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Stem-cell pioneer to help lead UW research institute By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL
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James Thomson announces Monday he will become a director at the new Morgridge Institute for Research.
UW-Madison biologist James Thomson is the first scientist to join the leadership of the new Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, nonprofit half of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, project officials announced Monday. Thomson will become the director of regenerative biology and a principal scientist at MIR while maintaining his faculty appointment as an anatomy professor. “As the unequivocal leader in his field, Dr.
Thomson’s commitment and contributions will be crucial to establishing our new institute as a world-class research organization,” said Carl Gulbrandsen, chair of MIR’s Board of Trustees and managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Thomson became the first person to isolate and culture human embryonic stem cells in 1998, generating political and ethical debate worldwide. In November 2007, Thomson’s UW-Madison lab again published breakthrough research, this time genetically reprogramming skin cells to act like embry-
onic stem cells. “A great deal has happened in the last 10 years in my life,” Thomson said. “Ten years ago, I derived human embryonic stem cells, and I physically did it with my own hands. Over the last 10 years, I’ve built up a group of other talented, young scientists.” Thomson said working with a group was important to “accomplish tasks that no single individual can do” and that further collaboration of multidisciplinary fields was needed thomson page 3
Day-long event focuses on goals for new union By Lara Sokolowski THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Wisconsin Union Initiative held a day-long conference in Memorial Union Monday, updating students, faculty and the Madison community on its rebuilding of Union South and preservation of Memorial Union. John Barnhardt, UW-Madison student and president of the Wisconsin Union, and Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, emphasized the need for involvement in the project. “Today kicks off our coordinated effort of getting everyone involved—there are definitely ample opportunities,” Barnhardt said. According to Guthier, the fundamental goal of the initiative is to advance the Union’s vision of being “the heart and soul” of UW-Madison, allowing people to communicate and build relationships across all social boundaries. Planning principles for the project include making Union South a student-focused “people magnet” with “timeless and enduring” architecture. Plans also include reusing material from old Union South to create a “Green,” eco-friendly building that is complementary in importance to Memorial Union, Guthier said. “We want two main Unions in and of their own right,” Guthier said. “There will be reasons to go to each—each will have things that the other doesn’t have.” According to Jan van den Kieboom, programming design principal from Workshop Architects, the initiative’s main challenge is to create the same kind of connection students and the community already harbor for Memorial Union. Although the project is at the beginning stages of production, van den Kieboom said the finished product will likely be complete six months to a year ahead initiative page 2 Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman spoke at the UW-Madison Law School Tuesday, focusing on his experience. CHRISTOPHER GUESS THE DAILY CARDINAL
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A Madison Police officer responds to a pedestrian-vehicle collision at the intersection of University Avenue and Mills Street shortly before 7 p.m. Monday. Ambulances transported two pedestrian victims to UW-Hospital for medical treatment.
Pedestrians hurt in University Ave. crash By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL
A vehicle struck two pedestrians on University Avenue Monday night, causing police to block off a portion of the road and reroute traffic for over an hour. Madison Police Department Sgt. Sue Armagost said the accident occurred around 6:45 p.m. near the intersection of University Avenue and
Mills Street. Police responded to a call and found two victims, one male and one female, injured at the scene. Paramedics transported the victims to UW-Hospital. Both were in stable condition and being treated for nonlife threatening injuries, Armagost said. Armagost could not confirm the victims’ ages but said it was likely the two are “student-age.”
Backpacks and winter coats remained scattered across University Avenue as police surveyed the scene of the crash and redirected traffic onto Mills Street. UW-Madison sophomore Gabe Rosen said he was walking to a review session in the Psychology Building around 7 p.m. when he witnessed the car accidents page 2
Court candidate Gableman says he is a ‘judicial conservative’ By Britney Tripp THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Federalist Society hosted Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman Monday at the UW-Madison Law School. Gableman is running as a judicial conservative, which he said differs from a political conservative. As a judicial conservative, one follows the law, whether the law is based on liberal or conservative principles, according to Gableman.
Gableman said he stands for a law-based, non-partisan court citizens statewide desire. Gableman said he has extensive of experience in law enforcement, particularly in domestic-violence cases and cases of violence committed by the mentally ill. He said he has led inmate community service programs, including a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Effective service programs stop habitual offenders and develop
them as active participants in the community through various jobs, Gableman said. Gableman said cases involving mental illnesses and drug and alcohol addiction concern him most. He said such cases should be dealt with differently than other criminal matters. “We see over and over again the intersection of the application of gableman page 2
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”