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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Panel stresses need for more AIDS education
Let it snow
By Estephany Escobar THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Nick Groth (left), Justin Palm (center) and Katrine Colton (right) sled down Observatory Hill on dining hall trays. Two more inches of snow are expected to fall Friday evening.
The UW-Madison Student Global Aids Campaign chapter held a panel discussion on HIV global perspectives and social implications for students and faculty members Wednesday, where speakers focused on their experiences and involvement with organizations fighting against HIV. “I became personally infected [with HIV], so I had my own perspective fighting against the virus … I ended up retiring from chiropractic and devoted what energy I had for volunteering, advocacy work, getting
out the word,” said panelist Tim Lapp, board member of the AIDS Network. Susan Gold, a nurse at UW Hospital, said she first volunteered at Nyumbani, and then worked in a project that focused on teaching HIV positive adolescence about reproductive health. “The kids in Kenya are like all the kids around the world, they just want to know … I was not to tell them what to do but to tell them the facts,” Gold said. “The children I talked to were HIV positive, and they had panel page 3
Student Council votes unanimously for installation of new constitution By Rory Linnane THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Associated Students of Madison voted in favor of a new constitution Wednesday night in a unanimous 22-0 vote. ASM passed only one amendment to the constitution Wednesday night prior to the vote.
The draft constitution required a three-fourths vote by senators to remove the president, vice president and justices. Members voted to lessen the requirement to twothirds. “I thought we would have had more disagreement,” said Jeff Wright, chair of the ASM Constitutional
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Associated Students of Madison Chair Brittany Weigand conducts the Student Council meeting Wednesday night.
Committee, which drafted the document. “But, I’m pleased that people are excited about what this is going to do for the student body.” Some members said ASM should put off the vote until students were more educated and more voices were heard. But other members argued there have been many opportunities, including 15 listening sessions. “When is enough, enough?” Ben Carter, member of the Constitutional Committee said. “If we don’t do this now, we waste momentum; we bleed the process out and we die.” ASM voted to have a special election in February for the student body to vote on the constitution. Although the Student Elections Commission chair may veto the special election, Wright said there would be enough votes to override it. Aside from drafting the constitution, the Constitutional Committee asm page 3
Graduates struggle to balance old vs. new job seeking tactics By Audrey Buchanan THE DAILY CARDINAL
It is up in the air whether handwritten cover letters or digital portfolios will help graduating students clinch a job. However, Madison business professionals said finding a balance between using both old and new media seems to be a key component in the process.
Sheri Rice Bentley, director of public relations and communications specialist at Madison-based advertisement agency Knupp & Watson, said students should understand when and how to specify media with different audiences. In using new digital media, Rice Bentley said society is communicating more informally than
ever before. “When was the last time you wrote a cover letter, or a handwritten thank you note?” she asked. According to Rice Bentley, the “old fashioned” forms of communication required an element of graceful writing and style the jobs page 4
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Panel members discussed the need for education about HIV and AIDS among young members around the world.
Wisconsin drops in 2008 national health ranking By Hannah Furfaro THE DAILY CARDINAL
Wisconsin dropped from 12th to 17th in the 2008 edition of America’s Health Rankings, which ranks each state based on its overall health quality. The United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partnership for Prevention conducted the study that was released Wednesday. In 2007, Wisconsin was ranked 12th in the nation based on the state’s clinical care, public health policy, environment and the personal behaviors of Wisconsin residents. “Why Wisconsin has dropped is not that we had a decline in measures but that we haven’t had any progress,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services.
According to Scott Becher, spokesperson for state Rep. Steve Wieckert, R-Appleton, the state Assembly will be looking at reforming Wisconsin’s health policy, particularly in regard to childhood obesity, in January. Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity in the state increased by 124 percent. About 20 percent of the adult population in Wisconsin falls into the category of binge drinkers, according to the study. Becher noted there has been significant coverage about Wisconsin’s culture “as it relates to alcohol” over the past six months. “There’s been a concerted effort to eliminate … basically the kind of atmosphere that causes binge drinking to develop,” Becher said. “UW-Madison has been very active on that.” health 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.”