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University of Wisconsin-Madison
FROZEN FOUR HOPES DASHED
By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison students mobilized this weekend to help save Tope Awe, a third-year pharmacy student, from deportation. Federal officials arrested Awe and her brother Oluwagbenga Thursday in the Milwaukee immigration office. Both Awe and her brother are now in custody at the Dodge County Jail, and a hearing could be scheduled for Monday to determine the outcome of their detainment. Awe planned to graduate in May. She was the co-chair of the African Student Association for the 2006-’07 school year, the co-president of the Multicultural
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Affairs Program in Pharmacy and currently works for the diversity program in University Housing as the multicultural liaison. “She was involved with so much on this campus,” Awe’s friend Nurilign Ahmed said. “Everyone who has come in contact with her has only had positive things to say about her.” Caton Roberts, a UW-Madison psychology professor who worked closely with Awe while she worked as a multicultural AWE residential consultant and liaison at Chadbourne Residential College, visited Awe over the weekend. “Although she hadn’t had any awe page 2
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Breakdown in the Motor City
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The Badger men’s basketball team finished their Road to the Final Four with a 73-56 loss to the Davidson Wildcats Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. The Badgers set a school record with 31 wins this season.
APRIL 1 ELECTION
DANE COUNTY BOARD UW-Madison students battle for spot as District 5 representative
Manning, O’Hagan prep for Tuesday election
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Ashok Kumar decided not to run for a second term as District 5 supervisor to pursue community affairs instead of legislation.
Current supervisor reflects on term By Adam Riback THE DAILY CARDINAL
With the election for the District 5 representative on the Dane County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Ashok Kumar, who has held the position for the past two years, said he would miss being in the action. “I think the ability to push policy is something I’m going to miss,” Kumar said. “It’s really tough to navigate through the system when you’re 21, but it was so helpful to have a large constituency of young people supporting you.” Kumar said he believes his time in office was spent effectively, but he wants to go back to his first pas-
sion—working in his community. “I would rather extend my energy to community organizing instead of legislation. I’m going to shift my energy to what I worked on for years before I took office,” he said. Before Kumar was an elected representative on the Board of Supervisors, he helped organize groups on issues such as labor, anti-war activism and combatting drug use in the community. Paul Rusk, District 12 supervisor and chair of the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, said he worked with Kumar on numerous successful projects. “We have substantially kumar page 2
Wyndham Manning
Connor O’Hagan
Daily Cardinal: What in your background makes you qualified for the Dane County Board? Wyndham Manning: I have a unique, proven brand of leadership experience. As a past director of the WUD Music Committee, I effectively chaired a committee of nearly 50 active members, all with dissenting views on the nature of our programming as well as their own individual preferences and biases. I was able to balance this, negotiate when needed and, most importantly, build and foster meaningful relationships through collaboration between members, other student organizations, campus entities, and local businesses. All of this while understanding the realities of budget limitations and being creative with the challenges that come with addressing them. DC: Briefly explain what you see as the most pressing issues facing District 5. MANNING WM: Providing students with the means to explore while they are on campus and encouraging graduating students to stay in Dane County and take greater advantage of the many professional opportunities right outside of our school’s borders would have a great impact on not only students, but the communities which they will hopefully come to be a part of.
Daily Cardinal: What in your background makes you qualified for the Dane County Board? Connor O’Hagan: I am a former high school representative to the Appleton (Wis.) Area School Board. I participated in Youth in Government for four years. I was also a Wisconsin Representative to the Conference of National Affairs for three years. DC: Briefly explain what you see as the most pressing issues facing District 5. CO: Great strides have been made to improve safety when students are at their homes. However, the safety of students arriving at their destination is a huge question mark. Muggings, sexual assaults and robberies are still a persistent problem in the fifth District. DC: As District 5 supervisor, how do you plan to deal with the issues? What are some of your plans if you win? CO: Implement a nighttime carpool system for residents who work second and third shift jobs and for students who study late. O’HAGAN Begin the process of cleaning up our lakes from the inside, not just blocking pollutant flow from the outside. Start a new economic development policy of building up, not out, in an attempt to minimize our urban footprint. Return lost funding to the Rape Crisis Center, add additional funding to the Women’s Campus Center and Women’s Transit Authority.
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