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Monday, February 1, 2010
Residence hall energy competition to take place throughout February
Elegantly enter the new year
By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
The fourth annual UW-Madison Residence Hall Energy Competition, organized by Big Red Go Green begins Monday. According to Clay Thomas, Big Red Go Green media intern, the competition encourages residences of each dorm on campus to reduce their energy consumption, offering a prize for the winning dorm. Big Red Go Green is a campaign run by the Wisconsin Students Public Interests Research Group on campus. Thomas said in the past that the prize has involved parties or socials
for all members of the winning dorm, but the organizers are looking into new ideas for this year’s prize. He added that students who promise to save energy individually by signing a pledge will become eligible to win prizes from area businesses such as Buffalo Wild Wings, Sconnie Nation and Underground Textbook Exchange. “Even if they don’t do anything, it will raise awareness and hopefully spread the word about it and inspire other people to save energy,” he said. Joy Rifkin, organizer of the conservation page 3
Man beaten in Equinox apartments for allegedly stealing suspects’ laptop Alison Bauter/the daily cardinal
Students and community members gathered at the Memorial Union Sunday for performances and activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which welcomed the Year of the Golden Tiger.
Stem cell line approved for continued research By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
The National Institute of Health approved a commonly researched line of stem cells Friday for continued use by scientists across the United States, including those at UW-Madison. According to a release, WiCell Research Institute, the private orga-
nization that serves UW-Madison research, can now officially continue to provide UW-Madison scientists with the approved H1 line for use in federally funded research. The release said the approved line is one of the most popular human embryonic stem cell lines used in research, and was derived by James Thomson, director of regenerative
biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research and UW-Madison professor of anatomy. The H1 line is mentioned in over 60 percent of published stem cell research findings, according to the release. “H1 is one of the most exten-
Officers responded to a frantic call for help from a man who was being beaten in the Equinox apartment building at approximately 8 p.m. Thursday. According to the police report, 25-year-old Daniel Berg had stolen a laptop from the suspects. Tidane Ahmed, Diallo Ahmed and two additional suspects, who are still at large, allegedly located Berg on State Street and brought him back to their apartment and beat him for several hours. A female UW-Madison sophomore, who wishes to remain anonymous because police asked her to possibly testify about the incident, said, “I heard somebody screaming ‘Help! Help!’ really loud.”
“I looked out my little peephole and saw a skinny little guy surrounded by four kids,” the student added. “Then I heard them take the kid into the stairwell.” By the time the student was able to call 911, police officers arrived at the scene. According to the report, the victim was able to notify the Madison Police Department of his location via cell phone. Two suspects were taken into custody and the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The victim, who is wanted for a probation violation, was taken to jail upon his release from the hospital. —Grace Urban
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Street Pulse and WISPIRG to team up for talent show to benefit homeless in Madison By Allison Geyer The Daily Cardinal
Members of the Madison homeless community will have the opportunity to take their talents to the stage in the first ever Street Pulse/ WISPIRG talent show Thursday. The event will be held in the Great Hall of Memorial Union. Entertainment will begin at 7 p.m., with a free meal for homeless performers at 6:30 p.m. WISPIRG has partnered with the cooperative to help promote the talent show. The talent show is the brainchild of UW-Madison student Ben Schapiro and will raise money for Street Pulse, Madison’s homeless cooperate newspaper; promote awareness on the issue of homelessness and provide a stage on which members of the homeless commu-
nity can express themselves, according to Schapiro. “We wanted to offer a different medium, besides the newspaper, through which the homeless could express ideas and emotions,” Schapiro said. Street Pulse is a nonprofit organization that combines the efforts of UW-Madison students and members of the homeless community to put out a monthly newspaper. The cooperative writes, edits and produces the paper, while the homeless are employed as vendors. “The cooperative also holds food and clothing drives, as well as actively working to solve the problem of homelessness through providing employment,” Schapiro said. The talent show will feature many of the recognizable performers from State Street, including Art
Paul Schlosser, who has been a street musician since 1986. Schlosser has released several albums over the years, featuring humorous original songs and parodies. “Some of the homeless I’ve recruited are outstanding blues singers and guitarists,” Schapiro said. “We also have a comedian who plans to put a humorous spin on the horrors of homelessness.” University students will also be performing, including MadHatters a cappella, First Wave Spoken Word and Hip Hop Arts Learning Community, Hypnotiq dance crew and local band Dirty Jive, among others. “Music and the arts have the unique ability of bringing people from completely different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds together,” Schapiro said.
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Police are investigating an incident in which four suspects allegedly beat a man for several hours in the Equinox apartment building.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”