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Monday, October 27, 2008
Students tailgate with TV celebs for Obama By Alyssa Connolly THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison’s Students for Barack Obama hosted actors Penn Badgley and Shawn Pyfrom at a Homecoming tailgate party Saturday. Badgley, 21, who plays Dan Humphrey in the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” and Pyfrom, 22, who plays Andrew Van de Kamp in ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” came to Madison to promote Obama and to talk with students about the importance of being politically active. “I think for our generation in particular it is very important that we all take part in this election and that we vote—that we let our voices be heard,” Pyfrom said. Badgley said it is important for students to create opinions on issues that matter to them. “It’s so important to make your voice heard,” he said. “If you don’t do everything you can
and you’re disappointed in the outcome, it’s going to hit home immediately.” The actors emphasized not only the need to mobilize the youth population to vote but to encourage their peers to become politically active as well. “It’s important to motivate our generation,” Badgley said. “We need to make the change. We are poised now to have the largest youth turnout ever, and that is the first step we can make toward the real changes this country needs.” Badgley and Pyfrom said they are especially concerned with the environment and the economy when it comes to analyzing the candidates. “This election affects particularly young people who are going to be graduating from college soon and are going to be released into a shrinking job market,” celebrities page 3
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UW-Madison community members participated in Homecoming weekend by competing in various activities on campus. The week-long celebration raised money for the Dean of Students Crisis Fund.
Homecoming festivities unite students, alumni By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL
In preparation for the Badgers’ football game against Illinois, the 2008 UW Homecoming parade lifted student spirits Friday with a performance from the band and fireworks at the Memorial Union Terrace. The parade, hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the 2008 Homecoming Committee, started at 5 p.m. on Gilman Street
and ended outside the State Street Starbucks. Student organizations, residence halls, sororities and fraternities participated in week-long Homecoming activities, including the parade, to raise money for the Dean of Students Crisis Fund. The fund gives students a short-term loan during unexpected financial crises. The parade, one of the largest events during Homecoming week, brought
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Penn Badgley, actor for the CW’s hit show “Gossip Girl,” speaks to students at a tailgate Saturday about the upcoming election.
Van Hollen plans to continue case over voter registrations By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL
Although Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s case over voter registration was dismissed last week, the case is not closed yet, as his next plan of action is to appeal to a higher court. According to Kevin St. John, special assistant to Van Hollen, the attorney general will appeal, but no paperwork has been filed yet. “When a lower court gets the law wrong, parties appeal to a higher court, and that’s what I will do,” Van Hollen said in a statement following the Dane County Circuit Court’s decision. Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin
Democracy Campaign, said he does not expect Van Hollen’s case to succeed in a higher court and believed all along the case was “groundless.” Van Hollen accused the Government Accountability Board of not following a provision of the Help America Vote Act mandating voter registration checks, but McCabe said he does not believe HAVA requires voters to be punished because of discrepancies between databases. “I think it’s highly unlikely that any appeal will be heard before the election, and I think it largely becomes a moot point after the election, so I just don’t see this lawsuit really leading
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Dustin Sherer makes a final reach into the end zone, giving the Badgers a 10-7 lead in the second quarter of their 27-17 win over Illinois. Check the sports section for recap and analysis.
current and former UW-Madison students together. Dana Schmidman, a UWMadison 2005 graduate, still lives in Madison but said she came to the parade to celebrate Homecoming with former classmates. “I am just celebrating being a Badger,” Schmidman said. “I live here and I wanted to watch it with all my friends—one of [whom] was my roommate my freshman year.” Ben Emmrich, a UW-Madison 2007 graduate and former Wisconsin Alumni Student Board member, said he flew in from San Francisco for 30 hours of Homecoming festivities. “I just flew in this morning and I have to fly back soon because I live so far away,” he said. “The best part of [homecoming] is seeing other old WASB alums.” In fear of weather restrictions, the Homecoming Committee organized the parade in preparation for rain. Karyn Christianson, parade chair of the Homecoming Committee, said participants put materials in plastic bags to avoid rain damage and convertible cars homecoming page 3
Badger football game citations lower than past games The number of student arrests, ejections and citations at the Badgers’ Homecoming football game Saturday was less than the past two home games, according to the University of Wisconsin Police Department. UWPD issued a total of 11
UW-Madison student citations, down 20 from the Oct. 11 night game against Penn State. Officers issued citations for underage drinking, possession of marijuana and trespassing. Officers ejected 26 students for possession of alcohol or intoxication, and
two students for sitting in the wrong section. Ten students were arrested Saturday compared to 25 arrested at the Ohio State night game Oct. 4, which also had 53 student ejections, the highest number of the season.
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”