for its athletic programs which is not based upon, and extremely similar to, the UW’s cherished ‘Motion W’ mark,” Van Matre said, adding Washburn should choose a symbol which reflects its own “unique Ichabods mascot.” Pyritz said the money being invested in the legal dispute could be put to better use. He said the legal fees spent on the lawsuit could instead be put toward the increase in salaries asked for by the UW
System Board of Regents. David Giroux, UW System spokesperson, said the legal fees the lawsuit is costing the UW cannot compare to the monetary value the trademark “Motion W” brings to the university in revenues each year. According to the UW Athletic website, the university has used the “Motion W” since 1990. The university bought the rights to the logo following Athletic Director Barry Alvarez’s appointment to head football coach. “We remain hopeful that Washburn will decide to adopt a mark for its athletic programs which is not based upon ... the UW’s cherished ‘Motion W’ Cindy Van Matre trademark liscensing director UW-Madison
Alvarez looked at 15 to 20 different designs before he chose the “W,” designed by Rayovac artist Rick Suchanek.
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Condo foreclosure could affect new Willy St. Co-op By Lexie Clinton THE DAILY CARDINAL
By Alyson Maugeri
also watched results in Madison. Lawton said “Super Tuesday” would likely not be decisive and that Wisconsin would soon be put in the “national spotlight.” Student issues would be best represented by Clinton, according to Lawton.
Construction plans for the new downtown Willy Street Coop were put on hold Tuesday with the foreclosure of the condominium complex where the store was set to be located. The co-op signed a lease at The Metropolitan Place Phase II building on Broom and Mifflin streets and planned to open its second natural foods store this summer below the large housing complex. Buckingham Properties LLC and developer Cliff Fisher, however, have faced financial difficulties. They currently owe $26 million in mortgage loan payments, according to a complaint filed Jan. 29 by LaSalle and Associated Banks in the Dane County Circuit Court. As a result, the banks have assumed possession of Metropolitan Place Phase II. The building has also faced difficulties renting its units. Fewer than half of the 164 condo units have been leased. The foreclosure of Metropolitan Place Phase II is
just one of many housing foreclosures nationwide amid the current downturn of the housing market. Morris Davis, a UW-Madison assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics, said in an e-mail that anecdotes suggest condo prices probably have fallen by a larger percentage than single-family homes in the same area. Brendon Smith, director of communications for the Willy Street Co-op, said the co-op has signed a lease but is not legally bound to have the store at Metropolitan Place. He said they are waiting for the defendants to respond to the banks by Feb. 19 before discussing other options. “We’ve put some time and money into work specifically for that site, so we definitively still have an interest in opening a store at the Metropolitan Place,” Smith said. The new store expects to tap into the downtown grocery market and has planned outreach efforts to attract student shoppers.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”