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McCain’s speech shows desire to continue service By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Police investigate an area outside the Plaza Tavern, the scene of a fatal stabbing Wednesday night.
Man dies after brawl outside downtown bar By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL
A Madison man is dead and another man in custody after a violent bar fight outside a downtown establishment late Wednesday. Around 11:38 p.m. police responded to reports of a stabbing outside the Plaza Tavern at 319 N. Henry St., according to a Madison Police report. The victim who was identified by Dane County Coroner John Stanley as 22-year-old Juan J. Bernal, suffered two stab wounds to the chest. He was transported to a local hospital and was initially listed in critical condition until he died Thursday morning. Police said Bernal was not a UWMadison student. Witnesses said the stabbing resulted from a brawl that erupted between two groups of men inside the bar and later moved
outside, according to police. Ald. Mike Verveer, whose District 4 includes the Plaza, said Plaza employees reported that the fight allegedly began over a disruption in music playing on the bar’s jukebox. MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said it did not appear the suspects knew each other. Patrons at the Plaza chased the suspect and another man down the street and detained the man who had been with the suspect until police arrived. Police said the investigation then led to a downtown residence where they arrested Justin R. Stout, 31, of Madison and tentatively charged him with firstdegree reckless endangering safety. After Bernal died from injuries sustained in the stabbing, however, police changed Stout’s tentative
charge to first-degree homicide. DeSpain said police are continuing to investigate what sparked the violence between Bernal and Stout, but maintained the public was not in any danger in connection with the stabbing. “This was a dispute between two groups of people that did not involve anyone else,” DeSpain said. “It was isolated and it was a targeted attack.” Areas surrounding the Plaza, including Peace Park and a nearby parking lot, remained taped off Thursday as police retraced the route Stout took to his residence, listed in court records as a West Gilman Street apartment. DeSpain said investigators were looking to see if Stout discarded anything as he ran home following the stabbing. Bernal’s death is Madison’s sixth homicide of 2008.
Students to recycle at Camp Randall this fall By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL
The UW-Madison Athletic Department, Student Athlete Advisory Committee, and Rethink Wisconsin are working to boost recycling during Badger football games this fall. According to Vince Sweeney, senior associate athletic director for external relations, Rethink Wisconsin formed as a student organization last fall in response to students’ completion of an environmental studies class with professor Jack Kloppenburg. The organization collaborated with women from the UWMadison rowing team to begin the recycling campaign. Maria Davis, fifth year student and leader of the campaign,
said the recycling effort started in the boathouse last fall. “We tried to start a recycling initiative in the boat house, but then we wanted to go bigger and see what we could do,” she said. “Professor Kloppenburg got word of what we were doing and got us together with the other students from his class.” The students from the environmental studies class and women from the rowing team contacted the athletic department to broaden the recycling initiative during this season’s home football games. “We are trying to educate people about the green movement going on in our society … the athletic department is taking their part in trying to do this as
well,” Davis said. “By recycling at the games we are setting a standard for other students.” The recycling program began its efforts in Camp Randall this fall with the introduction of more than 100 bins for disposing of plastic bottles. “We don’t expect to change the world, but we think it’s a nice gesture to try and educate our public,” Sweeney said. “We all need to pitch in and think a little different than what we have thought in the past.” The long-term goal of the campaign is to reach all athletic complexes on campus and continue to educate students on the importance of recycling. For more information students can visit www.rethinkwi.org.
The nomination speech Republican Presidential candidate John McCain gave Thursday at the Republican National Convention highlighted his service to his country and his eagerness to continue serving. McCain said as a prisoner in Vietnam, he was “blessed by misfortune,” and the experience changed him from a man who put himself first to a man who put his country first. He said he has been a servant for his country “first, last and always.” “Nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself,” McCain said. He said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has executive experience and a record of accomplishments, and that he is proud to introduce her to the country. “She stands up for what’s right, and she doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down,” McCain said. McCain said he has a record of
fighting corruption and suppressing wasteful spending, and that he helped keep the country safe by fighting for more troops in Iraq even when it was not a popular move. According to McCain, many politicians today go to Washington, D.C., to work for themselves and not for the people, but he said he will fight for what is best for the people. He said his experiences in life have given him the ability lead the country better than his opponent, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. “I have the record and the scars to prove it. Senator Obama does not,” McCain said. UW-Madison senior Katie Nix, state chair of Students for McCain, said she thinks McCain’s chances of winning Wisconsin, a battleground state, will improve after his speech. She said Obama’s ideas for bigger government would hurt the younger mccain page 3
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The Babcock dairy plant introduced a new flavor, Strawbiddy Swirl, on Bascom Hill in honor of the new chancellor Thursday.
Zimmermann’s family creates reward fund By Jack Zeller THE DAILY CARDINAL
The family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann and the Madison Police Department urged residents Thursday to remember “the day Brittany died” and come forward with any information that may help ZIMMERMANN investigators bring her killer to justice. The Zimmermann family also announced the establishment of The Brittany Zimmermann Reward Fund, a donation-driven collection offered in exchange for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of her killer. The fund, currently offering a reward of $5,000, will accept donations through the Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union and raise the reward as the investigation continues. “Brittany had a huge commitment to her family, to her community, whether that be Madison or back home in Marshfield,” said Kim Heeg, Zimmermann’s aunt. “And so we are here again to ask some support of this community.” Zimmermann was found dead in her apartment on the 500 block of West Doty Street in April. No suspects have been named in her death, though the police investigation continues. zimmermann page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”