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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Madison police SWAT team nabs armed-robbery suspects By Rebecca Holland THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Madison Police Department SWAT team arrested three men in connection with a string of bar robberies in Dane County Monday, but a separate rash of recent violent downtown robberies remains under investigation. “This is just one more example of the outstanding police work and cooperation that goes on every day.” Dave Mahoney sheriff Dane County
After two taverns were robbed earlier this month, police narrowed their investigation to a residence on the 800 block of Brandie Road. Before entering the residence, police were notified of a third bar robbery early Monday just before two men were
dropped off at the home. Officers then executed the search warrant and proceeded to arrest John A. Olson, 36, and his nephew, John J. Olson, 28. A second search warrant was executed on the 700 block of Herndon Drive, where Daniel W. Rymer, 27, was also arrested. All three men are tentatively charged with armed robbery. MPD East District Lt. Carl Strasburg said the style of the robberies is uncommon for the Dane County area. Bartenders as well as patrons were forced to the ground with weapons. “This is very violent, very concerning to us and to the safety of our citizens,” Strasburg said. “This is just one more example of the outstanding police work and cooperation that goes on every day,” Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said. “When I heard about the arrests made this morning, I was proud to know it was the robberies page 3
Madison police investigating two downtown sexual assaults Madison police are continuing to look into two weekend sexual assaults of young females in the downtown area. On Saturday at 9:38 p.m., a 20-year-old female reported being sexually assaulted earlier in the evening, according to a police report. The victim said she could not remember the exact time or pinpoint the location, though she does believe it happened near East Johnson Street and North Pinckney Street. Police said the victim reported that a man pulled her from the sidewalk into a secluded area and tried to sexually assault her, but she managed to get away. The perpetrator is described as a black male, 25-35 years old with a
slender build, short black hair and an earring in one ear. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored T-shirt and jeans. Police also released more information Monday about another sexual assault that occurred over the weekend. Around 2:10 a.m. Sunday, a 20-year-old female UWMadison student was walking on the 400 block of North Henry Street when a man assaulted her in an alleyway and fled, police said. MPD public information officer Joel DeSpain said police are working to evaluate both sexual assaults. “We don’t have enough information right now to connect the two, but we will be taking a look at the two cases,” DeSpain said. —Abby Sears
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Jeremi Suri, UW-Madison professor of history, discusses how an Obama or McCain administration could affect U.S. relations with the Middle East at a panel held Monday at the Lowell Center.
Panel compares Obama, McCain foreign policies By Christian Von Preysing-Barry THE DAILY CARDINAL
Four UW-Madison professors analyzed the future of foreign policy in the Middle East for the next president during a panel discussion Monday night. The forum, held at the Lowell Center, addressed upcoming shifts in international relations in the region, emphasizing the expected changes in U.S. executive policy after the 2008 presidential election. Nadav Shelef, a UW-Madison professor of political science and specialist on Israeli politics, said much of what presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain call foreign policy is only political speech and doesn’t necessarily represent what they will implement. “Whoever gets into office will modify his foreign policy,” Shelef said.
Shelef said the ongoing economic crisis, not foreign policy, is likely to be the focus for the incoming president. “I think the next president will be bogged down in domestic policy for a while,” Shelef said, adding that as a result, Middle East foreign policy will “take a backseat.” Jeremi Suri, a UW-Madison professor of history and specialist on American foreign policy, said there are not many differences between the two candidates on their Middle East policies. “There’s a great similarity between what the candidates intend to do. There’s a difference in the way they’ll do it,” Suri said. According to Suri, either candidate would oversee a significant shift of troop levels from Iraq to Afghanistan in the near future. Suri said McCain’s approach toward Afghanistan would apply policies previously implemented
in the Iraq war, but Obama would consider a new approach altogether—a strategy the Bush administration is researching in its last few months. Joe Elder, a UW-Madison professor of sociology and specialist on South Asia, highlighted the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. “The Taliban are better-based, control more territory and have wider support than [at] almost any time in the past,” Elder said. Elder also said the Pakistani government—a key ally in the war against the Taliban—no longer has the motivation to continue fighting against the militia’s strongholds in its northern and western tribal areas. “From what Obama and McCain have said, their comments are pretty peripheral and pretty unimportant,” Elder said about the candidates’ positions toward Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rep. Baldwin answers students’ questions on economic crisis By Sara Lieburn THE DAILY CARDINAL
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., greets students at Chadbourne Residential College, where she discussed domestic and international issues Monday.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., visited UW-Madison’s Chadbourne Residential College Monday evening, clarifying and discussing economic, energy and heathcare issues with students. Baldwin began by briefly describing several actions she said Congress needs to make. According to Baldwin, the first priority needs to be to withdraw troops from Iraq. She also said there is a need for health-care reform, as well as an energy policy that appropriately accounts for national security and economic
and environmental effects. Baldwin opened the floor to students’ questions, many of which concerned the economy.
“The President’s original bill was a blank check, and it was appropriate to reject it.” Tammy Baldwin representative U.S. Congress
According to Baldwin, there are many misconceptions about the
current economic crisis, particularly about who is to blame for the financial meltdown. The crisis is not because of lenders being forced by the government to make loans to those unable to repay them but instead stems from Congress’ 1995 repeal of a law that required heavier oversight on lenders, Baldwin said. She said one of the reasons she voted for the recent bailout bill is that heavier oversight, accountability and transparency were added to the version Congress updated. She said President Bush’s baldwin 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.”