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Monday, September 14, 2009
Record savings at ASM swap Students’ net gain doubles from last semester’s earnings By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Madison tackles the Ironman By Caitlin Gath THE DAILY CARDINAL
Dozens of spectators lined State Street Sunday, to support the many Ironman Triathlon participants making their way through a grueling day of high-endurance events. Madison hosted the annual Ironman Wisconsin triathlon, an event that consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. Erin Tromble, a third-year medical student at UW, was there to support four of her friends, three of whom are also UW students. According to Tromble, each
of the participants takes part in endurance sports frequently and are active year-round. Two had already participated in the Ironman event. Athletes young and old paid a $550 entry fee to be able to call themselves triathletes. Some participated in professional groups while others participated within their age group. The youngest age group began at 18, while the last one was reserved for those 75 and older. The event began with a mass start in Lake Monona, where, according to the Wisconsin State Journal, a missing body was also located after four days of searching.
UW Hospital suspends student volunteers over H1N1 concerns UW Hospital is suspending its 350 student volunteers because of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, which is spreading quickly across the UWMadison campus, hospital officials announced Friday. This is the first time the hospital has ever suspended employees because of exposure concerns. According to UW Hospital and Clinics spokesperson Aaron Conklin, UW-Madison volunteers typically work 1,000 total hours per week, but none are trained to provide medical care to patients. Instead, Conklin said, student volunteers often help by assisting nurses, working in the UW Children’s Hospital play room or by filling out paperwork, among other tasks. Conklin said the temporary suspensions were made in accordance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The hospital’s student employees, however, will not be affected.
“The employees actually have to follow certain protocols in terms of dealing with patients whose immune systems are compromised, whereas student volunteers may not,” Conklin said. University Health Services’ student employees will not be suspended, according to UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman. UHS does not employ any volunteers. “There’s a very different kind of risk in a hospital ... you’re in a very closed setting with a large number of patients who are pretty much all at very high risk,” Van Orman said. Van Orman said the hospital’s response is not surprising given that H1N1 cases may have doubled since last week, when 198 cases were reported. Conklin said other university hospitals have been taking similar precautions. —Ryan Hebel
Monona Terrace served as a viewpoint for spectators wanting to watch the swim portion, and, according to ironmanwisconsin. com, audience members were also able to take a bus from the Alliant Energy Center to Verona if they wanted to watch athletes pass by on their bicycles. Along the way, volunteers made themselves available at several checkpoints and aid stations in order to provide Gatorade, water, soda, fruit and other snacks to the participants. Jennifer Multerer of Madison said she began volunteering three years ago when her brother partici-
pated and has continued to do so because she enjoys it so much. The event has also been dedicated to staying clean. Beginning only this month, an anti-doping program was initiated in which all Ironman athletes competing were eligible for in- and out-of-competition drug testing. “Ironman has been conducting testing since 1990, and this is our latest initiative to maintain the integrity of our testing program and keep the sport of triathlon drug-free,” Ben Fertic, president and CEO of the World Triathlon Corporation, said in a statement.
Long live the Cardinal!
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The Cardinal Bar, located at 418 E. Wilson St., is set to reopen Oct. 9 with its former owner, Ricardo Gonzalez, acting as manager, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The bar has long been known as a popular dance club and has been a part of the city for the past 30 years.
UW-Madison students who participated in the Associated Students of Madison’s textbook swap Aug 2830 saved over twice as much as they did in past semesters, organizers of the event said Wednesday. According to a release, the net gain for students who chose to buy and sell their books at the swap was $23,054, which more than doubled last semester’s gain of $10,127. ASM Press Office Director Ken Harris said the semi-annual event occurs over a span of three days. Students turned in their old books to ASM the first day, and other students came the next day and purchased them for 65 percent of what The University Bookstore charges.
“I think we are all kind of tired of the price of books and education materials in general.” Ken Harris press office director Associated Students of Madison
“As a student myself, I think we all are kind of tired of the price of books and education materials in general, so any way to save money is a good thing,” he said. According to Jonah Zinn, ASM academic affairs chair, the main reason for the increase in savings is efficient advertising and word of mouth on campus. He said the rising costs of textbooks and the growing need to save money also provides an explanation. “Things are getting more expensive and more and more students are looking for a way to pay less,” Zinn said. He added that ASM plans to change the swap in future semesters to handle the growing influx of books and student participants. Zinn said ASM hopes to make the swap part of a larger campaign aimed at offsetting the rising cost of education. “One of the good things about the book swap is that it does touch on the issue of rising educational costs of students,” he said. “But it doesn’t address the causes or hit on the heart of it, and I think that’s something that affects all students on this campus.”
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”