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City, organizers nix Halloween on Mifflin plans By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

City officials successfully thwarted a student-driven plan for an alternative Freakfest party on Mifflin Street Thursday after two days of negotia-

Freakfest tickets Friday Price: $7 State Street locations: University Book Store Knuckleheads Lands’ End B-Side Records Goodwill Chin’s Asia Fresh Clary’s Popcorn Paciugo State Street Cash Mart Dobra Tea Saturday $10 near event entrances

tions ended with student organizers withdrawing their support of the event. Student organizers of the Halloween on Mifflin Street event met with officials from the Madison Police Department, Mayor’s Office and downtown alders to discuss the Saturday night block party they put together in hopes for an unregulated Halloween celebration. The students opted to pull the plug on the event amid safety concerns, but organizer Alex Kaufer, a UW-Madison sophomore, said they will continue working with city officials to make Freakfest “the way students really want it to be” and avoid another outcry for an alternative event. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, acknowledged that Mifflin Halloween supporters weren’t alone in their dislike of Freakfest’s admission cost and entertainment acts, but said working halloween page 2

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A Students for Obama member canvases in Iowa in September 2007. Student groups in support of both presidential candidates have been active in reaching out to voters since the start of the primary season.

Students show political colors in ’08 Members of Students for Obama and Students for McCain remain hopeful in awaiting election results By Ashley Davis THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Vince Machi sings dressed as a Whoopi Cushion with Fundamentally Sound in a special “A-Capell-oween” in Memorial Union Thursday night.

Plans to renovate Gilman, add water fixture on Frances move forward By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

With State Street construction completed, Madison officials are now moving onto other facets of transforming the downtown area, including reconstructing West Gilman Street and installing a water fixture on Frances Street. The State Street Design Project Oversight Committee met Thursday to look over designs for the developments. Engineer Chris Petykowski

presented a three-month construction plan to renovate West Gilman Street, including adding pedestrian lighting fixtures similar to those on State Street from University Avenue to Henry Street. “Much of the mansion hill neighborhood is in desperate need of reconstruction and resurfacing,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said, applauding the effort to include pedestrian lighting construction page 3

As the presidential election draws closer, excitement and anticipation radiates throughout UW-Madison. In addition to the yellows, browns and oranges of the falling autumn leaves, bold blues and reds are gracing every corner of campus. Supporters of both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee McCain have made their mark as active young students on campus by joining either Students for Obama or Students for McCain. Democrat and Republican student representatives on campus face different challenges aside from the political issues at hand. In line with Madison’s reputation as a “liberal bubble,” many students on campus have embraced Students for Obama. However, in both groups students are passionate, committed and dedicated to the well-being of the country. They will continue to work toward this

cause even after the election’s end. Jamie Stark, who was the youngest delegate for Wisconsin at the Democratic National Convention, is also a representative of Students for Obama. “I know this is a big campus and a lot of people want to get involved, but Barack has just gotten people involved on a whole other level,” Stark said. The same increasing support and excitement holds true for McCain and his supporters. Lucas Moench, representative of Students for McCain, said the organization has doubled in size since the beginning of the semester. However, unlike Students for Obama, McCain advocates have had a harder time ensuring large turnouts at group events. “It’s been kind of hit or miss,” Co-Chair of Students for McCain Katie Nix said. “We tried to get a little creative by doing town hall events and attendance was pretty low ... But we found that for things that are directly

going to help the campaign, people are really excited to help out.” Although both organizations continue to work in favor of their candidate, the goals of each group vary. According to Nix, Students for McCain’s main goal is to change the negative attitude toward conservatives on campus and to inform students of McCain’s stances. Stark said Students for Obama’s biggest goal is to register as many students as possible and to involve them in the campaign process. Bryon Eagon, state coordinator for Students for Obama, said his group has been one of the leading student organizations on campus in registering students to vote, getting students involved and making phone calls. Nix said Students for McCain have been focusing on voter contact and working with the national McCain campaign. Although UW-Madison is a large election page 2

Wis. GOP to hold 72-hour stump for McCain The Republican Party of Wisconsin will hold an intensive 72-hour “get out the vote” program leading up to the election, hoping these efforts will help swing the state in favor of presidential candidate John McCain. During the “72 Hour Task Force,” volunteers from the McCain campaign will contact voters across the state via phone or by knocking on doors and will urge them to visit the polls, according to Kirsten Kukowski, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Some volunteers are from other non-targeted states, Kukowski said, as well as several students from UW-Madison. “We have a good Students for McCain and College Republican organization out of Madison, so I know that they’ve been [canvassing] every weekend pretty much since school started,” Kukowski said. According to Joe Wineke, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin campaign for Barack Obama has been carrying out similar measures for months and is “light years” ahead of the Republicans.

Wineke said tens of thousands of volunteers for the Obama campaign in Wisconsin have spent the last four days encouraging people to vote. Kukowski said even though polls currently show Wisconsin leaning toward Obama, there is no reason to believe McCain will not be able to win the state. “A couple weeks ago we were looking at double digit poll numbers. This week we’re looking at single digit polls numbers … and it’s going to keep getting tighter in the next five days,” she said. —Megan Orear

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”


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