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Gas prices fall below $3 at some Madison pumps By Rachel Holzman
Samantha Gold sophomore UW-Madison
line. “Another key part of this is that Madison gets gasoline from the Chicago pipeline, which is more expensive because of the high demand in that area,” Kamholz said. “While Madison gets their gas from the Chicago pipeline, the rest of the state typically gets their gas from the Minnesota borders which tends to be less expensive.” UW-Madison sophomore Samantha Gold said she is going to take advantage of the lower gas prices immediately. “I feel a lot better about the lower gas prices and feel less guilty about making my parents pay for gasoline,” Gold said. “Now, I feel better about lending my car to my friends and think that I may get a job because it won’t cost me as much money to drive myself there.”
Madison’s current average price for a gallon of gasoline is still higher than the rest of the state of Wisconsin. According to AAA spokesperson Larry Kamholz, Madison’s current average is $3.16 a gallon, whereas the Milwaukee area is $2.99 a gallon, and Green Bay’s average is $3.05 a gallon. Kamholz said Madison’s average price is higher than the rest of the state because of several factors. “The Milwaukee/Waukesha area gets completely different gas than we get because of the EPA regulations that are in effect in that area due to all of the smog and pollution,” Kamholz said. The higher gas prices in Madison can also be attributed to the source of the gasoline pipe-
UW-Madison junior Eli Ross fills up his vehicle’s gas tank at the BP station at 318 S. Park St., where regular unleaded gas was $2.99 per gallon Tuesday.
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Gas prices finally fell below $3 per gallon in the Madison area Tuesday, with the price of regular, unleaded gasoline at the campusarea BP on Park Street and Vilas Avenue at $2.99 per gallon. According to madisongasprices. com, at least seven other stations in Madison reported prices of $2.99 or less Tuesday morning. However, there are stations with prices listed over $3 per gallon, including two in the city with prices of $3.49 per gallon. LORENZO ZEMELLA/THE DAILY CARDINAL
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who made a historic visit to Madison in 2004 that attracted 80,000 people, returns to Madison to campaign for Barack Obama in front of the state Capitol Tuesday.
Kerry encourages early voting at Obama rally By Megan Orear
accountable,” Kerry said. THE DAILY CARDINAL He encouraged spectators to vote Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., early in order to avoid long lines spoke at a rally on the Capitol on Election Day, to clear up any steps Tuesday, urging supporters of confusion that could arise over voter Democratic presidential candidate registration information and to have Barack Obama to vote early. the opportunity to work on getting After the rally, Kerry led the everyone else to vote. crowd in a march to the Dane Kerry criticized Republican County Clerk’s office to cast early presidential candidate John McCain absentee votes in person. for his policies on health care and Kerry said the real way to create the Iraq War, saying McCain does change is for citizens to turn their not understand going into Iraq was frustrations about what is going on a mistake. into votes. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D“More often than not, the real Wis., spoke before Kerry and said change comes from people across though the outcome for Obama this country who hold Washington and other Democratic candidates looks promising in Wisconsin, high voter participation is still very important. “In the past two presidential elections, our state was decided by less than 1 percent of the vote. Everyone has the opportunity to play a decisive role LORENZO ZEMELLA/THE DAILY CARDINAL in this election,” Kerry signs autographs for students before Baldwin said. leading them to the Clerk’s Office to vote early. Several members of UW-Madison
College Republicans attended the rally, holding campaign signs for McCain and chanting “John McCain” in the midst of the other spectators’ cheers for Obama. Sara Mikolajczak, chair of the College Republicans, said the group just wanted to make their presence known at the event. “We want everyone to know that just because we live in Madison, we’re not voting for Barack Obama,” Mikolajczak said, adding she believes McCain’s policies are “a lot better than anything Sen. Obama has to offer.” Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, said he was happy the College Republicans showed up to voice their opinion because taking part in democracy is one of the best parts of this country. “But I think as you can see the majority of this crowd is excited for change, and really excited to see Barack Obama as the next president of the United States,” Judge added. UW-Madison sophomore Ben Meyer said the student participation on campus is encouraging. “This is my first time being on campus for a presidential election, and from what I’ve seen in the primary, I was really encouraged to see how many students got out to vote,” Meyer said.
Man arrested for slapping police horse on State Street Madison police arrested a Janesville man after he allegedly slapped the rear end of a police horse patrolling the bar crowd on State Street early Sunday. According to a police report, a group of five men approached three police officers as they sat atop their horses at the intersection of Lake Street and State
Street. The men asked if they could pet the horses, and the police gave them permission to do so. Police said that after petting the horses, one of the men, 27-year-old Jordan R. Vance of Janesville, slapped one horse very hard on its backside. On a scale of 1 to 10, the officer described the
hit as a 10 that caused the horse to leap forward, nearly forcing the officer from his seat. The officer said community members could be endangered by such a sudden movement. Vance immediately apologized and police arrested him on tentative charges of battery to a police animal.
“I feel a lot better about the lower gas prices and feel less guilty about making my parents pay for gasoline.”
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Poll shows Obama’s lead in Wisconsin continues to grow By Jessica Feld THE DAILY CARDINAL
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a 17-point lead over Republican presidential candidate John McCain in Wisconsin, according to a survey released Tuesday. Quinnipiac University, in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, surveyed likely voters in the four battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. According to the poll, Obama has over 50 percent of the vote in all four states and for the first time leads or ties McCain among white and male voters. The poll reveals Wisconsin
voters believe the economy is the biggest issue and 53 percent say Obama understands it better. Conversely, the poll reported Wisconsin voters consider McCain more competent in foreign policy by 57 percent. Obama made his largest gain in Wisconsin after the debate last week, moving from a lead of 8 points pre-debate to 17 points post-debate, according to the study. According to Clay Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, Wisconsin represents one of the few key states where Obama holds a substantial lead among blue collar, obama 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.”